METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

STORISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. ■ • 29.7ftin At S p.m. yesterday .. •• 29.89 in At 8 a.m. to-day .. ■• 29.91 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m. . . °- 2:I c , i . n Total for month to date .. Average for January .. .. 2.G9in

THE WEATHER To-day's North Island Report, . Throughout the North 'island blue skies with del.'.ched clouds were reported this morning, with light breezes having a westerly tendency, the breeze at Gisborne being from 'the north-west. The barometer had a rising tendency. Seas were smooth te moderate at most stations. Temperature readings at 9 a.m. were: Opotiki 73 degrees, Auckland 72, Tanranga, and East. Cape 71, Gisborne and Napier 69, and Wellington. 67. Last Night's Forecast The recent depression has disappeared eastwards, .and a slight anticyclone is now advancing on to the Dominion with its centre to the north. Winds moderate southerly, veering later to northerlies about and south of Cook Strait. Seas smooth to moderate. In ■ the eastern Tasman Sea moderate south-west to west winds and' moderate, seas. Weather for the most'part fair to cloudy, 'but a few isolated showers still likely.. Temperatures'eool, but rising to-morrow. Midday Forecast.

General inference.—An anticyclone of slight, intensity covers, the Dominion, but a shallow depression is located over the western Tasman Sea, and is moving eastwards.

Forecast. —Light to moderate and variable winds, with northerlies gradually predominating. Weather fine and warm. Seas smooth to moderate.

Kii ipfl. Sets. January 5 4.m a.m. 7 .21 p.m January i; 4.32 a.m. 7 .21 p.m .1 anuary 7 4.r.;i a.m. 7 .31 p.m .January 8 4.:i4 a.m. 7 .2 1. 'p.m January !) 4.35 a.m. 7 .20 I), m January 10 4.3(5 a.m. 7 .20 p.m January 1 t . . 4.37 a.m. 7 .2 0 p.m January 12 , . 4.38 a.m. 7 .20 p.m January :i;i 4.3!) a.in. 7 .20 p.m January 14 4.40 a.in. 7. .19 p.m .lanuary 15 4.41 a.m. 7. .19 p.m JanuBEjr 1(5 4.42 a.m. 7. .10 p.m January ( ,17 4.43 a.m. 7. ,10 p.m Jannaix •18 4.44 a.m. 7, .18 p.m January 10 4.45 a.m. 7. .18 p.m •lanuary 20 4.4 6 a.m. 7. 17 J), m January 21 4.47 a.m. 7. 17 p.m January 22 4.48 a.m. 7. 17 p.m January •j ;\ 4.40 a.m. 7. 1(5 p.m January 24 4.50 a.m. 7. 15 p.m January 25 4.51 a.m. 7. 14 p.m January 2(5 4.53 a.m. 7. 13 p.m January 27 4.54 a.m. 7. .13 p.m January 28 4.55 a.m. 7. .12 p.rn January 29 4.5(5 a.m. 7. 1 1 p.m January !10 4.58 a.m. 7. 10 p.m January :ii 4.59 a.m. 7. 10 p.m

New Moon January 5, 4.0O p.n First Quarter January 9, 9.58 a.n Full Moon January 20, H.14 a.n Last Quarter January 28, 7.29 a.n

STANDARD TIME Iligh'Wntur. Low Water. n.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. January 5 4.rsr. 5.00 11.08 11.20 January 0 . . 5.30 0.08 0.00 0.08 January 7 . 0.40 7.10 0.22 1.05 January 8 . 7.4L 8.10 1.20 2.04 January 9 . 8.40 9.07 2.10 2.57 January 10 . 0.35 10.01 3.11 3.50 January 11. . . 10.30 10.55 4.09 4.44 January 12 . . 11.22 11.48 5.06 5.40 January 13 . 0.00 0.15 0.00 6.35 January 14 . 0.40 1.06 7.05 7.29 January 10 . 1.31 1.57 8.00 3.20 January 10 . 2.20 2.40 8.54 9.08 January 17 . 3.08 3.34 9.41 9.50 18 . 3.55 4.20 10.32 10.44 .) anuary 19 . 4.44 5.12 11.20 11.34 January 'JO . 5.35 6.07 0.00 0.09 January 21 . 0.28 7.02 0.24 0.58 January 7.20 7.54 1.12 1.44. 2 3 8.10 8.40 1.58 January '24 . . 8.54 9.22 2.39 3.03 January 10.00 3.17 3:38 January 20 . '. 10.14 10.38 3.57 4.15 January 27 . . 3 0.50 11.20 4.39 4.54 January 28 ,. . 11.38 0.00 5.22 5.37 January 29 . 0.01 0.23 0.10 0.24 Januarv ISO . 0.47 1.09 7.00 7.10 January 31 . 1.34 1.50 7.50 8.00