FAIR AND MILD

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1939, Page 12

FAIR AND MILD

WEEKEND WEATHER

Special forecast for Wellington:— Moderate and variable winds. Weather mainly fair and mild, but some rain possible by tomorrow evening.

The forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued by the Meteorological Office at noon today, is for winds southerly or south-easterly in the far north, and sea breezes on parts of the east coast between Poverty Bay and Otago, elsewhere between westerlies and southerlies predominating, force mainly light to fresh. Weather fair at, first, but later becoming unsettled with increasing cloud and scattered but mainly light rains developing. Temperatures cool in the south, elsewhere mild, At last the Dominion is having a respite from the recent destructive gales. With the advance of. a disturbance from New South Wales the anticyclone over the Tasman Sea has' lost intensity and pressure gradients in New Zealand have become'weaker. Consequently winds, which were still strong yesterday in the southern portion of the North Island, decreased this morning to light or moderate breezes generally, southerly to westerly directions still predominating. Except for scattered light showers in western districts and on the east coast south of Akaroa, the weather has been fair to fine, with particularly good conditions prevailing in the Hawke's Bay-Bay of Plenty area. Temperatures have continued cold in the south, but have been warm east of the ranges and moderate elsewhere. > . A tropical storm near Fiji has moved only slightly, but has become very intense and now covers a very wide area, affecting weather conditions as far distant as the Kermadecs (about 1000 miles). Although no rain fell in the city the weather in Auckland yesterday was cloudy to overcast, and there were showers in the vicinity. There has been a continuance of light southwesterly winds, and the weather this morning was cloudy. The maximum temperature was 68.4 degrees, and the minimum 55 degrees. Yesterday at Wellington was bright and sunny. A strong north-westerly wind was blowing, but it had decreased to a light breeze by this morning -when the sky was overcast. The. maximum temperature was 63.8 degrees, and the minimum 63.1 degrees. There were 12.4 hours of sunshine.

In Christchurch the day was warm and sunny with little cloud until the evening. A moderate westerly wind veered to a light easterly by midday and freshened during the afternoon. This morning skies were cloudy with a moderate north-easterly blowing. The maximum temperature was 73.3 degrees, and the minimum 46.4 degrees. Dunedin had cloudy weather with intermittent sunshine and a continuance of fresh to strong south-westerly winds, This morning was cloudy, the wind still being from the south-west, but only moderate in force.