CHANGE IN WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 149, 27 June 1938, Page 10

CHANGE IN WEATHER

GENERAL RAIN SOON Special forecast for Wellington:— Light to moderate but freshening north-easterly to northerly winds. Weather line at first, but gradually becoming overcast. Milder temperatures. The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for north-easterly to northerly winds. These will be strong in the far north and south. Elsewhere they will be light to moderate at first, but will freshen, and gale force will probably be reached later in exposed positions. The weather will be mainly fair to cloudy at first, but rain will develop in northern and southern districts ■ and will become fairly general after about twenty-four hours. Temperatures will be milder. The anti-cyclone which dominated the weather on Saturday was still centred over the Dominion yesterday, but its centre this morning was to the east of East Cape. Pressure has fallen in the north, and more rapidly in the south, under the influence of two depressions. The first of these was centred between Cape Maria Van Diemen and. Norfolk Island at 9 a.m. today, while the second is approaching from across the southern Tasmgrn Sea. Pressure is still low, too, over south-eastern Australia. Except for a little light rain on Saturday between Hawke's Bay and East Cape and this morning iij the far north and northeast, the weather generally during the week-end was fine. Pleasant sunshine was experienced in most places, but temperatures were rather low and frosts occurred in many places. Winds were mainly light and variable. Southerlies predominated on Saturday, but this morning north-easterlies or northerlies were prevailing and had become strong in the fkr north and south. Auckland's weather on Saturday was fair to cloudy and calm. Yesterday it was very fine, with light southeasterly to north-easterly breezes, but this morning it was cloudy to overcast and some rain had fallen. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday were 58.8 and 39.4 degrees respectively, and on Sunday 58.5 and 45.1 degrees. The rainfall recorded this morning totalled nine points. Wellington had cloudy and cool weather on Saturday with a light southerly breeze. Only two hours of bright sunshine were recorded. The maximum temperature was 51 degrees and the minimum 37.6 degrees, the minimum on the grass being 29.1 degrees, equivalent to a frost of 2.9 degrees. Sunday morning was brilliantly fine and clear, but it became overcast'during the afternoon although there was practically no wind. During the night it became clear again, and a frost of 6,8 degrees, which is I sharp for Wellington, was recorded at Kelburn. The maximum temperature yesterday was 48.8 degrees and the minimum SO.l, degrees, the grass minimum falling last night to 25.2 degrees. Sunshine yesterday totalled 3.1 hours. A northerly breeze was gradually becoming established this morning. Christchurch had fine weather with variable cloud on Saturday, with a light south-westerly wind. Yesterday it was calm, hazy, and cool. Frosts were experienced there both nights also. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday were 49.4 and 28.1 degrees respectively, with a grass minimum during the night of 18.1 degrees, or 13.9 degress of frost: on Sunday they were 48 and 30.7 degrees, with a grass minimum of 23.4 degrees, or 8,0 degrees of frost.

Dunedin had dull and cold weather on Saturday, . with- a south-westerly breeze. Yesterday was fine and sunny, with a light northerly wind, after a sharp frost on Saturday night. This morning it was still fine, but a strong northerly; wind was blowing.