METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 5

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET Risen. flats.

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF High Water. Low Water

PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon, Sept. 0, 0.07 a.m. Last Quarter, Sept. 8, 2.44 p.m, New Moon, Sept. 10, 5.11 ft.rti. First Quarter, . Sept. 24 9.42 a.m. BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 2fl.Soin At 8 p.m. yesterday .. . • 29.54 in At S a.m. to-day .. .. .2!).63in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m., .. O.OOin Total for month to date .. 0.64 in Average for September .. 3.00 in

THE WEATHER

To-day’s North Island Report,

Overcast conditions were reported a,t Auckland this morning, but blue skies prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light to moderate south-westerly breezes .were general. The barometer showed little movement. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were': Auckland and Napier 56 degrees, Tauranga and 1 Opotiki £6. East Cape 57, Gisborne 53, and Wellington 51. Moderate or smooth seas Were reported everywhere.

Last Night’s Forecast

.Another of the present series of depressions is moving on to the Dominion to-day. An intense anticyclone covers Australia, and extends on to the western portion of the Tasman. Forecast: Winds, north-westerly to westerly, moderate to strong generally, and itt places reaching gale force, backing- to south-westerly during the next Af hours. Seas (New Zealand waters): Hough .on the West Coast and about Cook and Favoaux Straits; elsewhere moderate, but later rising south ,ot Oa si 1 (point. Eastern Tasman Sea: West to south-west winds, strong to gale i'ofco, with rough seas. Weather: Unsettled and squally, with rain in most, districts, some heavy falls. Temperatures liecoming colder, with snow oil ranges and -hail-in places.

Midday Forecast. Genera! Inference.— Yesterday’s depression has. passed eastwards, hut a series of secondaries continues to cross the south Tasman. Sea. An anticyclone extends from Australia on to the western Tasman Sea., Forecast. —Moderate to strong west to son 111-westerly winds. Weather mainly fair to line, but some showers.,:likely from Wairop .northwards and inland, and cool conditions. Seas moderate.

Spptembor 19 . . r.AO n.iV 5.44 p.m Sep tomb or 20 . . r,.u a .-Hi. 5.45 p.m Soptombor 21 . . r>.4:? a.m. 5.40 p.m Soptombor 22 p.-n a.in. 5.47 p.m Soptombor 2:1 r>l30 n.ni.5.4 3 p.m Soptombor 24 r>.:i7 a.Tn. 5.49 p.m Soptombor 25 5.o r> a.m. 5.50 p.m Soptombor 20 b.rtt a. m. 5.51 p.m Soptombor 27 5. ’ I - a.m. .5’. 5 2 p.m

u.m p.m. a.m. p.m. Sopt. to 8.05 8.25 1.4 C 2.1 G Sept. 20 8.49 9.10 2.29 2.59 Sept. 21 9.00 9.50 y.oo '8.37 Sept. 22 .. 10.00 10.28 :t.i 4.15 Sept. 20 . . 10.44 11.05 4,20 4.55 Sept. 24 .. 11.20 11.40 4.57 5.36 Sept. 25 0.00 0.05 5.38 (5.21