GENERAL RAIN LIKELY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 11

GENERAL RAIN LIKELY

AN INTENSE DEPRESSION

. The weather J£ likely tc; be unsettled and squally generally,-with rain in districts with a westerly aspect -anti some heavy falls in Westland, -according to the forecast issued at noon today. Conditions will bo mainly warm and dry at first ill eastern provinces, but showers will extend later to'those parts also. Strong north to north-west winds, reaching gale force in many places, are expected. • . 'While barometers have, remained fairly high over the northern half of the North Island, the front of an intense westerly depression lias been moving on to the Dominion, and consequently strong and squally north-wes-terly winds have predominated. Since last night rain has fallen in the western and far southern, portions of the South Island, as much as 1.38 inches having occurred at Greymouth. Over tho remainder of the Dominion, however, fair and warm, conditions have continued to prevail. At Auckland, yesterday it was fair and warm, though cloudy at times, with a fresh northerly wind blowing. A .north-westerly wind blew throughout the,day at Wellington, the maximum, gust being one of 60 miles an hour a*t 0,35 p.m. The wc-ather otherwise was fine and warm, the total sunshine amounting to twelve hours. It was fail- and warm, though mostly cloudy, -at Christchurch, where a north-easterly breeze prevailed. Dunedin also had warm and cloudy weather with a light north-easterly wind. Some light xain fell there^ during the, night.