METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19249, 15 February 1937, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS At X a.in. yesterday .. -D.atiin At s |).m. yesterday . . •• 2‘.1.:)4in At X a.m. to-day .. •• 2fl.44irt RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 lv>ttrs to !* a.m. •• tUkliii Total for month to date .. ».;»1 in Average l’or February T47in

THE WEATHER To-day’s North Island Report Overcast and unsettled weather was reported throughout the North Island this morning, with rain fairly general. Moderate to strong south-westerly winds were general. The barometer had commenced a rising movement. Tempo futures at 9 o’clock were; Auckland 54 degrees, Tutiranga 62. Gpotiki 60. I’.asL Cape 64, Gisborne 65, Napier 52, mid Wellington 50. Rough seas were reported between Cape Campbell Mid Castlepoint and at Tiritiri; elsewkve moderate or smooth.

Last Night’s Forecast General situation. —'Pito pressure is still very low In the east, wljile tin intense ant iryrloiie is rent rod lover l’asmania. A series of secondary depressions continues to cross New Zcalmd. Forecast. —Winds: Soul It-westerlies or southerlies tire still predominating, strong to gale force til times in mtra,S places. Setts (New Zealand waters): Rather rough to rough with a limey southerly swell. Eastern Tasman Heft, strong southerly winds of gale ftree at times; setts rough, with a htjtv.s southerly swell. Weather: slid Mptillj mid unsettled with heavy sliowcij m times in must places ami with hail and thunder still probable with snow on the ranges and temporal tiros cold. Midday Forecast.

(!pih‘V;i 1 infc*i f*) km*. — I procure irmniiis low over I lie Ooiniiiion mid Mill lower In llie fast, barometers are hih showing :i rising tendency. An intiiiSf* anticyclone covers the soul li-western Tasman Sea, In l l- secondary depressions coill inue to cross -N ew Zealand. Forecast.- -Moderate lo strong soilliwest lo sonllierly winds, still vending gale force 11,1 limes ill exposed posit i|UH, bill later gradually decreasing. Weather cold anil changeable, will* pasting sliowcrs af limes-, and possibly slim' bail, Inil improving slowly. Seas voigli, with n sold lierlv swell.

Rises. Seta. February i 5 .. r.,17 n.m. 0.50 JMIJ. February 1 *i . . 7. 1S a.in. r>.r»! p.m. February 17 7.19 a.ut. 0.50 p.m. February 18 7V2 l a .in. 6.49 p.m. Fobruury 3 9 . . 5.22 a.in. 0.48 p.m. February 20 . . '.! a.m. 0.17 p.m. February 21. 7.24. a.in. 0.45 p.m. February 2*2 . . "1.25 a.in. 0.44 p.m. February 2!» . . 7.2fi a.in. 0.42 p.m. February 24 . . .'i.27 a.in. 6.41 p.m. February 2 5 . . 7.2H a.in. 0.09 p.m. February 20 . . 7.29 a.in. 6.28 jun. February 2 7 . . .7.21 a.in. 0.2,7 p.m. February 28 . . 7.22 a.in. 0.05 p.m.

High Water. Low Water. a.nu p.m. a.m. p.m. February t:. 8.40 !i.05 2.15 2.40 Pobruary February 1 0 17 .. 0.80 . . 10/25 0.50 10.47 11.08 4.011 0 . 4 0 4. no February ]S . . 1 1.1 5 J 1. to 4.58 5.215 February III 0.00 0.05 5,5 4 0.1 7 February l'*‘ltiuaiy Fiihnni ry 20 2 1 n.80 ! .*J0 2.08 0.55 1.12 2.11 1 0.4 7 7.15 8.3-1 7.08 8.02 8.52 February 2:1 . . 2 .. > 8 11.2 0 0.2 5 0.45 FoIj ruary 24 ;u 8 1.12 10.1(1 10.40 Kol) rupry 25 4.42 5.1 0 .11.10 J 1.80 Filin - miry 2 li 5.4 0 0.111 0.00 0.07 February 27 0.41 7.15 0.115 1.08 Kiiln - miry 28 7.40 K. 111 1 .115 1.58

Last Quarter, February •t, 11.34 p.m. New Moon, February 1 1. 7.04 ]).!». First Quarter, February 1H, O.!20 p.m. Full Moon, February 7. t o p.m.