BAD OUTLOOK

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1937, Page 10

BAD OUTLOOK

storey weather coming

Special forecast for Wellington:— Moderate to . strong northerly wmds!/ changing to easterlies or south-easterlies by Friday and increasing to 'gale force. Weather fair and ivarm at first, but becoming: dull and ' niisty tom'or-

row and. rain gradually developing.

The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued'at noon today, is' for moderate but freshening northeasterly to northerly winds, but there will be a ten'denpy for winds to become more easterly'in direction. Strong gales are likely to develop in the Auckland province and to extend later southward to Gopk Strait. The weather at first will be mainly fair to cloudy, but stormy weather with dull and misty conditions will develop shortly in the far north and extend gradually southward. Temperatures will be warm. ' ■

Although' there has been, a slight rise in' pressure' over New Zealand, there has been a rapid fall to" the north-west, due to the' influence' of a deep tropical cyclone which has recently been operating in ' the New Hebrides group. . Its centre this morning was located to the riorfh of Nor-' folk Island and as it" is moving in a south-south-easterly direction it'sho'uld be" affecting the Auckland province by tomorrow morning';! The weather has been mild generally, and. in East Coast areas mainly fair. But elsewhere it has been rather unsettled with light and scattered rains. "Winds have been chiefly north-easterly to north-wester-ly in direction, and'light to''moderate in force, but yesterday they were strong and squally in parts of the Cook Strait area.

Auckland's weather has been fair and warm, but mostly cloudy, a moderate north-easterly wind having prevailed. At 9 a.m. today it was foggy with a gentle wind- from the east.

Wellington had fair and mild weather yesterday, with 7.9 hours of bright sunshineiA strong and squally northwesterly wind, however, persisted. No rain after 9 a.m^ was recorded at Kejburn, but Lower Hutt had thirteen points.

Christchurch had fine and sunny weather. A light south-westerly blew in the morning and an easterly in the afternoon. It was fair there this morning with a south-westerly breeze.

Dunedin also had a fine and sunny day with little wind, but mist persisted all day along the coast. A north-north-westerly breeze was blowing this morning and the weather was fair.