METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18922, 25 January 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNBISB AND SUNSET (Standard Time). Rises. Sets.

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHABP High Water. Low Water a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m.

PHASES OP THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 29.74 in At S p.m. yesterday .. .. 29.83 in At 8 a.m. to-day .. .. 29.87 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m. .. O.OOin Total for month to date .. 4.3 Gin Average for January .. 2.69 in

THE WEATHER To-day's North Island Report Blue skies were reported this morning at Auckland and Wellington, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light southerly breezes were general. The barometer had continued to rise slowlv. Temperatures at !» o'clock were: Auckland 72 degrees, Tauranga 65, Opotiki (>B, East Cape and Wellington 64, (lisborne <>7, and Napieri (i(!. Moderate or smooth seas were reported everywhere. Last Night's forecast The second of a series of very shallow depressions is crossing the Dominion, and a third is now over the Tasrnan. Winds: Between southeast and north-east, moderate mainly but freshening at times. Seas: Rather rough in parts of Cook .Strait and on the Taranaki coast, rough between Castlepoint and East Cape with .an easterly swell, but decreasing, elsewhere slight to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Light to moderate and variable, with south-east to northeast predominating; seas, smooth to moderate. Weather: For most part fair, ibtit some scattered rains probable, more especially in the northern half of the North Island, and the western portions of the South Island. Midday Forecast. General inference.—A very slight depression crossed the Dominion yesterday and another is. just reaching the extreme south. Forecast.—&ight to moderate and variable winds, with south-easterlies or southerlies prevailing. Weather mainly fair. but. scattered rains probable, more especially north of Hawke's Lay. Temperature's moderate. Seas slight to moderate.

January 25 4.51 a.m. 7.16 p.m January 20 4.52 a.m. 7.14 p.m January 27 4.53 a.m. 7.14 p.m January 28 4.55 a.m. 7.13 p.m January 29 4.57 a.m. 7.12 p.m January no 4.58 a.m. 7.11 p.m January 31 4.59 a.m. 7.10 p.m

Jan. 25 5.36 6.06 0.00 0.07 26 6.39 7.10 0.20 1.05 ,lnn. 27 7.40 8.10 1.19 2.00 JftTl. 28 8.40 0.06 2.15 2.55 20 0.35 10.00 n.io 3.45 Jan. DO . . 3 0.29 10.51 4.07 4.40 Jan. 31 . . 11.20' 11.45 5.05 5.34

First Quarter, Jan. 2, 2.45 a.m Full Moon, Jan. 0, 5.4f> a.m Last Quarter, Jan. 17, 7.11 a.m New Moon, Jan. 24, 6.48 p.m First Quarter, Jan. 31, 11.06 a.m