HUMID WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 6

HUMID WEATHER

BENEFICIAL RAINS

Cloudy, sultry, and humid weather may be expected: to continue, according to the weather forecast Hssued at noon to-day. . Further rain will probably fall at times in* most districts and there will -be! a tendency for/ thun^ derstorms. Over the' South Island winds will be variable, with^nprtheriies prevailing "at" first !and southerlies,- later on. ' Elsewhere winds' will Tpe moderate to stormy northerlies. . ",'"'■■ ' •

: Pressure has remained high to 'the eaat pf the Dominion, but an extensive and. irregular now covers the; Dominion and the eastern." jpajrt of the 'Tasman Sea.' .The -weather generally has been unsettled, warm,and humid, with rain at times in most parts of the country; There have been some heavy falls in western districts and in the high country of the South Island. Arthur's Pass records a fall of 265 points of rain, Greymoiith 212 points,-and Nelson 165 points. Winds have been mainly northerly and fresh to stormy^ but a southerly prevailed last night in parts of the South Island.

The weather in Auckland yesterday was warm and hazy, the wind being a light northerly. ' ; Wellington had dull, unsettled, and squally weather, with a--stormy northwest "wind blowing all day. Rain- began to fall at about 11.30 a.m., a fall of 53 points up to 9 a.m. to-day being recorded at • Kelburn, and -one of 89 points in Lower Hutt.

Christehnreh yesterday had its hottest day_ of the present summer, the weather "being fair to cloudy. About 6 p.m. a south-westerly change brought rain1 and 47 points fell during the night: ' ■ • ■ ■

The weather -in- Dunedin yesterday was. changeable with intermittent cloud and sunshine. The wind there also changed vto the south-west durine the day. ....