COOL & CHANGEABLE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 99, 24 October 1938, Page 8

COOL & CHANGEABLE

BUT MILDER TOMORROW

Special forecast for Wellington:—Moderate southerly winds, but a change by tomorrow morning to north-westerlies again. Weather cool and changeable with occasional light showers, but improving and becoming' warmer. The general forecast for the Dominion, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for southwesterly or southerly winds, but winds will be slowly veering to the west and later to the north-west. They will be light to moderate, but will be freshening later1 in places about and south of Cook Strait. Along the coast between Banks' Peninsula and Castlepoint the weather will be cloudy to overcast with intermittent rain, but will improve. Elsewhere mainly fair conditions can be expected, but in North Island districts with a westerly aspect the weather may be changeable at times with isolated showers, and on the West Coast of the South Island cloud will increase. Temperatures will be cool tonight, with frosts in the South Island, but-it will be milder tomorrow.

Most of the Dominion had cloudy weather on Saturday and some showers fell in parts of the central provinces. During the night a depression from the southern Tasman Sea moved "up over the South Island, and by 9 a.m. on Sunday was located off the East Coast. Winds, which had been northerly generally, changed to the south over most of the South Island and rain fell south of Kaikoura and Westport. In western1 districts there were some heavy falls, Puysegur Point recording 137 points. On Sunday the centre of the depression remained off the Canterbury coast, and moderate to fresh southerlies advanced up the East Coast, winds elsewhere backing from north-west to south-west. Some thunderstorms accompanied the advance of the southerly, and the weather in eastern districts between Dunedin and Gisborne became cloudy with drizzling rain and in most other districts there were light falls of rain. The weather this morning was improving and barometers were rising with the advance of an anticyclone. It was still raining, however, in parts of eastern districts and about Cook Strait, with heavy falls in some places. Temperatures have become cooler. Auckland had cloudy to overcast and mild weather on Saturday, with a moderate wind from the west or north-west. A light intermittent drizzle began to fall about 4.30 p.m. and continued through the night, six points of rain being recorded. Although the weather improved yesterday, there were still occasional showers, and similar conditions were prevailing this morning. The showers, however, have been quite light, less than one point of rain falling. A fresh west-north-westerly breeze on Sunday backed gradually during the afternoon to west-south-west and temperatures became cooler. The maximum and minimum on Saturday were 68.4 and 55.9 degrees, and on Sunday 65 and' degrees. Wellington had a disappointing and unsatisfactory weekend. Showers fell on Saturday between 9 and 1 p.m. and there was light rain between 4 and 8 p.m., with only 45 minutes of sunshine during the afternoon. On Sunday there were 4.6 hours of bright sunshine, but about 3 p.m. a moderate thunderstorm was followed.by further showers. Although conditions had improved by this N morning, there were still showers about. The rainfall on Saturday totalled 21 points and on Sunday 29 points. A strong north-westerly wind blew on Saturday, gale force being reached during the early part of the evening. During the night the wind decreased in force to a moderate breeze, and at 3 p.m. yesterday changed to a moderate southerly. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday were 58.1 and 52.2 degrees, and on Sunday 61.6 and 46.6 degrees respectively. Christchurch also had an unsettled weekend. Saturday was overcast with occasional showers, and Sunday was dull with intermittent rain which in the afternoon became continuous. It was still raining this morning, 44 points having been recorded up to 9 a.m. Temperatures on Saturday were mild, the wind being a light easterly, but they fell on Sunday when the wind changed- about 3.30 a.m. to the south.

Dunedin had fair weather on Saturday, but drizzling rain fell during the night and continued until early yesterday afternoon. Since then it has been overcast. Except for a brief southerly early on Sunday morning, the wind has been a light north-east-erly. Temperatures on Saturday were mild, but yesterday they were rather cold.