METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

(Standard Time). SUNRISE AND SUNSET

PHASES OF THE MOON New Moon November 18, 3.54 a.m. First Quarter November 24, 7.08 p.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 30.12 in At 8 p.m. yesterday .. .. 30.0 Gin At 8 a.m. to-day .. .. 30.08 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 48 hours to 9 a.m. .. O.OOin For month, to date .. .. o,2Gin Average for November .. 2.89 in THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report. Blue skies were reported at Gisborne and Napier Ibis morning, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere, in the North Island. Light- to fresh northerly breezes were general. The barometer had fallen during the week-encl. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland and Napier 67 degrees, Tauranga 68, Opotild 69, Gisborne 73, and Wellington 59. Rough seas were reported at Ga-pe Campbell and Wellington; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast. A shallow depression covers the Eastern Tasman, and is moving slowly on to the Dominion. A moderate anticyclone is situated over the western Tasman. Winds: Northerly, backing to southerly to-night in the south, and southerlies extending over the Dominion to-morrow; force, moderate generally, but strong in some exposed positions. Seas: Rather rough north of Fast Cape and about Cook and Foveaux Straits; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman: Winds moderate. Variable at first, soon tending to southerly and freshening somewhat; seas moderate to rather rough. Weather: Becoming cloudy to overcast; scattered showers or misty vain developing in most districts. Temperatures mild, cooler tomorrow. Midday Forecast. General inference.—A shallow depression is now crossing New Zealand, and a moderate anticyclone is approaching from the Tasman Sea. Forecast.—Light to moderate northerly winds, backing to southerlies during tonight. Weather mainly fair to fine, but scattered showers likely, more especially on the coast. Temperatures cooler. Seas moderate.

Rises. Sets. November 27 4.20 a.m. 0.56 p.m. November 28 4.20 a.m. 6.57 p.m. November 29 4.19 a.m. 6.58 p.m. November 80 . 4.19 a.m. 6.59 p.m.

High Water. Low Water. a.m. p.m. u.m. p.m. November 27 1.00 1.27 7.20 7.55 November 28 1.51 2.20 8.19 8.45 November 29 2.41 3.10 9.14 9.35 November 30 3.32 4.01 10.06 10.25