METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

THE WEATHER 10-day's North Island Report Overcast, conditions we're reported at Wellington this morning, hut blue skies prevailed'elsewhere in the North Island. North-westerly gales were blowing between Cape Campbell and Castlepoint and light to moderate north-westerly breezes elsewhere. The barometer had commenced to rise slowly, Temperatures at 9 o'clock were; Auckland 57 degrees, Tauranga and Opotiki 55. East Capo 58, Gisborne 60, Napier 61. and Wellington 51. Bough seas were reported at Cape Campbell and Wellington ; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Last Night's rorec;i3t

An anticyclone extends over tiorllicrii New Zealand, Liui a fresh westerly depression, of moderate intensity is advancing rapidly a.toss the south Tasliian Hen. Winds, westerly to northvi'csterly prevailing, force mainly modcrn(o at' lir.-t, lnil increasirig and, later reaching gale force at places about Cook and Fn'vean.v Straits, dumping lo southwesterly in lhe southern portion of the South Island during to-morrow. Seas, rather rough to rough in Poveaux .Strait; elsewhere, .slight to moderate, hut rising south or Cape Rgmont and about Cook Strait, fu the eastern Tasman northwest in west winds, moderate in the northern portion, with slight to moderate seas, sfroin> in the southern por tion with rough seas: winds changing to south-west to-morrow in the southern portions. Weather, fair to fine generally at first, bill soon clouding over and vain developing in the western and southern portions of the Month LslaTid; biter scattered rains probable in the western districts of the Norllj Island. Temperatures mild, Injl becoming cooler to-mor-row in the South Tslnnd. Midday Forecast.

General inference.—A series of rather intense depressions of the, westerly type is crossing the south Tasmau Sea and southern New Zealand, while pressure is still high in the north. Forecast.—. Moderate to strong and squally -westerly winds, of gale force in places'. ' Weather fair, with moderate temperatures, .bi.it some scattered! rains in the hack country. Seas moderate.

SUNRISE AND SUNSET Rlae» 8et». STANDARD TIME Octobe r 8 . .' 5.15 a.m. (5.2. p.m. Octobe r 0 .. 5.13 a.in. 6.3' p.m. Octobe v 10 . . 5.12 a.m. 0.4 p.m. Octobe pit . . 5.1 1 a.m. 0.0 p.m. Octobn r 32 . . 5.9 a.m. 0.0 p.m. Octobe r IfJ . . 5.8 a.m. (i.7 p.m. Octobe r 14 ' . . 5.(1 a.m. 0.8 p.m. October 15 . . 5.4 a.m. 0.0 p.m. October 10 . . 5.ft a.m. 0.11 p.m. Octobe r 17 . . 5.1. a.m. 0.12 p.m. Octobe r IS . . 5.0 a.m. 0. ID p.m. Octobe f 10 ' . . '1.50 a.m. 0.14 p.m. Octobe r L'O' . . 4.57 a.m. 0,14 p.m. Octobe iv 2-1 .. 4.50. a.m. 0.15 p.m. Octobe r 22. . . 4.55 a.m. G.1G p.m. tide! at gisbqrne wharf Etlefc Water Low Wat«r ».rr. p.it s.m i».ii< STANDARD TIME October 8 . . li.03 11.55 5.11 5.50 Octobe r o .. n.no o.i." 0.07 li.40 Octobe rio .. o.4fi i.o8 7.0-1 7.40 Octobe rll .. 1.:!5. 1.57 7.59 8.flO Octobe rl? .. 3.24 5..|r, 8.50 0.20 Octobe ri.". .. rui fwa 0.40 10.05 Octobe r 14 . . 4.00 -t.'Jl io.ni 10.54 Octobe 1-15 . . '1.50 5.15 11.24 11.40 Octobe rl(» .. 5.-11. 0.00 0.00 0.15 Octobe r 17 . . 0..10 7.01 o.no l.oi October 3 8 .. 7.28 7.55 1.15 1.40 Octobe r 10 . . 8.14 8.TIG 1.55 2.26 PHASES OF, THE MOON Full Moon, October 1, 8.:il a.m. Last . Quarter, October 7, 11.58 p.m. New Moon. October 15, 0.50 p.m. Firs t Quarter, October 24, 0.24 a.m. Full Moon, October HO, 5.28 p.m. BAROMETER READINGS At S a.m. yesterday .. .. .'10.11 in At S p.m. yesterday . . .. 30.15ill At S a.m. to-day .. aO.lOin 1 RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For '. !4 hours to 0 a.m. n.noin Total for month to date O.OOin Average for October .. 2.69in