METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET UUfls. Seta, i STANDARD TIME 1 October 2 .. fi.2f> a.in. l.iWi p.m. ; Oi-i.ii.iw . . 1.24 a.in. .”>.7 ]>.m. October I .. 1.21 n.m. 0.8 pan. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF EUgk Watar. Low Water a.tn. p.iu. a.m. p,m. STANDARD TIME , October •_> . . 0.40 u. 20 n.oo o.o;, October :: .. 0.4,1 7.21 0.40 1.00 October 4 . . 7.40 8.20 1.40 ‘2.00 PHASES OF THE MOON Fall Moon, October 1. 8.21 a.m. Last Quarter, Ontober 7. 11.18 p.m. New Moon, October 11, 0.10 p.m. First Quarter, October 24, 0.24 a.m. Full Moon, October 40, 1.28 p.m. BAROMETER READINGS At S n.m. yesterday . . .. 4,0.0 din At S ]>.m. yesterday .. . . t’O.SOin At S a.m. 10-day .. ... 2!).02in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For ,24 hours to 0 a.m. .. O.OOin Total for September .. .. 1.21 in Average for September .. k.Onin THE WEATHER To-day's North Island Report Overcast and unsettled conditions were reported at, Auckland this morning, but blue skies prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Moderate westerly breezes were general. The barometer had commenced a falling movement. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland and ITauranga 56 degrees, Opotiki 54, East 'Capo and Gisborne 59, Napier 60, and Wellington 57. Moderate or .smooth j seas were reported everywhere. Last Night’s Forecast ; General sftnation. —An anticyclone extends across the North Tasman Sea, and northern New Zealand, while the first of an extensive scries of westerly depressions is approaching the .South Island. Forecast. —Winds: Moderate, to strong north-westerly to westerly prevailing, reaching gale force in places south of New Plymouth and Napier. Seas (Now Zealand waters): Rough south of Cape Kgrnoiit and about Cook and Foveaux Straits; elsewhere slight to moderate, but, later, rising north of Cape Fgrnont, and in off-shore waters south of Napier. Eastern Tasman Sea : Moderate to strong winds between north-west and west, of gale force in the southern portion; seas, moderate in the northern portion and rough in the central and southern portions. Weather unsettled, and rain probable in tin' western and far southern portions of 1 lie .South Island; elsewhere mainlv fair' to fine, but rain gradually extending to most districts with /i westerly aspect. Temperatures mild Midday Forecast. General inference.—A shallow depression crossed the Dominion last, night, and has been followed by a rise in pressure. Another depression, however, is advancing on to south-eastern Australia. Forecast. Moderate to fresh westerly I winds. Weather, fair to line. Gold niglii, but milder to-morrow. Seas, slight l to moderate. \