METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE Alin SUNSET STANDARD TIME

g. Moon, December 7, 4f.55. a.in. t Quarter, Decani. 13, 11.22 p.ra. Moon, December i\, $»23 t Quarter, Deconj. 29, 1.38 p.m.

tides at gisborne wharf BTANPA.RP TI;ME

vmmm* At 8 n.m. yesterday .. .. 29.991 n At- 8 p.m. yesterday .. .. 29.99 in At 8 a,m, to-day .. - RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

For 72 hoqrs to 9 a,m, .. 9'?^ n Total for month to date 3.40 m Average for December ... 2.30 in

THE WEATHER

.To-day’s North Island Report,

Overcast conditions wore reported^this morning at Gisborne and Capp, but blue skies, prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light northerly breezes were general. The barometer, was fairly steady. Temperatures at 9o'clock “wore: Auckland, Opotiki and Wellington, 74 degrees, Tauranga 73, East Cape 63, Gisborne 64, and Napier 71. Rough seas were reported at. Tintiri; elsewhere moderate or smooth.

Last. Night’s rote,cast

A depression which is deeper to. ih e north than in the south is crossing New Zealand The following, anticyclone fs of very slight intensity. Winds light to moderate, north-east to north predominating at first in and north of Oook Strait, south to south-east over> the South Island, and gradually becoming general. Seas smooth to, moderate, hut rising somewhat later, in Cook Strait. In the eastern Tasman Sea moderate to .strong south, to south-east winds, and moderate to rather rough seas. Weather fine on the .west coast of the, Sonth Island, elsewhere cloudy and rather unsettled, with scattered rain and in places thunder, Temperatures cooler.

Midday Forecast

General inference.-—A depression crossed tho Dominion yesterday, but barometers remain rather lory .to the north. A fresh depression has reached eastern Australia.

Forecast.—Moderate east to north-east winds. Weather mainly fair to fine, and warm ; tut scattered rain? likely, especially in the north-east, with thunder in places. Sea? moderate.

RMbb. Seta. December 27 4.24 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 28 . 4.24 a.m. 7.29 p.m. December 29 4.25 a.n>. 7.20 p.ra, December 3D December 31 . 4.25 a.m. 7.20 p.m? . 4.?6 a.m. 7.21 p.m. PHASES OP THE MOON

High Water. Low Water. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. December 27 . . 10.00 10,32 3.47 4.13 December 28 . December 20 . . 10.45 11.1,0 . il.25 11.50 4.36 5.08 4.50 5.29 December 30'. . O.OO 0.08 6.54 6.10 December 31 . 0.38 0.53 6.41 6.55