METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19237, 1 February 1937, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME Pas os. Sot 8.

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF STANDARD TIME High Water. Low Water, tt.ni. p.m. a.m. p.m.

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS

At S n.m. yesterday .. At S p.m. yesterday .. • • At $ n.m. to-dav .. •• RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

For 2‘l hours to 9 a.m. • • Total for .Tanuary .. •• Average, for January • • - ojm

THE WEATHER

To-day’s North Island Report

Blue skies were reported this morning at Napier and in the Bay of Plenty, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere in the" North Island. Light to moderate southerly,- breezes were general. . barometer had commenced # rising movement. Temperatures at 9 ° clock were: Auckland 64 degrees, lauranga 63, Opotild 66, East Cape 61, 58 Napier and Wellington 62. Moderate or smooth seas were reported every. ! where. Last Night’s Forecast An anticyclone still covers the Tasman Sea. Tho' pressure has risen considerably over the Dominion, but is still rather low to the south-east. Winds: South-west to southerly prevailing, stilt strong in some exposed positions, outdecreasing, and elsewhere light to moderate.' Seas (New Zealand waters): Lather rough to rough about Cook and Foveaux Straits, hut gradually decreasing and, elsewhere, slight to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Light to moderate southerly winds and slight to moderate seas Weather: For the most part hue, with rising temperatures, but a'few passing showers at first on the western and southern coasts of the South Island, later becoming- cloudy on the east coast. Midday Forecast

General inference.—The anticyclone from the Tasman Sen. is now moving on to the Dominion, hut the rise of pressure has bean greater in the south than m the Forecast. —Light to moderate southerly winds. Weather, mainly fine, but cloudy ami with scattered light ram at first on parts of the coast.-and high country. Temperatures, cool to moderate, i.ens. slight to moderate.

February February. February 1 . . ;t .. 5.1 5.11 a.m. a. in. a. in. 7.8 7.7 7.6 j).m. p.m. p.m. February 4 •• 5.4 a. in. 7.5 rr .1 p.m. February 5 . . 5.5 a.m. / .<fc February <• . . 5.6 a.m. p.ni. February 7 . . 6.8 a. in. 1 •*' p.n . February 8 . . 5.0 a.m. 7.1. pun.

Fobruary 1 • February . Fobruary 3 . . 0,50 . 10.35 . 11.20 10.18 11.06 11.48 3.40 4,30 5.18 4.02 4.49 5.33 February- 4 . 0.00 0.05 6.05 0.12 0

Last Quarter. February 4. 11.34 p.m. Nnw Moon, February li, 7.04 p.ni. First, Quarter, February 18, 2.20 Jj.nt. Full Moon, February 2'|, 7.12 p.rn.