Barometric pressure over the Gisborne-East Coast region hit a new high yesterday with two 'highs' uniting over the country. The system that was to the west of the South Island has merged with the previous slow-moving 'high'to the east, creating one very large area of high pressure. The reading at Gisborne airport yesterday mid-morning was 1035 hectopascals, which is very high for the time of year. Normally such pressures are only reached at the height of summer, and is another sign of the huge influence the ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation) has on our weather.

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