METEOROLOGICAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19892, 21 March 1939, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

TIDES AT GISBORNE WIIARF High Water. Low Water.

RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to !) a.m. , . O.OOin. Total for month to date . . 0.7'.1in. Average for March (CO years) 4.31 in. TEMPERATURES Maximum yesterday ■ -75.0 deg. Minimum last night .. SS.Sdey. Minimum on the grass . . 39.6 deg.

THE WEATHER Last Night's Forecast General situation.—Pressure remains rather 'high to the north, While a shallow depression is crossing the southern part of .the South Island. Forecast. —Winds 1 rather variable at first wii'.h north-westerlies tto westcr.ies predominating; a change to southwesterlies advancing from the south. force light find fresh. Seas in New Zoaikvnd waters rather rough at times in parte ol' Cook and Fovcaux Straits. otherwise slight to moderate. In the erly to north-westerly wind<s, a change to southeriies advancing from the west; seas slight to moderate. Weather fair ',o cloudy, otherwise fine at first in most districts, scattered rains in the .eastern Tasman light to fresh northfar south extending northwards possibly as far as Taranaki and Wellington; a few heavy falls likely. Temperatures mild. io-«lay's North Island Report Blue skies were reported this morning at East Cape and in the Bay of Plenty, but overcast conditions prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light westerly breezes were blowing between Gisborne and Tauranga and light lo fresh south-westerlies elsewhere. The barometer showed littl? moyement. Temperatures at 9 o'clock were: Auckland 04 degrees, Tauranga and East Cape 07, Opotiki 05, Gisborne 70, Napier 00. and Wellington 58. Rough seas were reported at Cape Campbell ~nd Wellington; elsewhere moderate or smooth. Midday forecast General situation. —A shallow depression has been crossing the Dominion and the trough now lies across the North Island, pressure having risen again >.i the south. Forecast. —Light to moderate southerly winds prevailing, a few scattered light showers probable at first, but weather otherwise fair to cloudy. .Temperatures, cool. Seas, moderate.

a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. March 22 . . 6.04 6.33 0.03 0.31 March 23 . . 7.05 7.29 0.50 1.X8 March 24 .. 7.57 8.19 1-44 2.00 March 25 . . 8.49 9.08 2.25 2.51 March 20 . . 9.35 9.57 3.14 3.35 March 27 .. 10.21 10.42 4.02 1.2 1 March 28 . . I 1.08 I 1.31 4.49 5.14 March 29 . . I 1.55 0.00 5.4(1 6.00 March 30 . . <>.1.S 0.4 I 6.30 0.54 March 31 . . 1.08 1.30 7.25 7.40