METEOROLOGICAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20060, 5 October 1939, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON

BAROMETER READINGS At 8 ii.m. yesterday .. .. 30.53 in. At. 8 p.m. yesterday .. .. 30.4 Gin. At 8 a.in. to-day . . .. 30.44 in. RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to fl a.m'! ! O.OOin. Total for month to date .. O.OOin. Average for Oct. (GO years) 2.G4in. ; TEMPERATURES Maximum yesterday . .. “u.Odcy. Minimum last niglu - .. 33.0d.eg. Minimum on the gyass .. 27.0 deg. THE WEATHER Last Night’s Forecast General Situation: An intense anticyclone. with its centre near Hawke’s Bay, still covers the Dominion. Weak disturbances are located near Norfolk Island and in the south Tasman Sea. Forecast: Winds, fresh easterlies over the Auckland Peninsula; elsewhere variable, but with moderate northerlies predominating, and freshening at times in the south. Seas: In New Zealand waters, rather rough on the eastern side of the Auckland Peninsula and to the west of Foveaux Strait: otherwise slight. Eastern Tasman Sea: Light to moderate winds and moderate seas in the centra) portion, fresh northerly winds and rather rough sens in the northern and southern portions. Weather: Continuing fine and settled over most of the country; some light rain probable, however, in North Auckland, and conditions later becoming unsettled in the south-western Sounds area. Mild day but cool night temperatures, with frosts probable in both islands. To-Day’s North Island Report The. barometric pressure along the East Coast was falling, at 9 a.m,, but at that hour it was, still at a high level. The temperatures were: Wellington and Tauranga, 59 degrees; Auckland, 56; Gisborne, 49: and Napier, 48. A high wind of about 28 to 33 miles per hour from the northwest was blowing at Cape Maria Van I Diemen, but over the lower section of ! the island the winds were light and ■ variable. Overcast or cloudy conditions were reported along the East Coast, except for Tauranga and Wellington. The sea was rough at Tiritiri, but elsewhere smooth to moderate. | Midday Forecast General Situation: The intense anticyclone over the Dominion and the disturbance to the north are moving slowly eastward. Forecast: Light to moderate and variable winds, fair and mild with cool night temperatures. Seas: Slight to moderate.

Hiph Water. <>.58 Low :i.l2 Water. October .. iojr, 10. 42 2.5 o 4.21 October 0 . . .1 1.0‘J 11.'28 4.4 0 5.10 October 7 .. 11.oO 0.00 5.29 0.0 l October 8 0.18 0.40 0.22 0.50 October 0 1.00 1.20 7.17 7.10 Oct oIh‘1* 10 i .r>o 2.2 1 8.12 8.12 October 11 2.48 ;;.15 9.09 0.2!;

Rittes. Rets. October r, 5.21 a.in. 5.58 JJ.rrt. October o .’..1!) n .in. 5.50 p.ia. October 7 r..!8 n./n. C.00 ]>.m. October 8 ft. 10 ft. m. fi.Ol p.m. October 9 5.14 n.in. 6.02 p.m. October TO 5.13 a.m. 6.03 p.in. Octobc r 11 5.12 a.m. 0.04 p.m.

Last Quarter, October 0, 4.57. p.m. New Moon, October 13, 8.00' "a.in. First Quarter, October 20, 2.54 p.m. Full Moon, October 28, 0.12 p.m.