STILL THEY COME

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1933, Page 6

STILL THEY COME

YET ANOTHER DEPRESSION

February" seems determined to go down in meteorological records as a month of very unsettled weather, for the forecast issued at noon today by the Meteorological Office conveys the unwelcome intelligence thst yet another westerly depression is advancing m this -direction across the southern part of the Tasnian Sea. Hence moderate to strong northerly to northwesterly winds may be expected, with westerlies prevailing over the southern portion of the South Island. The weather in...eastern districts will still remain fair, but elsewhere conditions will b,o cloudy to overcast. Sorte showers are likely, especially southward'of Kawhia, and heavy falls of rain are still probable on :the West Coast of the South Island, v A further rise in barometric pressure has taken place over the Dominion owing tp the fact that an^anticyclono of rather slight intensity is centred to the north of the Bay of Plenty. But the frqsh westcily depression that is approaching will probably nullify Hhc anticyclone's efforts to ■ restore something like settled summer weather. In most districts yesterday's weather was fair, although there were some further showers pn high levels and in western districts. ' . The heaviest fall of rain reported' was one of 150 pointß at 'Okuru, South Westland. Winds yesterday , decreased considerably in force, Tjut by this morning there was a tendency for'northerly winds to -freshen again. - , Auckland enjoyed fine, weather yesterday, with light "breezes from a westerly quarter. The night, however, was cloudy.* The weather'in Wellington yesterday morning was overcast with -a somewhat misty atmosphere. The afternoon was brighter, and the night clear, but conditions had become dull again by this morning. "Yesterday's gusty northerly wind suddenly died down at 10 p.m., but a little before 2 a.m. this morning it was showing signs of increasing again. Christchurch continued yesterday its series of dull mornings followed by. sunny afternoons. A strong northwesterly wind prevailed in the afternoon and veered later to the northeast. ■ • , Changeable skies .were Dunedin's* experience yesterday. Light rain fell about noon, but otherwise the weather was fine.