METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18585, 20 December 1934, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON

TIDES AT GISBORNE WIIAR.T STANDARD TIME

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 30.11 in At 8 pm. yesterday .. .. 30.08 ii) At 8 a.m. to-day .. •• 30.071 n RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24’ hours to 0 a.m. .. O.OOijn Total for month to date .. 0.73ih Average for December .. 2.30 in THE WEATHER Today’s North Island Report. Overcast conditions were reported ai Wellington this morning, but hluo Tffrtes prevailed elsewhere in the .Ifiprth Island. Moderate to fresh northerly breezes were general. The barometer showed alittle movement. Temperatures. at 9 o'clock wore; and East Cape 76, Opotiki 71, Gisborne and Napier 77, and Wellington 6y. '.Rough seas were reported at Cape ( aiVipbell; 'elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast An anticyclone is moving gradually eastward oil the Dominion, and a rather deep depression .now extends from southeastern Australia on to the southern districts. Winds moderate, variable at first, uortherlies soon predominating aild gradually increasing in force. Seas rough in Foveaux Strait, rising about Cobh Strait, and south of Cape Egmont; elsewhere smooth to moderate. In the .eastern Tasman moderate cast to north winds in the northern portion, with moderate seas; strong north-west winds to gales and rough seas in the southern portion. Weather, fair, to cloudy in most parts, with warm temperatures, rain developing soon, however, in the far south, and extending gradually northwards over districts with a westerly aspect. Midday Forecast.

General inference.—A depression is advancing slowly across the Tasman Sea. Barometers are still rather high to the north and east.

Forecast. —Moderate to strong north to north-west winds. Weather fair, warm, and sultry, with possibly a few isolated local rains. Seas smooth to moderate.

Rises. Sets. December 2.0 .. 4.20 a.m. 7.17 p.m. December 21 4.20 a.m. 7.17 p.irt. December 22 . , 4,21 a.m. 7.17 p.m. December 22 4.21 a.m. 7.18 pm*. December 24 . . 4.22 a.m. 7.18 p.m. December 25 . . 4.22 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 26 . . 4.2? a.m. 7.19 p.m.

New Moon, December 7, 4.55 a.m. First Quarter, Decent. 1!!, 11. 22 p.m. Full Moon, December 21, 8.23 a.m. Last Quarter, Decern. 29, 1.38 p.m.

High Water. Low Water. a.in. p.ra, a.m. p.m. December 20 . 4.24 4.54 10.58 11.10 December 21 . 6.16 5.49 11.51 0.00 December 22 . 6.11 6.45 0.02 0.44 December 20 . 7.00 7.40 0.52 1.1(0 December 24 . 7.57 8.00 1.41 2.15