DEPRESSION COMING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 12

DEPRESSION COMING

CLOUD AND WIND

Special forecast for Wellington;— Strong north-westerly winds reaching gale force. Weather fine and mild at first, but cloud increasing and possibly some

showers tonight or tomorrow.

The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued a.t noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for south-westerly winds in the far north. Otherwise westerlies to northwesterlies will prevail. Winds will be moderate to strong generally, gale force being reached at times in places south of New Plymouth and Napier. A change to south-westerlies will advance later over the South Island. In districts with a westerly aspect ;'the weather will be cloudy to overcast, with rain from' Taranaki southwards, and the rain will gradually extend northward. It will be mainly fair in eastern districts, but showers will extend later northward to South Canterbury. Temperatures will be mild generally, but will fall in the South Island.

Although rather cloudy in western districts,-, pleasant weather has continued to prevail over most of the Dominion, the only rain being a few light showers on the West Coast of the South Island. East of the main ranges it has been quite warm, with mild temperatures elsewhere. The weather system responsible for these conditions has been an anticyclone which has remained almost stationary to the west of the Auckland peninsula. This has caused moderate to strong southwesterly winds to blow in most western districts north of Greymouth and in the Auckland peninsula, while winds elsewhere, though very variable, have been mainly north-westerly jh direction, A very intense westerly depression, however, the centre of which was near Hobart yesterday, is now approaching southern New Zealand, and this morning winds were freshening and becoming north-westerly in direction from Taranaki and Hawke's Bay southwards. In the1 far south the weather is also becoming rather less settled.

Auckland's weather yesterday was cloudy but fine, with a fresh southwesterly wind and moderate temperatures. The sky cleai'ed slightly during the afternoon. The maximum and minimum temperatures were 62.6 and 52 degrees respectively.

Wellington had 5,7 hours of bright sunshine during the morning, but an increase in high cloud cut the afternoon's total down to 2.6 hours, making 8.3 hours for the day. -This .morning,' however, the sky was again almost cloudless. A moderate to strong north-westerly breeze has prevailed and temperatures have been mild, yesterday's maximum and minimum being 61.8 and 49.8 degrees respectively.

Skies in Christchurch yesterday were variable, but the weather was fine and warm, with a maximum temperature of 62.3 degrees. Although there was a frost ol one degree, the night was comparatively mild, the minimum temperature being 48.6 degrees. The wind has been from the north-east and light to moderate in strength.

In Dunedin yesterday it was cloudy, but fine and mild, with intervals ol sunshine. The wind was a northeasterly, but a moderate north-wester* ly was blowing this morning after a calm night.