METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18255, 25 November 1933, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

(Standard Time). SUNRISE AND SUNSET Rises. Sula. November L’s .. X. a.m. (i.C4 p.m. November Cli . . 4.21 a.m. 0.55 p.m. November 27 . . 4.20 a.m. 0.56 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON New Moon November 18, 3.54 a.m. First Quarter November 24, 7.08 p.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF High Water. Low Water.

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday . . . . 30.1 lin At 8 p.m. yesterday . . . . 30.24 in At S a.m. to-day .. .. 30.23 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m. . . O.OOin For month to date . . . . 0.26 in Average for November .. 2.89 in THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report. Blue , skies were reported throughout tho North Island this morning Light to moderate north-easterly breezes were general. The barometer had commenced to rise again. Temperatures at 9 o'clock were; Auckland and Gisborne 64 degrees, Tauranga 60, East Cape 55, Napier and Wellington 61. Rough seas were reported at Cape, Campbell and Tiritiri: elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast. An anticyclone of slight intensity is centred east of tho South Island, and covers tho Dominion. A westerly depression is located over the western Tasman. Winds; Moderate to strong, south-easterlies prevailing, but decreasing and gradually tending north-east. Seas: Rather rough between Kaikoura and the East Cape and in the South Taranaki Bight, but decreasing; elsewhere. smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman: Moderate to fresh north-east to northerly winds ; seas, smooth_ to moderate. Weather: Cloudy, with light misty rain on parts of the east coast, and' some scattered showers also in the far north; otherwise fine temperatures. Cool to-night, but milder to-morrow. Midday Forecast.

General Inference.—The anticyclone is now beginning to move away eastwards and New Zealand is coming under tho influence of a westerly depression advancing across tho Tasman Sea. Forecast: Moderate but freshening northerly winds. Weather fair to line mild. Seas, smooth to moderate.

a.in. P-in. a.m. P.l'l. November 25 1 1.42 0.00 5.24 6.06 November 2(1 0.08 0.35 •3.21 7.00 November 27 1.00 1.27 7.20 7.55 November 28 1.51 2.20 8.10 8.45 November 29 2.41 3.10 9.14 9.35 November 30 3.32 4.01 10.06 10.25