THE WEATHER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20487, 22 February 1941, Page 3

THE WEATHER

Last Night's Forecast General Situation.—An anti-cyclonc covers the Tasman Sea and New Zealand. A tropical cyclone located south-west of Fiji is moving towards the south-east. Forecast: Moderate south-easterlies to easterlies over the northern half of the North Island later becoming strong in the extreme north, elsewhere light to moderate and variable breezes, seas slight to moderate but later rising somewhat north of East Cape. Eastern Tasman Sea: Light to moderate winds with easterly directions. predominating in the north and westerlies in the south, sea slight to moderate. Weather: Fair to fine generally with rising temperatures, prospects of settled weather continuing over the week-end except in the Auckland Peninsula where drizzle is possible, and strong winds likely on Sunday. To-day’s North Island Report Brilliantly fine weather prevailed throughout the North Island this morning, all stations reporting blue sky. Visibility was excellent and winds were light. The barometer was high, but 9 a.m. temperatures were low, the highest, being Tauranga with 70 degrees, followed by Auckland, 67; Wellington. 65; Napier, 64; East Cape, Opotiki and Gisborne, 63. Seas were smooth to slight. Midday Forecast General Situation.—An almost stationary anticyclone covers New Zealand and the Tasman Sea. A tropical cyclone lies north-west of the Kermadec Islands.

Forecast. Light variable winds. Weather fine and warm. Seas, slight,