METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET Eteca. 8»t«. STANDARD TIME

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF Hijk Water. Low Water a.m. p.m. a.m. P.m. STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON t yull Moon, October 1, 8.31 a.m. Lust Quarter, October 7, ii.. r >B P.m. New Moon, October 15, 0.50 p.m. First Quarter, October 24, 0.24 a.m. Full Moon, October 30, G.. 28 p.m. BAROMETER READINGS At S a.m. yesterday .. •■ f9-921n At H p.m. yesterday .. .. • <). tun At 8 a.m. to-day JOJoJn RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to » a.m. .. O.OOin Total for month to date .. 0 OOin Average for October .. •• -«S»n

THE WEATHER

To-day's North Maud Report

Overcast conditions were reported at Napier this morning, but bluo : skies prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light to moderate, north -westerly breezes were general. The barometer had commenced a rising movement, /■empera. tures at 9 o'clock were; Auckland 60 decrees, Tauranga, Fast Capo and Gisborno 57, Napier 59, and Wellington 64. Moderate, or smooth seas were reported everywhere. Last Night's Forecast An anticyclone still extends across the North Tasman Sea and northern New Zealand. A shallow depression has passed to the eastwards, but a widespread one now covers southern Australia and the south-west Tasman Sea. Anus: Light to moderate westerly to soulnweslerlv. veering again lo northwest erlv again and increasing, especially about and south of Cook Strait. Seas: Rather rough to rough in the South Taranaki flight and the Foveotix Strait area, otherwise slight to moderate but later rising ou the "west coast ol the South Wnnd. Eastern Tasman Sen: Moderate westerly winds vocr.ng to north-westerlies; seas moderate, but wind and sea later increasing ill _ the southern portion. Weather: A lew isolated showers in the western districts, but otherwise weather fair to fine at first- later, however, conditions becoming unsettled and fairly widespread ram developing in districts with a westerly aspect and the far South. Temperatures becoming mild. Midday Forecast. General inference.—An anticyclone is si ill centred to (he north of the Dominion, while a westerly depression is moving across the south Tasman Sea. Forecast.—Light to moderate but freshening north-westerly winds. Weather fair to line and mild. Seas slight to moderate.

OfOlxM' ft r>.2!l n.m. ■:,.',"t ]>.< October <! 5.58 ji.i October 5 "i.'JO ii.m. »•■>•' )'•' October «', n.1'8 n.m. 0.00 p.l

October 3 .. 0.4* 7.25 0.30 3.00 October 4 .. 7.40 8.20 1.30 2.0b October f, . . 8.40 9.24 2.30 3.04 October ii .. 0.41 10.15 3.25 4.00