METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET

PHASES OP THE MOON Now Mpon, December 7, 4.55 s.m. First Quarter, Decem. 13, 11.22 p.xn. Full Moon, December 21, 8.23 a.m. Last Quarter, Decem. 29, 1.38 p.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

STANDARD TIME

BAROMETER READINGS

At 8 a.in. yesterday .. • • 30.03 in At 8 p.m. yesterday .. ■ • At 8 a.m. to-day .. •• 30 '°" m RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

For. 24' hours to 9 a.m. .. 0-OOin Total for month to date .. G.73in Average for December .. 2.auin

THE WEATHER

To-day’s North Island Report.

Blue skies were reported south oi Napier this morning, but overcast conditions prevailed further north. Light to moderate northerly breezes were general. The barometer had continued the stow falling movement. Temperatures at 5) o’clock were: Auckland 75 degrees, Tauranga 73, Opotiki G 9, East Gape 74, 'Gisborne and Wellington 71, and Napier 76. Rough seas were reported at Tiritiri ,and Tauranga; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast

A shallow depression has crossed the Dominion, and another ono is passing to the north, while a slight anticyclone is approaching from the Tasman, bea. Winds strong easterly at first m the tar north, otherwise light to moderate, and variable, with westerly to south-westerly predominating. Seas rather rough north of East Cape and about Look Strait; elsewhere smooth lo moderate. lu too eastern Tasman Sea moderate southerly winds and' moderate seas. Weather stilt mainly fair to cloudy and sultry, but isolated local rains and thunder likely, and some heavy falls in North Auckland.

Midday Forecast.

General inference.—A depression is passing by to the north, but an anticyclone extends from the Tasman Sea on to southern New Zealand. Forecast. — Light to moderate variable winds, but south-easterly soon prevailing. Weather mainly fair to cloudy and warm, but. some isolated local rains and in platfes thunder p’robable. Seas moderate.

STANDARD TIME Rises. Sets. December 22 . . 4.21 a.m. 7.17 p.m. December 23 .. 4.21 a.m. 7.18 p.m. December 34 . . 4.22 a.m. 7.18 p.m. December 25 ., 4.22 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 20 . . 4.23 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 27 .. 4.24 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 28 . . 4.24 a.m. 7.20 p.m. December 29 .. 4.25 a.m. 7.20 p.m. December 30 .. 4.25 a.m. 7.20 p.m. December 31 .. 4.26 a.m. 7.21 p.m.

December High Water. Low Water, a.m. iun. am. p.m. 0.11 0.45 0.02 0.44 December 22 !! 7,00 7.40 0;i>a J.<»u December 24 . . 7.57 8,20 1.41 2.15 2.56 December 0("» 8.44 0.14 2.26 December 20 0.25 0.54 2.00 2.25 Deconlbbr 27 .. lO.Oli 10.22 2.47 4.12 December 28 . . 10.45 11.10 4.26 4.50 December 29 . . 11.25 11.50 5.08 5.29 December 20 . . 0,00 0.08 5.54 0.10 December :si .. 0.22 0.52 6.41 6.55