METEOROLOGICAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20044, 16 September 1939, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS

RAINFALL AT GISBORNE

TEMPERATURES

THE WEATHER

Last Night’s Forecast

General situation: An intense anticyclone centred in the north-west Tasman Sea is extending on to the Dominion, but weak secondary depressions continue to pass in the south.

Forecast: Winds from between south-west and. north-west but with south-west . predominating, mainly light to moderate but freshening at times. Seas: In New Zealand waters, rather rough north of Wanganui, otherwise slight to moderate but with a swell on the East Coast south of Hawke’s Bay. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate to strong west to southwest winds and moderate to rather

rough seas, but wind and sea de • creasing in the central and northern portions. Weather: Mainly fair to fine but with occasional showers in western districts and in isolated places elsewhere. Temperatures: Cool to moderate with frosts likely . tonight in both islands. To-day’s North Island Report

Temperatures were cool all over the North "island this morning, with Auckland and Cape Maria returning 55 degrees, Gisborne 53, Opotiki and East Cape 52, Napier and Castlepoint 50, and Cape Palliscr and Wellington 49 degrees. Winds of moderate force from the south and west were general, and only at Auckland was the sky completely clouded, other stations reporting blue skies, with . passing clouds in some cases. Visibility was good to excellent, and sea conditions smooth to moderate. Midday Forecast

General situation.—An anti-cyclone covers the Tasman Sea and New Zealand while a depression is located ever Tasmania.

Forecast. Moderate southerly winds decreasing and becoming variable. Weather: Fine. Temperatures: Cool with some frosts, but becoming milder. Seas: Slight to moderate.

High Water. Low Water. a.in. p.m. a.in. p.m. September September 10 17 .. 7.10 . . 8.12 7.42 8.42 0.58 1.57 1.20 2.28 September 18 . . 0.00 0.87 2.;>1 8».2:> September 10 . . 10.05 10.20 8.4 i 4.20 September 1*0 .. 10.55 11.21 4.40 5.1 0 September 21 ..'11.41 0.00 0-58 D- * “ September 22 .. 0.10 o.:m 0.27 September 28 . . 0.58 1.22 8.11 i .;»4 September 2 1 . . 1.15 2.07 September 25 . . 2.28 2.50 8.54 0.27 September 20 4.00 8. on 9.88 1 0.00

Rises Sots September 16 5.52 a.in. 5.41 p.m. September 17 5.51 a.in. 5.42 ]).1P. September 18 5.40 a.in. 5.455 p.m. September 10 . . 5.47 a.m. 5.44 ]).in. September 2 0 5.46 a. m. 5.45 p.m. September 21 . . 5.4 4 a.in. 5.45 P.m. September 22 5.42 a.in. 5.40 p.m. September 22 . . 5.4 1 a. in. r< p.m. September 21 . . 5.:io a.in. 5.4 8 p.m. September 25 5.27 a. in. 5.40 p.m. September, 20 . . 5.2.5 a. in. 5.40 p.m.

New .-..Moon, September. 13, 31.53 p.m. First Quarter, September 30, 11.04 p.m. Full Moon, September 30, 1.07 a.m.

At S a.m. yesterday .. .. 29.88in. lAt s p.rn. yesterday .. .. 29.95in. At s a.m. to-day .. 30.09in.

For 24 hours to !) n.m. O.OOin. Total for month to (Into O.Htlin. Average for Sept, (t!0 years) 2.9!)in.

Maximum yesterday • ,. fi0.2dcff. Minimum last niftlit . . . 4:J.2de«. Minimum on the R'i'ass , . 3 3.2 clew,