THE WEATHER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19364, 30 June 1937, Page 3

THE WEATHER

To-day’s North Island Report Blue skies were reported this morning at Napier and Gisborne, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere' in the North Island, with.light rain fairly general. Light, northerly, breezes were reported at Gisborne, and light to moderate south-westerlief > elsewhere. The barometer had commenced a falling movement. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland, Tauranga and East Cape 49, Opotiki 46, Gisborne 40, Napier 43, and Wellington 44. Rough seas were reported . at Wellington and Tiritiri; elsewhere i moderate or smooth. Last Night’s Forecast • An anticyclone extends across the south Tasman Sea and New Zealand, i the. highest pressure being east of the South Island. Pressure is, however, relatively low over the south Tasman. The forecast is for winds, moderate to strong, east to north-east north of 1 Kawhia and East Cape; elsewhere light to moderate southerlies to southI easterlies predominating, but turning I north-easterly over parts of the South Island. Seas (New Zealand waters) 1 rather rough north of East Cape, with an easterly swell elsewhere, slight to moderate. In the eastern Tasman Sea moderate south-east to easterly winds, and slight to moderate seas. 1 The weather for the most part will he fair to fine, but some rain is probable in the far north, and scattered misty showers on the east coast south of East Cape, with possibly some mist or fog in places. Cold night temperatures, with some sharp Hosts. Midday Forecast General inference,—-Pressure remains high over the Tasman Sea and New Zealand, hut a shallow depresj sion ir, passing in the north, j Forecast. —Light to moderate east to south-easterly winds. Weanter cloudy , to overcast, with intermittent rain: i Temperatures cold. Seas moderate.