METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18961, 11 March 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

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

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF High Water. Low Water a.m. p.m. a.in. p.m.

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS

RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

THE WEATHER

To-day’s North Island Report

P>lue skies were reported throughout lbo North Island tnis morning, amt lirrht to fresh north-westerly iirpcxes were general. ’1 lie barometer bad continued 5 the rising inovi meiil. I einperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland 6o decrees. Tauranga and Napier 66, Op"j tiku 59, Fast Cape and Gisborne 04. and Wellington 60. Rough seas were reported at Cape Campbell and Tin tin: elsewhere moderate or smooth.

Last Night’s Forecast

Pressure is still very low to the east, and a secondary depression is crossing southern New Zealand to-day. An anticyclone is advancing ■ slowly from the western Tasman, Winds: Westeily at first, in the central area, but south-west-erly to southerly soon again becoming general : moderate to strong geuei .il!> • reaching gale force in places. Seas: Rough to high north of Farewell >p" • elsewhere rough with heavy Viouthoi l> iwell south of East Cape. Eastern lasmuti: Strong south-west, winds and rough seas, but conditions gradually moderating. Weather: Changeable and squally, with showers at times in most districts, heavy in places. Temperatures cold, with'snow on some of the ranges, hail in places : later an improvement setting in generally. Forecast

General inference.—Pressure is high to the north, hut. an intense, westerly depression is crossing the southern portion of the South Island. Forecast, —Moderate to strong northwest to westerly winds. Weather mainly fair hut squally, and with some showers in the western ranges. Seas rather rough to rough o(l‘ shore.

March n 5.44 a.tn. 0. 19 p.m March 12 5.45 a.in. 0. 1 7 ]».m March 111 5.40 a. tn. li. ID p.MI March .14 5.4 7 a.in. fi . 1 *1 ]».m March 15 5.48 ft.Ml. H. 1 ‘4 p.m March it; 5.49 ft.Ml. 15.1 1 p.MI March 17 .5.49 a. mi. 11 . 1 0 pni March IS 5.50 ft.Ml. (1 . «S (i () ]>.m March Jit 5.52 a. mi. ]).n March 20 5,511 a. mi. H.4 p.m March *21 5.54 a.mi. 11. |i p.m March 22 5.55 a. mi. «». p.m Marcli 21! 5.50 ft.Ml. (1.0 p.m March 24 5.57 a.in. 5.58 p.m March 25 5.58 a.m. 5. 5 7 p.m March 20 5.58 a.in. r».5 it p.m March 27 5.59 a. mi. 5.54 p.m March 28 0.0 a.m. r».5‘2 p.m March 29 0.1 a.m. it . it 1 p.m March :;o 0.2 a.m. r».49 p.m March 21 0.2. a.m. 5.40 p.m

March 11 . . 7,r.r» 8.12 n 1.50 12.00 12.40 March 12 8.45 0.00 March M arch K! 14 . . 11.25 1 0.05 0.40 10.12:5 ‘.5.1 r> :?.r»4 4.00 4.:50 5.1: ft 0.00 0.40 7.00 March 1 r. 10.411 11.0:5 4 .:» l March 16 . . 11.22 11.415 5.1 1 March 17 0.00 0.0:5 (».:!‘> March 18 . . 0.20 0.40 March 1!» . . 1.10 i .:*.<> 7.120

Pull Moon, March 8. 4.44 P.lll. hast Quarter, March 10, 8.05 p.m. Now Moon, March ‘44, 3.44 p.:n. First Quarter, March '.10, 8.52 ft.m.

At 8 a.111. yesterday .. •• At 8 p.m. yesterday . . •• At 8 a.in. to-day ..

l.'or a4 hours to a a.in. o.ooin Total for month to date a.Hlin Averase for March .. ,. 4.41 in