COLD BUT FINER

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 12

COLD BUT FINER

SOUTHERLY WINDS

Special forecast' for Wellington:-—

Moderate to strong but decrease ing southerly winds. Fine weather tor the most part, but an occasional light shower or two possible. Cold temperatures.

The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing 24 hours, is for southerly winds. These will be moderate to strong generally, gale force being reached at first in some exposed positions about Cook Strait and on the East Coast; but winds will gradually moderate in force. Some scattered passing showers are probable on the east coast and north of Kawhia, but the weather there will gradually improve and elsewhere it will be fine. Temperatures will be cold with some sharp inland frosts. The depression responsible for the disturbed conditions of the past two days is now passing away to the east of New Zealand, and an anticyclone of considerable intensity is approaching from the west. The weather yesterday and last night was unsettled with fairly general, but mainly light to moderate, rain. Snow has fallen on some of the ranges, and also on a few isolated low levels on the east coast of the South Island. Westerly breezes have prevailed in tlie northern portion of the North Island, but since last night southerlies have become general and freshened. By this morning, however, except in eastern areas, an improvement in the weather had commenced to set in, although temperatures are still cold everywhere. Auckland's weather yesterday was changeable and showery, with a moderate northerly wind. Some fairly heavy rain, fell last night when the wind changed to the south-west, 52 points in all being recorded. The weather at 9 a.m. today was fine. • In Wellington some light rain fell during the early part of the morning, and cold and overcast conditions persisted for most of the day, the wind being a moderate to strong southerly. It rained again between 1.50 and 3 a.m. today, the total fall at Kelburn up to 9 a.m. being four points. Christchurch had cold and overcast weather yesterday with a light southwesterly wind, and some showers fell during the morning. In the evening a south-westerly "buster" came up and traces of snow felL At 9 a.m. today a south-westerly breeze was blowing, with showers of rain and snow.- The total fall of rain up to. 9 a.m. had been four points. . Dunedin had a fine but cold day, with light and variable winds. A strong south-westerly, however, blew during the night and it has been showery since then, 34 points of rain being recorded up to 9 a.m. today.