METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18960, 10 March 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

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

TIDES AT QISBORNE WHARF High Water. Low Water a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m.

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS

RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

THE WEATHER

To-day's North Island Report

Blue skies were reported this morning between Napier and Tanranga, but overeast conditions prevailed elsewhere :« the North Island. Light to strung south-westerly winds were general. The barometer had commenced a rising movement. Temperatures at 9 o'clock were: Auckland 63 degrees, Tanranga, Gisborne and Napier 60, Opotiki 57. Bast Cape 61, and Wellington 52. Bough seas were reported at Capo Campbell and castlepoint : elsewhere moderate or smooth.

Last Night's Forecast

An extensive and intensive low pressure area still lies over and east of the Dominion, while an anticyclone covers most of the Tasman Sea. Winds : Southwesterly to southerly, strong to gale force. "Seas: High south of East ("ape and on the west coast of the North Island ; elsewhere rough. Eastern Tasman : Strong southerly winds to gales, with rough to high seas, but wind and rain gradually decreasing. Weather: Cold, unsettled and squally with intermittent rain in most districts, and on the ranges snow. Further heavy rains likely in the eastern areas, and about Cook Strait: hail in places; conditions gradually moderating however from the westward.

Midday Forecast

General inference.—Pressure is very low to the east and a secondary depression is advancing on to southern New Zealand. An anticyclone covers the western Tasman Sea. Forecast.—Moderate to strong west to south-westerly winds, reaching gale force in places. Weather cold, changeable and squally, with, rain at times. Seas rough, wiTh a southerly swell.

March no 5.48 a.m. 0.20 p.m March 11 5.44 a.m. 0.19 ]).m March 32 . r ..4. r > a.m. 0.17 p.ro March in '5.46 a.m. 0.16 p. m March 14 5.47 a.m. 0.14 p.m March 15 /i.4 8 a.m. 0.13 p.in March 3 6 5.49 a.m. 0.11 p.m March 37 5.49 a.m. 0.10 p.m March 18 r»,50 a.m. 0.8 J), in March 1 SI 6.52 a.in. 0.0 p.m March 20 :". . 5 : 1 a.m. 0.4 p.m March 2 3 5.54 a.m. o.a p.m March 22 . . 5.55 a.m. 0.1 p.m March 3ft • • 5.50 a.m. 0.0 p.m March 24 5.57 a.m. 5.58 p.m March 25 5.58 a.m. 5.57 p.m March 20 5.58 a.m. 5.55 p.m March 27 5.59 a.m. 5.54 p.m March 28 6.0 a.m. 5.52 ji.in March 29 (1.1 a.m. 5.51 p.m March '.',<) 0.2 a.m. 5.49 p.m March ?,l 0.3 a.m. 5.40 p.m

March 10 . 7.01. 7.32 1,00 1.20 March J 1 . 7.55 8.23 1.50 2.0G March 12 . . | 8.45 0.00 2.33 2.40 March 13 . 0.25 0.40 3.15 3.24 March 14 . . 10.05 10.23 ;;.54 4.00 March .15 . . 10.4:1 .11.03 4.31 4.36 March 10 . . 11.22 11.43 5.11 5.15 March 17 . 0.00 0.03 5.55 0.00 March 18 . 0.20 0.40 0.30 0.46 March li) . 1.10 1.30 7.20 7.30 March 20 . 1.57 2.17 8.15 8.28 March 21 . 2.4 0 3.08 9.07 9.25 March 22 . 3.36 :.03 10.04 10.25 March 4.40 5.00 1 1.05 11.31 March 24 . 5.4 4 0.12 0.00 0.07 March 0.50 7.20 0.38 1.08 March 20 . 7.50 8.2:! 1.40 2.07 March 27 8.57 0.20 2.40 3.04 March 28 . 9.50 10.14 :s.:!S n.57 March 29 . . 10.4 5 11.07 4.35 4.53 March 30 . . 11.33 1 1.57 5.28 5.47 March 31 . 0.00, C 23 0.22 0.40

Full Moon, March 8, <M4 p.i bllSt. Quarter, March 1C, 8.05 p.i Now Moon, March 2IS, :'..44 p.i First Quarter. March 30, 8.f>2 a.i

At At At 8 p.m. 8 p.m. X a.m. yesterday .. yesterday . . to-day . . 29.44in .. 29.41 in .. 29.56in

For 24 hours to '.» a.m. Total for month to date AVerage for March .. o.nsin 3,91 in 4.41111