FINE SPELL ENDING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1938, Page 8

FINE SPELL ENDING

CHANGE IN WEATHER

, Special forecast for Wellington:— Light to moderate south-easterly winds, freshening somewhat and later turning to the north-east. Weather cloudy to overcast, with j possibly light drizzle at times, es- ! pecially in eastern suburbs. Temperatures milder. The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for south-easterly to north-easterly winds. These will be strong in the Auckland Province, gale force being reached in some exposed positions, but J elsewhere winds will be light to mod.crate. From Cook' Strait northward the weather will be mainly cloudy to overcast. Rain will develop in the far north, and scattered light rain is probable elsewhere, mainly in eastern districts. In the South Island the weather will be fair to cloudy. Temperatures are likely to be milder, but some frosts are still probable in the south.

The intense anticyclone lying over the Dominion has persisted and intensified further, its centre haying crossed the South Island last night. The cyclone reported yesterday as being off the New South Wales coast seems to have lost energy, but conditions are still disturbed over a wide area of the northern Tasman Sea, while pressure has also fallen sharply at Hobart. It seems probable, therefore, that the anticyclone, which has been almost stationary over the Dominion for some days, is going to give place to less settled conditions and will move away eastward. Winds in the South Island have been light and variable, while over most Of the North Island light to fresh south-easterlies have been blowing. In the far north strong north-easterlies have blown, with gales in places. The weather in general has continued fine, especially in the South Island. Along the east coast north of Wellington, however, it has been cloudy to overcast, with light rain in a few places. Today cloud was increasing everywhere, and north of Greymouth and Christchurch it was overcast in most places. There have been moderate day and cool night temperatures.

Auckland's weather yesterday was fine and sunny, with moderate temperatures and a light breeze from the east or south-east. The maximum and minimum temperatures were 60 and 50.8 degrees respectively. The weather this morning, however, had changed for the worse, there being intermittent rain and" a strong north-easterly wind.

It was cloudy in Wellington during the morning, but the afternoon was clear, bright sunshine totalling- 5.8 hours. A moderate south-easterly wind prevailed and temperatures were cool, the maximum being 51.4 degrees and the minimum 42.3 degrees. It clouded over again last night, and at 6 a.m. today a very light drizzle fell for a brief period.

A fine and sunny day in Christchurch was followed by a clear night with a sharp frost. Winds have been light and variable, arid there was fog this morning for a short period. Yesterday's maximum and minimum temperatures were 54 and 30.6 degrees, with a minimum on the grass last night of 20.3 degrees.

The spell of fine weather in Dunedin has continued, yesterday being sunny and mild with a very light southwesterly breeze. There was a hard frost last night, the weather this morning still being sunny.