METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18530, 17 October 1934, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OP THE MOON

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF STANDARD TIME

BAROMETER READINGS

RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report. Blue skies were reported this morning ut Napier. Gisborne and Opotiki, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere in the North Island, with rain at Auckland arid East Gape. Eight to l’resh northerly breezes were general The barometer had rone menced to fall again. Temperatures ai 9 o’clock were: Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier <l2, Tattranga, East Cape, .and Wellington 00, and Opotiki 05. ’ Rough seas were reported at Gape Campbell, Cape Palliser, East Cape, and Tauratiga; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast

Pressure is high to the cast of New Zealand, but remains relatively low to the north, while a deep depression covers the western Tasman. Winds moderate but increasing north-east to northerly. Seas rather rough about Foveaux Strait; elsewhere smooth to moderate, rising later south of Cape Egmont. In the eastern Tasman, freshening northerly winds; seas becoming rough. Weather cloudy to overcast over the western districts* of the South Island, with some rain, and gradually becoming more widespread over the western and tar northern and southern districts: otherwise fine, but general rains likely within the next, two days. Temperatures mild. Midday Forecast

General inference. —Pressure is still high to the east, but a rather deep depression is now moving from the Tasman Spa on to the Dominion. Forecast. —Moderate to strong northerly winds, reaching gale force in places. Weather becoming unsettled, with rain and a cold southerly change probable after from 24 to 36 hours. Seas moderate but rising.

October 1 7 R tacts. f>/.i a.m. Sets. 0.11 p.m. October IS r,. a.in. 0.12 p.m. October 10 0.(1 a.m. 0,13 p.m. October 20 4.08 a.m. 0.14 p.m. October 21 4.07 n.rn. 0.15 p.m. October 22 4,r.f> a.m. 0.10 p.m. October 22 4.54 a.m. 0.17 p.m. October 24 4.r»2 a.m. 0.18 p.rn. October 2f» 4.00 a.m. 0.19 p.m. October 2(1 4,r.o a. in. 0,20 p.rn. October 2 7 4.49 a.m. 0.22 p.m. October 28 4.48 a.m. 0.23 p.m. October 29 4.40 a. in. 0.24 p.in. October no 4.45 a.m. 0.25 p.in. October 31 4.44 a.m. 0.20 p.in.

New Moon October n, 2.55 p.m. First Quarter October 15, 5.55 ft.m. Full Moon October 25, 2.51 tt.iti. Last Quarter October 50, 7.52 p.m.

High Writer. Low Wntsr. R.m. p.rn. n.rn. p.rn. October 17 0.00 0.09 5.44 0.29 October 18 0.84 1.00 0.89 7.21 October 19 1.24 1.51 7.85 8.15 October 'JO 2.15 2.44 8.82 9.00 Qci-ober 21 8.08 8.40 9.80 10.08 October 22 0.04 4.29 10.80 11.00 October 28 5.02 5.40 11.81 11.58 October 24 0.05 6.48 0.00 0.84 October or 7.00 7.44 0.54 1.80 October 20 8.05 8.89 1.48 2.24 October 27 8.50 9.28 2.89 8.14 October 28 9.44 10.14 8.26 4.00 October 29 .. 10.28 10.50 4.14 4.45 0 rtolier 80 .. 11.11 1 1.89 5.00 5.80 October 81 . . 1 1.54 0.00 5.45 0.14

At 8 a.m. yesterday . . .. ttO.21 in At 8 p.ni. yesterday .. 80.14in At 8 a.m. to-day .. 80.12in

For 24 hours to tt n.m. O.OOin Total for month to elate O.70in Average for October .. . 2.09In