METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 30 August 1933, Page 5

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET

PHASES OF THE MOON First Quarter August 28, 9.43 p.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

iiugunb uj. • • j-.vu i -uir • inn BAROMETER READINGS At S n.in. yesterday .. .. 30.24 in At 8 pan. yesterday .. .. :i().27in At 8 a.m. to-day .. .. 30.33 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to fl a.m. .. 0.32 in For month to date .. .. 3.14 in Average for August .. .. 4.401 n

THE WEATHER To-day's North Island Report. Blue skies were reported from aji centres north of East Cape this morning, with cloudy and overcast conditions elsewhere, except at Wellington, where the sky was clear. Fresh to moderate southerly breezes prevailed at all points, except at Wellington, where light air came from the north-east, while at East Cape a high south-west-erly wind had developed. Tile barometer showed a rising tendency. Temperatures at 9 a.m. were: Auckland 53, Tauranga 56, Opotiki 55, East Cape 52, Gisborne 51, Napier 50, and Wellington 48. Titles were poor to good and seas were smooth to moderate, except at Fast Cape. Last Night’s Forecast

An intense anticyclone still covers the whole Tasman Sea area, and is moving on to New Zealand. Pressure is low, and tile weather is disturbed over Australia. Winds, southerlies prevailing at first, strong between Hawke's Bay and the East Cape, but otherwise light to moderate, and decreasing, tending northerly later over the South Island. Seas smooth to moderate. In the Eastern Tasman Sea light to moderate southerly winds, gradually tending to northerly; seas smooth to. moderate. Weather, some showers at first on the East Coast between Castlepoint and East . Cape, otherwise fair toline, but milder day temperatures. Midday Forecast

General inference.—'The anticyclone mentioned yesterday still covers the Tasman Sea and New Zealand, but has decreased somewhat in intensity, the barometers having fallen about a tenth of an inch. The highest pressure is over the South Island. A depression lias reached Eastern Australia.

Forecast. —Moderate to strong but decreasing southerly winds. Weather .mainly tine and milder, but ,a 'few showers arc still likely in parts of the north-east. Seas, moderate to rather rough.

Rises Bets August 30 . 6.16 a.m. 6.26 p.m. August 31 6.17 a.m. 6.28 p.m.

High Walnr. Low Wator. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. August no 0.14 0.37 6.15 7.02 August ni 1.05 1.29 7.09 7.55