METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18190, 11 September 1933, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET Rises Sets September It , . .">,'»*> a.m. ”>.■ 7 p.m. September 1- .. h.iii. o.:iS p.m. PHASES OE THE MOON in 11 Moon Sept. 4,4.1 M p.m. Last Quarter Sept, 12, IJ.OO a.ru. New Moon Sept. '.Mi, s.iil a in. Fir.-.l Quarter Sept. 27, 4.0t5 a.in. l-inrc* A *i- ('ICDI'UJMr.' WtllAPlt

BAROMETER READINGS At N a.m. yesterday .. .. 50,31 in At S p.m. yesterday .. .. SO.llin At s a.in. to-day .. •• 29,94 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 48 hours to 9-a.m. •• 0.29 in For month to date .. •• L67in Average l'or September .. 3.00 in

THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report Overcast ami unsettled conditions were reported throughout the North Island this morning, with rain fairly general. North-easterly gales were blowing at Tiritiri. Tanranga, Gisborne. Napier and Cape Campbell, and strong north-easterly winds elsewhere. The barometer had fallen steadily during the week-end. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland 57 degrees, Tanranga, least Cape. Napier ami Wellington 55, Opotiki 60. ;uni Gisborne 54. Rough seas were reported at Cape Campbell and Cape Pal User: heavy in the Bay of Plenty ; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast An intense anticyclone is still situated east of the Tasman Sea. Winds: Strong, north easterly of gale loree m many places, changing at times to southerly in the North Island. Seas: Heavy north of East Cape: elsewhere rough. Eastern ’Tasman Sea: Strong north-east winds to gales, veering to southerlies in tin- northern halt ; seas, rough to heavy. Weather: Becoming unsettled, dull and misty, with tuirl.v general rain developing, many heavy falls being likely during the next two days, and thunder in places. Midday Forecast

General inference. —A long and rather narrow, though a, low, pressure .lies off tho west coast of New Zealand, with a low pressure centre in the northern portion. The latter has now passed Capo Maria Van Diemen, moving eastward. Pressure has been very high to the eastward, but is now falling. Forecast.—Strong easterly gales, veering gradually to southerlies. Weather unsettled and boisterous, with heavy rain.and some flooding being likely. S’eas heavv. *

High Water. Ijinr Water. it.m. p.m. a.m. ]).m. September 11 . . 10. fit) 1 1.24 4.45 o.io September 12 . . 1 1.40 0.00 fi.O 1 0.20 September l2 0.07 0.20 <). 1 5 0.49 September 14 .. 0.4(1 1.00 0.5P 7. 2 9 September if> 1.26 1.40 7.20 8.0;» H e p t < “ 111 )) i ■ r it; 2.02i 2.20 S. 12 8.42 September 17 2.42 2.00 8.52 9.22 September IS 2.22 2,. 45 P.2,7 10.09 September IP .. 4.08 4.‘»7 10.2P 1 1.00 September 2(1 .V02 r>.: r» 11.22 i i.;»r> September 21 6.00 0. 158 0.00 0.1*1 September 22 . . 7.02 7,:i9 0.50 1.20 September 21! . . 8.02 s.: r> 1.15 2.10 September 24 . . s.f>r> 9.150 2.25 15.09 September 2 f> . . 0.4 <1 10.19 2.24 4.01 September 21! . . 10.20 1 1.07 4.14 4.00 September 27 . . 1 1.2,0 i l.oo 5.05 0.00 September 28 . . 0.00 0.20 5.5 S 0.40 September 2P . . 0.4f> 1.10 0.52 7.09 September ltd . , 1.25 2.00 7.45 8.150