METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET Kises. Sets.

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF Hlgk Water. Lot* Water a.m, p.m. a.m. p.m.

PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon, Sept. 2, 0.07 a.m. liiist Quarter, Sept. R, ?.<I4 p.m. New "Moon, Sept. 10, 5.11. a.m. First Quarter, Kept. 2i 0.42 a.m. BAROMETER READINGS .At. s a.m. yesterday .. .- 30.30 in At 8 p.m. yesterday .. •• 30.20Jn At S a.m. to-day .. ■• 30.13 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE 3Por 2<l hours to 9 a.m. .. 0.03 in Total l'or month to date . . 0.(17in Average for September .. 3.00 in THE WEATHER To-day's North. Island Keport - Blue skies were reported at Wellington (his morning, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light to fresh northerly breezes wen 1 general. The barometer had commenced' a falling movement. Tempera tun -s at 9 o'clock were: Auckland and Ppotiki 59 degrees, Tauranga and Gisborne 56,, Napier 57. and Wellington 60. Rough ' sea.-- were reported al Gastlepoint, Tanranga and Tiritiri; elsewhere, moderate or smooth. Last Night's Forecast An intense anti-cyclone has remained practically .stationary east of. New Zealand. A cyclone is centred to-day between Norfolk Island and Cape ..Maria Van Diemen, and is moving slowly southwards, while a fresh depression is located over south east,tii Australia. Winds: North-easterly to northerly, strong in the northern half of Ihe North Island, and nsiii! 1,, s ale fori cin plates in the far north; elsewhere lighl to moderate at first, but later freshening, changing later in the far north to westerly, and in places temporarily to south-westerly. Seas: Rough north of East Cape, and rising elsewhere north of Cape Egmont and fastlepninl, otherwise slight I o moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Norl h easterly to northerly winds, strong with rough seas in the northern portion, and hacking shortly to south-wcstei Iv ; light to moderate with slight to.moderate, seas in the southern portion; but wind and sea gradually increasing. Weather: Dull and misty, or in places foggy in the northern and "north-eastern portions of the North Island, with rain: some heavy falls probable : unsettled conditions and rain gradually extending) southwards to Nelson and Marlborough: elsewhere mainly fair to fine, but with further mist or fog ou parts of the East Coast, and later some rain in the far south. Temperatures mild. Midday Forecast. General inference.- A shallow cyclone is moving eastwards past, the northern extremity of the Dominion, while a rather intense westerly depression is advancing across the Tasman Sea.. Pressure is rising -rapidly over eastern Austral in. Forecast. —Easterly winds, strong in the northern portion, otherwise moderate. Weather, cloudy and misty, with rain from Wairoa northwards, but shortly improving temporarily. Mild temperatures. Seas, moderate, with a considerable easterly swell.

September 25 . . 5.36 a.m. 5.50 p.m. September 26 . . 5.34 a.m. 5.51 p.m. September 27 . . 5.32 a.m. 5.52 p.m. September 2S . . 5.31 a.m. 5.53 p.m. September 2!T .. 5.29 a.m. 5.54 p.m. September 30 . . 5.28 a.m. 5.55 p.m.

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