OVERCAST WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 102, 27 October 1938, Page 8

OVERCAST WEATHER

RAIN PROBABLE

Special' forecast for Wellington:—

Light to moderate northerly winds. Winds will later become more westerly in direction, and a southerly change is possible tomorrow. The weather will be overcast and rain is probable. Temperatures will be mild at first but cooler tomorrow.

The general- forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the1, snsuing twenty-four hours, is for Northerly winds predominating at first. These will be generally light to moderate, although strong in some exposed positions. A change to westerlies or south-wester-lies will advance later from the west. The weather will be overcast and rain is probable in most districts, with some heavy falls in central provinces. Temperatures will be mild, but it will become cooler tomorrow, and the rain is likely to become less widespread tomorrow also. Although the weather was good in most places yesterday, the break has eventuated, and this morning was wet in almost all western districts and also in the far north and south. So far there has been no rain in eastern districts, but the weather there is already clouding over. As the rain has been mostly of the drizzle type, no heavy falls have been reported, none being as much as half an inch. The change in the weather has been due to an extensive depression which has advanced from the Tasman Sea, displacing the anticyclone which yesterday covered the Dominion. Barometers have fallen fairly rapidly over most of the country and are now very lowin the far south. The main centre of the depression is in the vicinity of Stewart Island, but there is another important centre close to the west coast of the Auckland peninsula. Winds have been northerly to north-easterly generally and yesterday were strong in places, but this morning they were surprisingly light, except north of Taranaki. Temperatures have been mild.

Auckland's weather yesterday was cloudy and mild, with a light southeasterly breeze whidh gradually veered to the north-east. Steady rain set in early this morning, .but by 9 a.m., up to which hour 13 .points had fallen, it had become intermittent. Yesterday's maximum and minimum temperatures were 66.2 and 54.2 degrees respectively.

With a maximum temperature of 66.6 degrees, 11 hours of bright sunshine, and a light easterly to northerly breeze, Wellington had a summer-like day, but this morning it was dull and threatening. Yesterday's minimum temperature was 51.1 degrees.

In Christchurch it was overcast during the morning, but the afternoon was sunny, tight rain began to fall at 5 a.m. today, but only one point had been recorded by 9 a.m., and the weather was then showing signs of improving. A north-easterly wind has prevailed, and this yesterday afternoon was unusually strong for a sea breeze. The maximum and minimum temperatures were 56.2 and 51.1 degrees respectively.

Dunedin's weather yesterday was cloudy, and this morning it was dull with intermittent light rain, a fall of five points having been recorded at the Heads up to 9 a.m. A moderate to strong north-easterly wind blew yesterday, but the wind this morning was quite light.