WEATHER REPORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12586, 17 October 1911, Page 4

WEATHER REPORT.

..v .. » B » Xelegmph.) All observations are taken at 9 a.m. .;. ■■■' : ■- ■:■•■••■ Ther.'

r W « nd .* tOT^ a indicated by letters: 0, calm; h, light; Br, breeze; PB, fresh breeze: MO, moderate gale; G, whole or heavy gale; W gale of exceptional severity. * ' ' 4 Weather estimated as: B, blue sky, be tbe £&■?*"£ cle i r « °£ heavy; °» clouds, passing clouds; .D, drizzling rain; p, foiriry: G gloomy; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, ni^^ a^x> tbe whol ° & oov ered with thick clouds ; m P, passing showers; Q, squally; 8. SSE I] has?"' Dl Ugly th " aten^B a PP ea ' : Fresh north-westerly winds prevailed over the greater part of New Zealand to-day. There wan a strong westerly, at East Cape and a W.N.W. moderate gare at Greyfrfouth', with equally conditfoim elsewhere. Rain was falling i! US w'?v m 1 ff at West P°rt. and passing showerl nt Wellington and Farewell Spit. There was also rain at Queenstown and snow on the high levels. Greymotith reported considerable fresh. nVer ° nd West P°" » 'moderate _ „ STATE OF THE SEA. mSffifi *?* re P° rted a rough sea, Ru SSe ll moderate, Tauranga smooth, East Cape rough. Gisborne smooth. Napier and Cape PnlUser moderate, Cape Campbell modern^ Wan, and Bluff n«oderate, Manuknu Heads rough, New Plymouth rough, Farewell Spit heavy, Westport: moderate, Greymouth heavy. . WEATHER FORECAST. thl ♦ Meteorological Office last night issued the following summary and forecast :—"Westerly winds strong to gale have prevailed, with Wh the fc y tendenc y- Squally P and showery £wi!^ c h BS », been m many places h *&, ai l d chai i? eabl e conditions have prevailed. The barometric gradient has decreased today, but conditions are still somewhat ominlu V 68 6 indications are for westerly to •southerly winds, strong to gale, with squally .countrj. The barometer is very unsteady at .rarySuS! probably rise ever^

To-day's forecast states:' "Westerly strong to gale, veering southerly strong to gale after hftMv ™i3 nd C^ anße . to - mo "»>w; wenthe? probably colder; glass rise after 24 hours ; tides good; .. sea^ moderate, but tides and sea increasing off shore after 24 hours."

• W^ nd ' Bar - Bhßdft '»«'• Cape Maria ... Nl 29.77 63 OZ v^ kll ,;">■ SWI »•» 55 BC Hpkianga Heads NEI 29.87 59 BC Kaiparu .... Wfb 29.75 57 BC Mftnukau Heads -NWmb 29.76 56 B Auckland ... ... NWb 29.73 57 BC ■ttottf Wl . 29.78 65 BC Kawhia Wsb 29.70 58 B ' Touranga ...... NWmb 29.69 59 BC ||»»P^ SWfb 29.55 54 BC 'S#L Capß Wst 29.65 57 B Gisb<Jrne NWf 29.55 60 B !?**»«£ „ . ••• - NWfb 29.50 59 BC CapePalhser ... NWfb 29.29 59 C h ; Plymouth ... Wfb 29.60 56 O .Watjganui ... ... NWfb 29.59 57 BC WeJUngton .NWfb 29.42 55 C. • Cape Campbell ... Wg 29.33 53 C Farewell Spit ... NWfb 29.53 57 P Westport ... ... WNWmg 29.31 49 It Greymouth NWbr 29.23 50 C Christchurch ... SWbr 29.76 54 BC Timaru ... NWfb 28.28 53 BC O am . aru NWI 29.07 51 BC punedin W) 28.99 50 O Queenstown ... calm 29.07 42 R Bluff ... ... NWfb 28.89 46 BC