METEOROLOGICAL
TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF STANDARD TIME High Wator. Low Water.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
PHASES OF THE MOON
BAROMETER READINGS
RAINFALL AT GISBORNE
TEMPERATURES
THE WEATHER Last Night’s Forecast General Situation; —An anti-cyclone still covers the North Island, but the pressure has fallen in the south. Forecast: Winds freshening north to west; winds from Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay southwards light and variable. Seas in New Zealand waters rather rough to rough about Cook Strait and south of Cape Egmont: elsewhere slight or moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea; North-westerly winds, light in the northern portion with slight seas; fresh to strong in the southern portion with rough seas. Weather: Unsettled in the western and southern areas of the South Island with occasional rain, but elsewhere fair to cloudy. Temperatures: Mild to warm.
To-day’s North Island Report
Overcast conditions were reported at Wellington and Opotiki this morning, but there were blue skies at most other points along the East Coast. Light northerly winds continued to prevail over the larger portion of the coast, with light southerly breezes in the Auckland district. The temperatures at 9 a.m. were; Gisborne and Tauranga, 73 degrees; Opotiki, and Cape PaLliser, 72; Napier, 70; East Cape and Auckland. 66: Wellington, 63. There was a moderate sea at Wellington, but elsewhere the sea was smooth
a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. December 23 2.06 2.27 8.22 8.44 December 24 2.49 :s.i2 9.09 9.32 December 2f> 3.36 4.02 10.00 10.24 December 26 4.28 4.58 10.56 11.20 December 27 5.27 5.58 11.54 — December 28 6.26 7.01 0.10 0.50 December 29 7.26 7.57 1.12 1.44 December 30 8.22 8.52 2.06 2.36 December 31 9.17 9.46 2.58 3.28
Rises. Sets. December 23 .. 4.21 a.in. 7.IS p.m. December 24 . . 4.22 a.in. 7.IS p.m. December 25 . . 4.22 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 20 . . 4.23 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 27 . . 4.24 a.m. 7.19 p.m. December 28 . . 4.24 a.m. 7.20 p.m. December 29 . . 4.25 a.m. 7.20 p.m. December 30 . . 4.26 a.m. 7.20 p.m. December 31 . . 4.26 a.m. 7.20 p.m.
Full Moon December 26, 10.58 p.m. Last Quarter December 31, 4.26 p.m.
At S a.m. yesterday .. .. 30.12in. At S p.m. yesterday • • 30.08in. At S a.m. to-day . . 30.0Gin.
For 24 hours 'to 9 a.m. O.OOin. Total for month to date 1.29in. Average for Dec (GO years) 2.29in.
Maximum yesterday . . S2.0deg. Minimum last night . . 59.0deg. Minimum on the grass 50.0deg.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 3
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387METEOROLOGICAL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 3
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