METEOROLOGICAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

SUNRISE AND- SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon, October 28, C. 12 p.m. BAROMETER READINGS

At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 20. Min. At S p.m. yesterday • • ■ • 29.93 in. At S a.m. to-day .. •• 29.89 in. RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m. .. O.OOin. Total for month to dale - ■ 0.98 in Average for Oct. (90 years) 2.04 in. TEMPERATURES Maximum yesterday .. tin.ikies. Minimum last night . ' .. 44. Odes?. .Minimum on the grass .. 3(l..!deg.

THE WEATHER

Last Night’s Forecast General situation: An anticyclone is moving ■•'lowly eastwards off the North Island, while the last of a series of depressions has commenced to cross the South Island. Forecast: Unsettled in western districts south of Taranaki and in the far south with rain tit times, otherwise fair o cloudy but becoming showery and colder with the southerly change, conditions improving later in Westland. To-day’s North Island Report Overcast conditions prevailed along the east coast this morning, except at Tauranga and Gisborne, where blue skies were reported. Light northerly winds were general. Temperatures at !) a.m. were: Auckland 01 degrees, Tauranga 63, Opotiki 59, East Cape 00, Gisborne 50, Napier 53 and Wellington 51. Seas were smooth to moderate. Midday Forecast General Situation: —A depression is moving eastward across the centre,of the Dominion. Barometers are rising in the south. Forecast: Moderate to fresh westerly winds turning by tomorrow to south-westerly or southerly. Weather: Becoming changeable and showery. Temperatures: Cooler. Seas: Slight to moderate.

Hi evil Wnlnr. Low Wn tor. October 2(*> rt.::a 0.4 l 10.07 October 27 4.01 4.24 10.27 10.50

Rises. Pets. October 20 4.'>0 tun. 0.20 p.m. October 27 4.40 a.m. 6.21 run.