METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19106, 29 August 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report Temporal ores were generally higher .in tins North Island at 9 a.in. to-day, Cape Maria reporting 60 degrees, Auehlaml 57, Tiritiri 56, Tauranga and Opotiki 57, JJast Cape 58, Gisborne and Napier 06, Castlepoint and Wellington 53, and Cape l’alliser 54. The prevailing winds wore from the. north, with a tendency to easterly at most stations, the exceptions being Capo .Maria, blast Capo, and Wellington, where the winds were northwesterly. Wind force tfas moderate at all stations, and overcast conditions were general, with rough seas.nl Cape Maria, Tiritiri, Tauranga, Opotiki, Mast Cape, t 'astlepoint and Wellington. \ isibility ranged from moderate log at North Capo to very good at Gisborne. Tauranga and Napier reported light rain overnight. Last Night’s Forecast An extensive though rather shallow cyclone* is centred over the central portion of the Tasman Sea, while a moderate anticyclone' extends' across Tasmania on to the South Tasman. Pressure is rather high also to the north of New Zealand. .Moderate to strong northerly winds over the North Island, rising in places to gale force, variable at first in the south, hut freshening southerlies or smith-easterlies soon prevailing, and extending over the whole Dominion by Sunday Seas, rather rough to rough generally and later rising l somh of Mast Cape, in the eastern Tasman Sea strong northerly winds in the northern and central portions and south-easterlies in the southern. hut southerlies hemming general within the next 2<’l to 56 hours; seas rough. Weather becoming unsettled, dull and mistv. with rain in most districts, heavy falls likely in the North Island and the northern and western parts of the south, and snow mi the ranges. Temperatures becoming nIT especially in the south. Midday Forecast. General inference.—An extensive evelonie depression is centred near West - port. Pressure has risen over eastern Australia. Forecast. —Strong northerly winds, reaching gale force at limes in some exposed positions, and hacking to southerlies within about- 24 hours. Weather unsettled, with further rain, and. on the ranges, snow. Temperatures cold. Seas rough, j

SUNRISE AND SUNSET iilsas. Sets. , August 20 .. C.10 a.m. 5.25 pm. August 20 . . 0.17 a.m. 5.20 p.in. August tU . . t! -10 a in. C.?.'l p.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF High Water. Low Water a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. August 20 . . 1.45 2.00 7.40 H.:)l August so .. e.oo 2.55 «.:••_* ! >--o August 31 .. 3.1.0 3,11 0.2-, 10.U PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon, August. 3, 3.17 a.m. Last Quarter, August 10, 8.20 a.m. Flew Moon, August 17, 2.01 p ro. First Quarter, August 25, 5.10 p.m. BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 2fl.S7in At 8 p.m. yesterday .. .. 29.94m At 8 a.m. to-day .. •• 29.88m RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m. .. l, -00in Total for month to date .. -LSuin Average for August .. .. 4.32in