SULTRY DAYS

Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 8

SULTRY DAYS

HOT WEATHER LIKELY TO CONTINUE

Special forecast for Wellington-— - tight and variable winds, mainlr ""ween south-east and-north-cast.' Weather'fair, warm, and sultry. A continuance of hot, dry weather for the Dominion as a whole is anticipated in the forecast issued at noon, today, which stated that winds would be light to moderate and variable, but mainly between south-east and northeast. The weather will be still fair to fine, with "hot and sultry conditions, though some isolated thunderstorma are possible. Morning fog is still to be expected in-many places. On Saturday a cyclone was centred off the New South Wales coast and there seemed fair prospects of rain in the Dominion, but he anticyclone covering New Zealand and areas to the eastward increased in intensity and proved an effective barrier to the oncoming depression. Warm and humid weather prevailed during the weekend and winds were mainly easterly and light These conditions were favourable to the production of fog, which has been very, prevalent. Since early yesterday morning a southerly wind change has moved northwards oVer the country and had reached up as far as New Plymouth-and the-Bay of Plenty by this morning. Its effect on the weather has, however,' been very slight.' A few isolated showers have been reported and there Have been occasional local thunderstorms. Pressure is still low over Tasmania. Apart from cloudy, skies during Saturday and very light rain yesterday morning, the weather at Auckland has been'1 fine and warm, a north-easterly breeze having prevailed. At .Wellington the weather on Saturday^ became very fine and hot, with a maximum temperature of 81.7deg. The south-easterly breeze gradually fell away yesterday morning and a fresh northerly set in about 8 a.m., but the weather remained fine and hot, the maximum temperature reaching 81.5 degrees. This morning a very light south-easterly was again blowing. Early this morning the sky was overcast and there were patches of fog but conditions gradually improved and the day later became sunny and hot. . Rather cloudy but otherwise fine weather has continued to prevail at Christchurch. For most of the time there has been a mode.rate north-east-erly breeze, but yesterday afternoon it changed to west-south-west. 'Except for some morning fog, th« weather at' Dunedin has been fine, warm, and sunny. Light and variable winds have prevailed. ' OPPRESSIVE~AT HAMILTON (By lelucrnph—Pi ess Association.) , AUCKLAND, February 3. ' Oppressive heat • has been experienced in the Waikato during the last four days, the temperature rising to 95 degrees in the shade -on Friday and 94 degrees on Saturday. These were the highest readings yet recorded in Hamilton this, summer, and are believed to constitute a record. < Kate ■on '.Saturday afternoon steady rain set in in Hamilton and continued for two:hours; The rainfall in Hamilton totalJed 0.17 in. Localities directly north and south, however, experienced veritable deluges between 4 pjn. and 6 p.m., but the-weather then cleared, and no rain has been experienced since. Although tanks were filled and the danger of'further grass fires was temporarily averted, the rain did not penetrate far into the ground, and.the peat fires were unchecked.