METEOROLOGICAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20014, 12 August 1939, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS At S .a.m. yesterday .. 29,29 in. At S p.m. yesterday . . • • 28.9.21 ri. At 8 a.nt. to-day •• 20. Min. RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to !) a.m. .. 0.17 in. Total for month to date . • • O.li-tin. Average for August (GO years) 4.25 in. TEMPERATURES .Maximum yesterday . . . 62.3de5. Minimum last night . ■ ■ 47.7 deg. Minimum on the grass 36.Odes'.

THE WEATHER Last Night’s Forecast General situation: A deep complex depression covers New Zealand with the lowest pressure west of Cook Strait. Pressure is rising slowly over south-eastern Australia. f orecast: Winds north-westerly at first over the North Island and southerly over the South Island, but strong southerlies probably becoming general within 24 hours. Seas: New Zealand waters rough north of Farewell. Spit, elsewhere moderate, but later rising south of East Cape and in Cook and- Fovenux Straits. Eastern Tasman Sea: Strong southwesterly to southerly winds, rough seas. Weather: Fair on the West Coast of the South Island, elsewhere cloudy and unsettled with widespread intermittent rain and snow on the

ranges, the snow extending at times to the lower levels in the eastedn and southern areas of the South island. Temperatures: Becoming colder.

To-Day’s North Island Report Blue skies were reported this morning at Gisborne toad Wellington, but overcast and unsettled conditions prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. .Moderate south-westerly breezes were reported al Napier and Auckland and light to moderate north-westerlies elsewhere. The baremeter shewed little movement. Temperatures at 9 o'clock were: Auckland G 3 degrees, Tauranga 35, Opotiki 51. East Cape 53. Gisborne and Napier 50. and Wellington 46. Rough seas were reported at East Cape: elsewhere moderate or smooth. Midday Forecast General situation.—Although the 'main portion of tlie recent depression has passed l eastwards, conditions are still rather ossturbed in Ute New 'Zealand area. Forecast.—Light to moderate winds 'between north-west and south-west, freshening at times, some scattered showers possible, more especially in the western high country, but ’weather mainly fair. Temperatures: Cold with some frosts to-night. Seas: Slight to moderate.

High Water. Low Water. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. August 12 1.53 2.15 8.02 8.35 August 13 2.39 3.05 8.54 9.28 August 14 7... 3.31 3.58 9.48 10.25 August 15 . . 4.20 4.57 10.40 31.25 August 1(5 5.27 5.59 11.48 0.00 August 1 7 0.29 7.05 0.25 0.49

Itisfis Snts August 12 0.43 n.m. 0.9 p.m. Au gust in 0.42 n.m. 0.10 p.m. August 14 0.40 a.itl. 0.11 p.m. August 15 0.39 n.m. 0.12 p.m. August in 0.38 n.m. O.i.> p.m. August 17 0,ri7 n.m. 0.14 p.m.

Now Moon. August ir>, n.ori p.m. First Qiinrf pr, August 22, 8.51 n.m. .Full Moon, August 30, 9.30 n.m.