DULL AND COLD

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1939, Page 8

DULL AND COLD

UNPROMISING OUTLOOK

Special forecast for Wellington:—

Moderate but freshening southeasterly winds.

. Weather dull and cold, with intermittent ;rain or 'drizzle.

The general 'forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for northerly winds predominating over the North Island and with southerlies over the South Island, but a change to southerlies will gradually extend northward and southerlies will become gen- i eral after 24 to 36 hours. Winds will be mainly moderate in force at first, but will be freshening from the south. The weather will be dull and unsettled generally, with widespread rain or drizzle. Snow is probable on the ranges, and will extend at times to low levels in the South Island. Temperatures will be mild in the north and cold in the south, but later they will |be cold generally. Minor disturbances continue to pass i over the Dominion.'Although pressure 'is now rising over the south-western part of the Tasman Sea, the main de-, pression remains stationary over New Zealand. Moderate to strong northwesterly winds have prevailed north of Nelson and Cook Strait. Moderate south-easterlies have been blowing on the southern Otago coast, while over the remainder of the South Island winds have been light and variable. Skies have been cloudy to overcast and the weather unsettled with intermittent rain, more especially in western districts and in the far south. Cape Maria Van Diemen reports 85 points of rain, Westport 103, and Puysegur Point 23, while only 5 points have fallen at East Cape. There has been mist or fog along some parts of the East Coast of the South Island, and snow was falling in Otago this morning, the weather otherwise being much the same this morning as it was yesterday. North-westerly winds still predominate over the North Island, but moderate southerlies have set in along parts of the Canterbury coast. Temperatures have been mainly moderate, although in many places they have been mild for the time of year. It was fine in Auckland early yesterday morning, but cloud increased and there were several showers which totalled 39 points of rain. The wind was a light to moderate north-westerly and temperatures were mild, 61 degrees and 51 degrees being the maximum and minimum respectively.. It was raining again this morning, Wellington could do no better than 30 minutes of bright sunshine, the day being dull and unsettled with a strong north-westerly wind. What little rain there was fell mostly in the morning, two points being the total recorded at Kelburn, although more fell in the Hutt Valley. Temperatures were moderate, with 52.4 degrees as the maximum and 48.2 degrees as the minimum. Although the wind had moderated somewhat this morning, the weather was still showery and unpleasant. Cloud in Christchurch was low and threatening in the early part of the morning yesterday, but by midday the sun had broken through and the day as a whole was fine and mild, only a trace of x-ain being recorded. The j maximum and minimum temperatures were 54.5 and 34.3 degrees, with a frost of 5 degrees during a fine and calm night. It was rather foggy this morning. ! Dunedin's weather was dull and showery, with cool to moderate ternI peratures and very little wind. Rain fell last night, 46 points being recorded up to 9 a.m. today. Snow was falling this morning, the wind being a light southerly, WEEKEND PROSPECTS. The weather prospects for Wellington over the weekend are none too bright. The wind will be in a southeasterly quarter, and the weather generally will be cold and unsettled with further rain.