Cyclone Pam weakens

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33455, 9 February 1974, Page 1

Cyclone Pam weakens

-— The tail of Cyclone Pam. predicted earlier to

reach much of the South Island, has weakened rapidly. Canterbury and the West ( oast should experience nothing more severe than light winds and occasional rain, heavy at times in the ranges. ' The cyclone is now regarded officially as nothing more than a deep depression, although the effect it had on seas during its passage across the Tasman if ;still pronounced along the 'western seaboard of New [Zealand. I Fiordland, Southland, and Carts of South Otago have een the only areas to suffer I any effect of the cyclone — •grey skies, gusty winds, and ,fairly steady rain. ' Most of’ Canterbury and the West Coast basked in bright sunshine yesterday — Westport had a near-record temperature of 26deg. — and similar weather is likely for much of Canterbury today. Cloud is expected to increase over the West Coast. Fishing vessels which made for Greymouth on the strength of earlier warnings are still there, and will remain until the heavy swell outside the bar moderate: Three ships at Westport — the Milbum Carrier, Karetu, and Capitaine Cook — will also delay sailing until the seas have dropped.