METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18360, 31 March 1934, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

(Standard Tima). SUNRISE AND SUNSET Sun rises. Sun sets. March 31 .. 6-3 »-m. 5.49 p.m,

PHASES OP THE MOON Full Moon March 31, 0.45 p.m,

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF t ■ High Water. Low Water,

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 30.27 in At 8 p.m. yesterday .. .. 30.36 in At 8 a.m. to-day .. .. 30.44 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 48 hours to 9 a.m. .. O.Oflin

Total for month to date .. 0.59 in Average for March .. .. 4.41 in

THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report, Overcast conditions were reported at Gisborne this morning, but blue skies were fairly general elsewhere in the North Island. Light to moderate southerly breezes were general. The barometer had risen steadily since Thursday. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland, Tanranga, and Opotiki 60 degrees, Fast Cape 59, Gisborne and Napier 58, and Wellington 56. Rough seas were reported at East Cape: elsewhere model-, ate or smooth. / Last Night’s Forecast An intense anticyclone extends from Eastern Australia across the Tasman Sea and New Zealand. Winds: Soutlioastcrly to southerly, strong at times ir. the far north, otherwise light to moderate; later winds becoming variable in the South Island. Seas: Rather rough north of East Cape; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Fresh winds in the northern qior fion, with rather rough seas; moderate variable winds und smooth to moderate seas in the southern portion. Weather: Mainly fair'to tine, btft considerable cloud and .some light scattered showers likely on tho east coast arid in the far north of the North Island; cool temperatures. Midday Forecast. General inference.—An intense anticyclone covers the Tasman Sea and Now Zealand areas, but pressure is still rather low to the northwards. Forecast.—-Moderate to fresh southeast to south winds. Weather fine, but some coastal showers still likely north of Gisborne, fleas considerable easterly swell.

April 1 6.4 a.m. 5.46 p.m April 2 6.5 a.in. 5.45 p.m. April 3 April 4 6.6 a.m. 6.7 a.m. 5.43 5.42 p.m. p.m. April 5 6.8 a.m. 5.40 p.m. April 6 6.9 a.in. 5.39 p.m. April 7 6.9 a.m. 5.37 p.m. April 8 6.10 a.m. 5.36 p.m April 9 April 10 6.12 a.m. 6.13 a.m. 5.34 5.33 p.m p.m April 11 April 12 6.14 a.m. 5.32 p.m 6.15 a.m. 5.30 p.m April 13 ■6.15 a.m. 5.28 p.m April 14 6.17 a.m. 5.27 p.m April 15 6.18 a.m. 5.25 p.m April 16 April 17 6.19 a.m. 5.24 p.m 6.20 a.m. 5.23 p.m April 18 6.21 a.in. 5.21 p.m April 10 6.22 a.m. 5.20 p.m April 20 6.23 a.in. 5.18 p.m April 21 April 22 6.23 a.m. 6.24 a.m. 5.16 5.15 p.m p.m April 23 6.25 a.m. 5.14 p.m April 24 6.26 a.m. 5.13 p.m April 25 6.27 a.m. 5.11 p.m April 26 6.28 a.m. 5.9 p.m April 27 6.29 a.m. 5.8 p.m April 28 6.30 a.m. 5.8 p.m April 29 6.31 a.m. 5.6 p.m April 30 V . 6.32 a.in. ' 5.5 p.m

Last Quarter April 7, 0.19 p.m. New Moon April 14, 11.37 a. m. First Quarter April 22, 8.50 ,a.ui. Full Moon, April 30, 0.15 a.in.

March 31 a.m. 5:06 p.m. 6.35 a.m. 11.30 p.m. 0.00 April 1 6.08 6.36 0.00 0.27 April 2 7.13 7.38 0.58 1.20 April April 3 8.11 8.33 1.54 2.10 4 9.04 9.25 2.45 3.00 April 5 9.54 10.15 3.37 3.50 April 6 10.41 11.03 4.28 4.40 April 7 11.27 11.51 5.20 5.30 April 8 0.00 0.15 6.13 0.22 April ,9 0.41 1.04 7.05 7.15 April April 10 1.30 1.52 7.54 8.06 11 2.21 2.42 8.45 9.02 April 12 3.13 3.32 9.30 9.57 April 13 4.06 4.29 10.31 10.58 April 14 5.05 5.30 11.29 Mdt. April 15 6.00 6.33 , 0.00 0.26 April 16 7.14 7.36 1.00 1.23 April 17 8.14 8.32 1.58 ■2.16 April 18 9.05 9.23 2.50 3.00 April 19 9.53 10.08 3.39 3.53 April 20 10.35 10.50 4.25 4.38 April 21 11.17 11.30 5.09 5,23 April 22 11.55 0.00 5.51 6.05 April 23 0.10 0.35 0.30 0.45 April 24 0.50 1.15 7.08 7.25 April April 25 1.30 1.52 7.45 8.03 26 2.10 2.33 8.24 8.48 April 27 2.55 3.18 9.09 9.36 April April 28 3.43 4.07 9.58 10.33 .29 4.37 5.02 10.53 11.32 April 30 5.37 6.05 11.51 0.00