METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19024, 26 May 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET

THE WEATHER To-day's North Island Report Blue skies were reported this morning at Auckland and in the P>av of Plenty, but overcast conditions were reported elsewhere in the North Island. 1-igld to strong southerly breezes were general The barometer showed little movement. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland 52 degrees, I auranga 48, Opoliki 46, East Cape and Gisborne 53, Napier 50. and Wellington 49. Rough seas were reported at Wellington, Castlepoint and East Cape; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast An intense anticyclone is centred east of Tasmania and extends on to New Zealand, but the pressure is* low to the south-east and a. series oi depressions continue to pass to the north of the Dominions. Winds: Southerly to southeasterly, moderate mainly, hid freshening at times, about and north ol took Strait- and reaching gale- force at pinces iii the northern and north-eastern portions of the North Island. Seas (New Zealand waters): High on the east coast of the. Auckland peninsula and rough elsewhere north of East Cape and also offshore north of Cape Eginont.; elsewhere moderate, bid with a. considerable southerly swell south of East Cape-. Eastern Tasman. Sea : Easterly to southeasterly winds, strong in (he northern portion with rough seas and moderate in the. southern portion with moderate seas. Weather: Some scattered rains in the northern half of the North Island, with some heavy falls in the lar north and light showers probable also at isolated places on (he east coast- south, ol ■East Cape: otherwise fair lo fine and cold. Midday Forecast General Inference. Pressure is still rather low lo the north and east ol the Dominion, bill an anticyclone extends from the Tasman Sou onto llm Soulli Island. Forecast .—Moderate to strong southerly to south-easterly winds. Weather mainly cold and fair, bid- sea tiered rains on (lie eoasl mid in the mountains, morn especially in the north-easi. Seas rough, with a heavy southerly swell.

Rises Sets. Hay 20 May 2 7 May 28 Slay 29 May HO May 21 . . <>.55 a.m. 0.50 a.m. 0.57 a.m. | . G.58 n.ri. 0.58 a.m. , 0.59 a.m. 4.40 p.m. 4.39 p.m. 4.39 pan. 4.38 p.m. 4.38 p.m. 4.37 p.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF Sigh Water. l,ow Water a.m. pan. a.m. p.m May 20 9.52 10.15 3.42 4.0C May 27 .. 10.42 11.04 4.35 4.55 5.25 5.50 May 28 11.32 11.53 May 29 0.09 0.20 0. Ill 0.45 May 20 May 31 II 0.40 1.07 1.25 1.51 7.53 8 25 PHASES OF THE MOON Last Quarter May 14, 5.42 pan. New Moon May 21, 8.05 a.m. first Quarter, May 28, 2.10 pan. BAROMETER READINGS At 8 :>,in yesterday . . . 3(U31ii At S lull yesterday . . .. 39.13ili At .8 a.in fn-day .. 30. ltlili RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to !> a.m. 0.0 Olh Total for month 1" date l.S71n Average for May ......