WINDY WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 8

WINDY WEATHER

SOME RAIN PROBABLE

Special forecast for Wellington:—

Strong nqjrth-westerly to westerly winds, gale force at times, but winds will turn to the south-west during tonight. ,

The weatlier will lie , cloufiy to overcast and some rain is probable. Temperatures will be mild a,( first, bat will he cooler tomorrow.

The general >, forecast for the Dominion, issued at noon today, for the ensuing 2£ hours, is for westerly to northerly winds northward of Canterbury and Westland. Winds will be moderate to strong generally, gale force being reached in many places south of New Plymouth and Napier. A change to south-westerlies, however, will be advancing from the south and becoming general within about the next '24 'hours. In districts with a westerly aspect the weather will -be unsettled with intermittent rain. It will be mainly fair to fine at first in eastern districts, but the rain will later extend to scattered places in these areas also. Temperatures will become cooler.

Although the intense anticyclone which was centred yesterday over the North Island gave fine weather there with light winds, the meteorological situation over the rest of the Dominion has been controlled by an exceptionally rapidly-moving depression which has passed in the south. This is being followed- by a secondary which had reached North Otago by this morn-' ing. Winds have tended north generally and have reached gale force in places south of Taranaki. A change to westerlies or south-westerlies, however, had taken' place by this morning in Otago, and as pressure is rising very considerably over eastern Australia south-westerlies are expected to become general. Hence the recent general rise in temperaturW is likely to be only short-lived. The rain which was falling yesterday morning about Foveaux Strait spread rapidly over much of the South Island, and to a few places in the southern portion of the North Island. An improvement has since taken place east of the ranges, but it was still raining this morning in Westland, where there have been some heavy falls. , Arthur's Pass reports a fall of 225 points and Westport one of 109 points.

Auckland had another excellent day yesterday, with bright sunshine and a light southerly wind. Temperatures were mild, the maximum being 69.2 degrees and the minimum 565 degrees. The wind this morning was freshening from the west and the weattier was cloudy.

It was somewhat cloudy in Wellington yesterday, with a gusty northerly breeze. Hours of bright sunshine totalled 6.5, and the maximum and minimum temperatures were 62.6 and 55.2 degrees respectively. About 9 pan. there was a sprinkling of rain. The weather this morning was dull, the wind having increased to a north-west-erly gale.- The strongest gust was one at 7 a.m., blowing with a velocity of 60 miles an hour. ' ,

Cloud increased in Christchurch during the day, and showers totalling five points of rain fell between 3 and 8 p.m. A strong but moderating easterly breeze prevented much rise in temperatures, the maximum and minimum yesterday being 66.9 and 57.6 degrees, but at 9 a.m. today, the wind having changed to the north, the temperature was 70 degrees, conditions being much warmer than they were yesterday. .

Tuesday in Diinedin was the only day this month without rain, but any hopes that' fine weather had set in were ill-founded, for yesterday's •weather was dull with occasional showers that a&Jed a further 17 points of rain to the month's total. A light north-easterly breeze prevailed and temperatures were mild. The weather improved last night, but this morning it was overcast again.