A SOUTHERLY CHANGE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 74, 29 March 1939, Page 10

A SOUTHERLY CHANGE

IMPROVEMENT TOMORROW

Special forecast for Wellington:— Strong1 southerly winds, decreas ing tomorrow.

Weather cold and cloudy, with a possible light shower or two, but improving.

The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for moderate to strong south-west-erly to southerly winds. Gale force will be reached in some exposed positions, but winds will decrease in force tomorrow. The weather will be cold and changeable, with some scattered but mainly light showers. Some inland frosts are probable tonight in the South Island. Conditions, however, should be improving tomorrow.

A rapidly moving cold-front depression advanced from the south last night, reaching by 9 a.m. today as far as northern Taranaki and southern Hawke's Bay. Pressure over the Dominion, however, is rising rapidly, with the approach of an anticyclone from the Tasman Sea. Yesterday's weather was fair to fine and mild generally, with moderate to fresh northerly to westerly winds predominating.

By this morning winds had changed to fresh to strong south-westerlies to southerlies over the whole country, gale force being reached in the Cook Strait area. Very little rain, however, has accompanied the southerly change, and fine weather was still prevailing this morning in most districts. Some heavy showers have fallen along the Kaikoura coast, Port Robinson reporting 46 poiuts of rain, and in the extreme southrwest, Puysegur Point having a fall of 74 points, but all other falls reported this morning have been of less than ten points, and many places in the South Island have had no rain at all.

. Yesterday's weather in Auckland was overcast with high cloud, but otherwise it was line ,and warm. A light southerly wind changed to a fresh south-westerly this morning and a little light rain, amounting to only a trace, fell about 6 a.m. The maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday were 70.6 and 60 degrees.

An overcast morning in Wellington was followed by a fine and sunny afternoon, 4.8 hours of bright sunshine being recorded. A fresh breeze from the north-east prevailed and temperatures were mild, the maximum and minimum being 63.6 and 51.8 degrees respectively. Shortly before 6 a.m. today the wind changed to a strong southerly and the weather became cold and showery, but only a trace of rain had been recorded at Kelburn up to 9 a.m.

Christchurch had fine and mild weather yesterday, although it was somewhat overcast with high clouds, the maximum and minimum temperatures being 65.3 and 47.4 degrees. A light north-easterly wind changed about midnight to a fresh southerly, and since then there has been intermittent but very light rain, only a trace being recorded.

There was very little wind in Dunedin yesterday. The morning was overcast and there was a light shower about midday, but the weather cleared in the afternoon. A fresh southwesterly wind was blowing this morning, but the weather was bright and sunny although rather cold.