MORE RAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 104, 4 May 1937, Page 10

MORE RAIN

CHANGEABLE AND SQUALLY

Special forecast for Wellington:—

North-west to westerly winds, strong to gale force, later backing to south-westerly.

Weather still changeable and squally, with more showers and possibly some hail. Temperatures cold.

The general forecast for the Dominion, issued at noon today, is for. winds between west and south-west, moderate to strong generally, and still reaching gale force in many places. The weather will still be squally and changeable, with heavy showers at times in most districts. Further snow is probable on the ranges, and hail in places. Temperatures cold. A depression, which moved on to the Dominion yesterday became very, intense during the night, Bluff recording a barometer reading as low as 28.84 inches at 9 a.m. today. Westerly winds consequently strengthened, and since last night gales have blown in many places. The weather has been changeable and squally generally, particularly boisterous conditions having been experienced in districts with a westerly aspect and in the far south, with heavy rain at times and in places hail. Snow has also fallen on many of the ranges in the South Island. The eastern coastal areas, however, except for a few isolated showers and strong winds, have had mainly fine weather.

Auckland had changeable and showery weather yesterday with a strong south-westerly wind. At 9 a.m. today it was raining, the wind then being a fresh north-westerly.

At Wellington it was cloudy in the early part of the morning, but most of the day was fine and sunny with a north-westerly breeze. In the night the wind rose to gale force, and was especially boisterous between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., the highest gust being one of 66 miles an hour at 11.45 p.m. Fairly heavy rain fell between 12.20 and 2 a.m. A total of 17 points was registered. The sunshine yesterday amounted to 7.9 hours.

Christchui.-ch had a fine, cloudless day with little wind in the morning and a cool easterly breeze in the afteiv noon. There were four degrees of frost last night. This morning it was still clear, the wind at 9 a.m. being light from the west-north-west.

The sun shone most of the day in Dunedin. A fresh south-westerly wind turned to a north-easterly in the late afternoon. This morning it was fair, a north-easterly breeze blowing.