FINE AND WARM

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 128, 26 November 1938, Page 8

FINE AND WARM

WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE

Special forecast for Wellington:— Light to moderate and variable winds. Weather line and warm. The forecast for the Dominion as a whole issued at noon today by the Meteorological Office, is as follows: — Winds, moderate in force and rather variable in direction, with southerlies predominating. Weather unsettled at first in- northern and eastern districts of the North Island, with intermittent rain, but improving tonight. Elsewhere fine, although a few isolated showers are possible, more especially in the far south. Temperatures mild. During the last twenty-four hours a depression has bee*} crossing the Dominion and the tail end of it is still causing dull and unsettled weather over much of the North Island. Northerly to north-easterly winds prevailed yesterday north of Christchurch and Greymouth, and there were some very warm temperatures. Gales were experienced in parts of the central provinces, but this morning the winds j have decreased in force generally and have changed to a light southerly south of New Plymouth 'and Napier. Most of the Dominion has had rain at some time during the last 24 hours, the wet weather having worked up from the south. Many places have had falls of over half an inch, the heaviest reported being 102 points at Cape Egmont, 130 points at Westport, and 356 points at Arthur's Pass. At the last-named the fall was on top of one of 184 points yesterday, and some of the West Coast rivers are now in flood. Overnight the weather has become fine in almost all the South Island, and as a large anti-cyclone is advancing from the Tasman Sea, indications are favourable for a spell of settled weather. The sun shone in Auckland yesterday afternoon, but both the morning and the evening were dull, while this morning there was a little rain, the falls up to 9 a.m. amounting to 11 points. A moderate to fresh wind has prevailed. Temperatures have been mild. The maximum temperature was 62.2 degrees, and the minimum 50.4 degrees. ' Wellington's day yesterday was dull and threatening, and light showers with 70 points of rain were recorded. There was no sunshine. A high northwesterly wind blew but decreased during the night, and changed to a light southerly at about 7 a.m., from which time the weather started to improve. The maximum temperature was 62.2 degrees, and the minimum 53.2 degrees. Christchurch had a dull and hot north-westerly day yesterday. The maximum temperature was 84 degrees. Between 3 and 4 p.m. the wind changed to the south and there were some showers amounting to four points rain. Temperatures became cooler, the minimum last night being 44 degrees. This morning the weather was sunny and almost calm.

Rain set in about noon yesterday in Dunedin and continued until the early evening. The weather has since improved and this morning was sunny. A moderate south-westerly wind prevailed.