UNSETTLED WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 110, 6 November 1933, Page 8

UNSETTLED WEATHER

A DULL WEEKEND

The weather during the weekend was generally unsettled, dull and misty owing to a complex cyclonic depression remaining over the Dominion. Since Saturday rain has fallen over jnoat of the country, heavy falls occurring, in. many places. Parts of Canterbury appear to have had very heavy rainfall, Ash burton reporting 2&> points in the twenty-four hours^preceding 9 a.m..today and Methven 216 points for the same period. North-east winds on Saturday gave place to a mild southerly change during Saturday night and Sunday morning, but late on Sunday directions became more variable. This morning the wcathor was still generally unsettled, with rain falling in many places. . . • ~ .' , : Auckland experienced a very wet day onv Saturday, with a strong easterly wind blowing. By Sunday morning the had changed to south-west and the day was unsettled and. showery. At Wellington the weather was mostly dull on Saturday, but nevertheless warm and. pleasant. There were only. 2.2 hours of bright sunshine. Rain commenced about midnight, and at 1.30 a.m. the wind changed to southerly. Up to 9 a.m. on Sunday 30 points of rain had fallen. Sunday was a dull, misty day with thick drizzling rain at times. The' light south-east wind in the morning changed to north-east in the afternoon, with a few brief bursts of sunshine. Temperatures were rather cool early but became mild during the day. The rainfall up 9 a.m. today was 11 points. .';-.• ' The weather in Christchurch, on Saturday was warm and sultry and some light showers fell in the afternoon, with the wind changing from north-west to north-oast. There were 3 points of rain. ■ A cool south-westerly, came up at about 5 p.m., and on Sunday drizzling rain fell, with a moderate west-south-west wind. Fairly heavy rain fell in tho night, the .total being 25 points. In Dunedin it was fine on Saturday morning, but "steady rain fell in the afternoon with a fresh south-westerly wind and continued throughout Sunday. • ' ' ■ , . The forecast is for northerly to westerly winds at first from Cook Strait northwards, strong to gale force in the far north, and elsewhere light to moderate, with sdutherHes prevailing over the South Island, light to fresh in places, and southerlies gradually becoming general. ' The weather is still likely to bo unsettled, with further rain at times in most districts but improving later from the west. Temperatures are expected to bo cool with some snow on the ranges. ~■■..'