FAIR TO FINE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 8

FAIR TO FINE

RISING TEMPERATURES

Special forecast for Wellington:—

Light northerly winds, later freshening gradually. Weather fair to fine, with rising temperatures. The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for light to moderate southwesterly or southerly winds prevailing over most of the Auckland province, with light to moderate but freshening northerlies elsewhere. The weather will be fair to fine at first with rising temperatures, but scattered showers will develop in the extreme south-west of the country and will extend later to the western and far southern districts of the South Island. Barometric pressure over the Dominion has been rising since yesterday morning owing to the advance of an anti-cyclone from the west, but it, is beginning to fall again slowly in the far south under the influence of a shallow depression which is crossing the southern Tasman Sea. Moderate to strong south-westerly to southerlywinds were general yesterday, gale force being reached in a few exposed positions about Cook Strait. Some light showers fell in the area between East Cape and Banks Peninsula, 24 points of rain being recorded at East Cape and 27 points at Port Robinson, but in other places the rainfall did not total more than two or three points. Although cold, the weather was fine over the remainder of the country. Fairly sharp frosts occurred last night at Christchurch, Naseby, and Alexandra. Winds this morning were light to moderate in force, with southerlies prevailing over the North Island and with northerlies from Cook Strait southward, the weather being fine generally. A fresh and rather gusty southwesterly to southerly wind prevailed in Auckland yesterday. A little intermittent light rain fell during the morning, and the weather was cloudy throughout the day, the maximum and minimum temperatures being 62.9 and 58.5 degrees. The weather this morning was overcast, the wind having dropped to a light southerly. A strong and cold southerly wind made conditions rather unpleasant in Wellington. The morning was' overcast with a light shower or two, amounting to less than one point of rain, but there was ah improvement in the afternoon and intervals of sunshine. The maximum and minimum temperatures were 57.1 and 43.8 degrees respectively, and 2.8 hours of bright sunshine were recorded. By this morning the wind had turned to the north again and the weather was fine with passing cloud. Christchurch had a fresh southwesterly wind. The morning was overcast, cold, and rather threatening, but conditions gradually improved during the day. The evening was oiear and a frost of 7.3 degrees was recorded last night. This morning's weather was blight and sunny, with a light northerly breeze. Dunedin's weather yesterday was cool and cloudy, with intermittent sunshine and a fresh south-wesierly wind. This morning it was cloar and sunny with but little wind.