FINER WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 136, 6 December 1938, Page 10

FINER WEATHER

BUT SHOWERS COMING

Special forecast for Wellington:—

Light to moderate but freshening north-westerly winds, with a 1 change to southerlies again before tomorrow morning. Weather fair to fine and mild at first, but some showers probable

tonight and tomorrow.

The general focecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for westerly to north-westerly winds predominating at first, but a change to southerlies will advance from the south. Winds will be mainly light to fresh, but they will be strong at times in exposed positibns. " The weather will be changeable, with rain «! times in most districts. Temperatures will be moderate, but a cool change will advance from the south.

The worst of the weather associated with the recent deep depression occurred during the weekend, and conditions yesterday improved fairly rapidly generally. South-westerly gales still blew over parts of the North Island, but they decreased steadily, while south of Cook Strait winds became light and variable. By 9 a.m. today, Eqwever, a new southerly change had taken place in the Foveaux Strait region in the rear of a deep depression advancing from the southern Tasman Sea, a depression which is causing very low* barometer readings in the South Islands Although cool, the weather conditions yesterday south of C6ok Strait were mainly fair. In the North Island an improvement began in the west during the morning, and by evening it had extended to most places. This improvement, however, was only a temporary one as light rain last night was almost general over the Dominion. The weather this morning had again improved, although it was still raining in Westland and in parts of the central and eastern portions of the North Island. The southerly winds have not been unduly cold, and temperatures have > already become mild again. Auckland's weather yesterday was cloudy and mild, a fresh south-wester-ly wind becoming gusty during the afternoon. The maximum tempera* ture was 66 degrees and the minimum 57 degrees. Some showers fell yesterday morning and again early this morning, but the amount of rain recorded was negligible.

The southerly gale in Wellington yesterday reached its peak between 6 and 7 a.m. Thereafter the wind steadily decreased in force and by evening it was almost calm. At the same time the weather improved, 7.4 hours of bright sunshine being recorded^ The maximum arid minimum temperatures were 59.8 and 45.8 degrees respectively. Between 4 and 7 a.m. today 15 points of rain fell, but the weather cleared again soon afterwards and became bright and warmer.

In Christchurch most of yesterday was sunny, a fresh but decreasing southerly wind keeping temperatures on the cool side, the maximum being only 58.1 degrees, with a minimum of 49 degrees. Showers last night totalled three points of rain, but the weather this morning was fair again with a north-easterly breeze.

Dunedin had a fine and sunny day with a moderate north-easterly wind. By this morning, however, the weather had become unsettled again, ten points of rain being recorded at the Heads.