THE WEATHER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 3

THE WEATHER

Last Night’s Forecast

•General situation: An intense anticyclone is still centred beyond Chatham Island, while pressure is now commencing to tall in southern New Zealand. Forecast: Winds north-easterly over the North Island and between northeasterly and north-westerly elsewhere, lorce, moderate to strong generally and probably rising to gale force later in the South Island. Seas: Rough north of East Cape and about Cape Egmont. Moderate to rather rough elsewhere and rising later south of Farewell Spit and about Cook and Fovcaux Straits. Eastern Tasman Sea: Fresh to strong northerly winds and rather rough to rough seas, but wind and sea increasing later in the southern portion. Weather: Unsettled in tile western districts of the South Island with rain and some showers probable at first also in those of the North Island, otherwise fair. Temperatures: Mild to warm generally and becoming very warm cast of the Southern Alps.

To-day’s North Island Report

Overcast conditions still prevail in it ost parts of the North Island this morning. The wind was north-easterly, moderate to strong north of Gisborne and slight to fresh from Gisborne southwards. The barometer showed a falling tendency. Temperatures at 9 a.m. were:—Auckland, 03 degrees; Tauranga and Opotiki, 68. East. Cape. 03; Gisborne, 04; Napier, (it; Wellington, 07. Seas were rough in most places. Midday Forecast

General situation: The anticyclone near Chatham Island is moving eastward and pressure in the Dominion is commencing to fall. Forecast: Moderate to strong northeasterly winds, scattered light rain chiefly in the north but weather otherwise fair and mild. Seas: Rather rough, with an easterly swell.