SLOW TO COME

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 140, 16 June 1933, Page 6

SLOW TO COME

IMPROVING WEATHER "With barometeis .high over the Tasman Sea better weather than what has been experienced might have reasc lably been expected, but the lleteoiolagical Office is still hopeful about an knpiovemcnt. Today's forecast is for a continuation of. southerly winds noith of Westpoit and Kaikoura, and, although these will be moderate to strong at first and may reach galo fore.c in places, they should gradually decrease in force. .'Elsewhere winds will be more variable, with westerlies predominating. Further showers are likely between Kaikoura and East Cape, but the showery area will contract northward. The weather in other districts should be mainly fair to fine, but temperatures jvill be cold and severe frosts may be expected An anticyclone has moved slowly on to the Dominion, -its1 centre being over the southern part of the- country. The pressure . gVadieut, however, is stoop along the East Coast north of Banks' Peninsula, and this,has favoured the continuation of strong and" • squally southerly winds to the north of Farewell Spit and Kaikoma. There have been fiequent showers, with hail at times, about Cook Strait and along tho Kast Coast. The weather elsewhere, however, hah hern mainly fine, but with cold temperatuies everywhere. By thii morning there Mas an improvement in conditions along most of the .East Coast of the South Island, but the weather was still cold and showery between Cook Strait and East Cape. ■ The weather in Auckland yesterday morning was' cloudy, but most of tho afternoon was sunny. A southerly breeze prevailed. A cold and boisterous southerly wind blew in Wellington all day yesterday, but there were short periods of sunshine. Showers, however, became frequent during the evening and. continued during the night and this morning. They were heavy 'at times and. were occasionally accompanied by bursts of hail. At Kelburn tho rainfall up to 0 a.m. totalled' 47 points) 25 falling in Low or Ilutt. Cluistchurcli al<-o had a cold and wintiy day yesterday. A strong southwesterly wind prevailed and there were lain and hail showers. In Duriediu tho weather, was cold and thill, but the wind was'only a light one from the south.