METEOROLOGICAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20080, 28 October 1939, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

SUNRISE AND SUNSET STANDARD TIME

PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon, October 28, 6.12 p.m. BAROMETER readings At 8 a.'m. yesterday .. .. 29.921 n; At 8 p:tn. yesterday .. .. 29.92tn.' At 8 a.m. to-day .. . '29.S9in. RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 0 a.m. .. O.OOin. Total-for month to date .. l.OTin. Average for Oct, (CO years) S.ihiu. TEMPERATURES Maximum yesterday •• 01 .Odes.. Minimum last night ■. 44. Odes. Minimum on. the grass .. 35. Odes:.

THE WEATHER

Last Night’s Forecast General situation: A depression is located in the vicinity of Chatham Island, while the barometers over the Dominion are continuing to rise with the approach of an anti-cyclone from the west.

Forecast: Winds southrwest .to. southerly prevailing, strong on parts of the East Coast, otherwise moderate to fresh but gradually decreasing in force. Seas: In New Zealand waters, rough from Otago Peninsula to East Cape, rather rough north of Kawhia. slight to moderate elsewhere. Eastern Tasman • Sea: Moderate to fresh southerly writ ids and moderate seas. Weather: Fine on the west coast of the* South Island, showery in eastern districts from Canterbury to beyond Hawke's Bay: otherwise mainly fair, although rather changeable. Temperatures: Cool to cold, with some frosts probable to-night in both islands.

To-day’s North Island Report

Blue sides were general throughout the North Island to-day, a slight wes•=n»y to sou.neriv breeze prevailing. The' barometer has an upward tendency. .Temperatures at 9 a.m. were:. Auckland. • and Tauranga, 58 degrees; Opotiki. East Cape and Gisborne. -54; Napier, 59; Wellington. 51. Seas were slight to smooth in the north, '-.though rough to the south Midday Forecast General Situation: An anticyclone is moving on-to New ;Zcaianri : but pressure remains vow low to - the east. - Forecast: Moderate to strong, but decreasing, south-westerly to smithttrlv winds. Weather, mainly line, bill somewhat changeable, with the possibility of a few isolated showers. Temperatures. cool, with a likelihood of some frosts. Seas, rather rough, with a considerable southerly swell.

Hicli Water. Low Water. October 27 4.01 4.24 10.27 J 0.03 October 28 4.40 5.15 11.10 ll.il October 20 . 0.40 6.1 L o.qo. 0.00 October 30 . 0.34 7.0u 0.20 0.00 October 31 . 7.20 ■7.59 1.1!) 1.43

October 27 Rises. Sets. 4.49 a.in. 0.21 p.m. October 28 4.48 a.m. 0.22 ll.n,. October 29 , 4.47 n.m. 0.2 B p.iii, October BO 4.4f> a.ni. 0.24 p.m. October 31 4,44 a.in. 0.25 p.m.