FAIR TO FINE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1938, Page 8

FAIR TO FINE

SOUTHERLY WINDS

Special forecast for Wellington:—Light to fresh southerly winds. Weather fair to fine, with cool night and pleasant day temperatures. The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon day for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for north-westerly winds at first in the far north and north-east; but 'otherwise westerlies to south-westerlies will prevail. Winds will be moderate to strong generally, with gales; in' some exposed places, but they will gradually decrease in force. The' weather will be^ changeable.,at. first insdistricts with a westerly aspect and in^ the, far south, with scattered showers, but it will improve, and in eastern districts it will be .fine. Mild day and cool night temperatures may be expected. Yesterday, was a boisterous day in most places south of Hawke's Bay and Taranaki, the cause being a deep westerly depression which was,crossing the South Island. This is now centred to the east of the Chatham Islands, j and behind it winds have changed from the north-west to the south-west.- In eastern districts the weather has continued fine and unusually warm, with maximum temperatures above 70 degrees in many places. Some rain has fallen in almost all western' districts, but in most places the falls have been very light. In the Southern Alps, however, there has been some heavy rain, Arthur's Pass, for instance, reporting a. fall of 255 points. Rivers in Westland have risen. In Otago and Southland the weather has been changeable with showers, and along the Foveaux Strait coast line there have been some hail squalls. The south-westerly change has brought about cooler temperatures, and this morning it was relatively cold in the southern half of the South Island. Auckland's . weather yesterday, though cloudy, was fine. The wind i was fresh and has varied on either side of west. The maximum and mini- j mum temperatures were 62 and 55.2 degrees respectively. By this morn- i ing, however, the weather had become i unsettled, 10 points of rain having been recorded up t0.9 a.m. In Wellington a strong north-west-erly gale spoiled what was otherwise a sunny and mild day. There were some fierce gusts of wind, with one at about 1.30 p.m. with a velocity of I 73 miles an hour. There was another batch of strong gusts about midnight, their velocities being about 65 miles | an hour. Shortly after that, however, the wind decreased, and this'morning there was a change to a moderate southerly, the weather being bright and clear. The sunshine yesterday totalled 9.5 hor#-s, and the maximum and minimum temperatures were 61.9 and 53.2 degrees respectively. In Christchurch a contrast in temperatures was a feature pf the weather. A boisterous north-westerly wind was responsible for a maximum temperature as high as 73.1 degrees, but the night was cold, with a minimum temperature of 41.6 degrees and a frost of 5.9 degrees. The weather yesterday was cloudy, but the night was clear. Shortly before 9 a.m. today there was a southerly change, but no rain accompanied it. Dunedin had its highest temperature this spring, the day being sunny with a moderate north-westerly breeze. Late in the afternoon, however, the wind changed to the south-west and there was a short shower. The wind continued south-westerly throughout the night and temperatures fell. The weather this, morning was changeable with occasional light showers.