WINDY WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 48, 26 February 1940, Page 6

WINDY WEATHER

MAINLY FAIR TO CLOUDY

Special forecast for Wellington:—

Strong north-westerly gales. A shower or two possible, but the weather will be mainly fair to cloudy and mild. The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today, for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for winds from a westerly quarter. In the far north winds will be moderate in force, but southward from Taranaki and Hawke's Bay they will be fresh to strong, gale force being reached at times in many exposed positions. In the western and far southern districts of the South Island the weather will be unsettled with occasional heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms. Elsewhere, however, it will be mainly fair to fine, but a few showers are" probable 'between Taranaki and Wellington. Temperatures will be cool in the south, warm east of the ranges^ and mild elsewhere. On Saturday a deep depression lay across the centre of the Dominion. The disturbance to the north developed into an active cyclone, and later moved in a south-easterly direction. North from Nelson and Marlborough the weather was dull with general drizzle and rain. There were many heavy falls with flooding of rivers, the flooding in Taranaki being the most serious. Raetihi had 407 points of rain and Cape Egmont 161, while the biggest falls on the opposite coast were 153 points at East Cape and 219 at Napier. Following the rapid movement of the cyclone, there was a considerable rise in pressure, especially in the north, and the weather quickly improved, yesterday being fine almost generally. A series of depressions, however, is passing in the south, and the meteorological situation has become one of the westerly type,. with strong winds in many places. The weather this morning was' still fine in the north and' east, but .in western districts it is unsettled and rain has fallen in parts of Otago and Westland, Otira reporting 421 points, : Arthur's Pass 260, and Queenstown 105. Temperatures have been cool in the southwest ,and some fresh snow has fallen on the ranges there; elsewhere temperatures are still moderate. Auckland's weather on Saturday, was dull, with a drizzle in the morning and with continuous rain during the afternoon and evening, the total fall being one of 131 points. A strong north-north-easterly wind prevailed at first,, I but there was a change later to -ai! south-westerly. The maximum and minimum temperatures were 70.5 and |59.4 degrees respectively. Yesterday the south-westerly wind was fresh and rather gusty at times, but the weather ! was fine and clear, with temperatures j ranging between 71.2 and 55.8 degrees. The weather this morning was fine with a light wind from the north-west. Wellington had gloomy weather on Saturday with steady rain, 40 points falling after 9 a.m. The sky cleared during the night, however, and over 12 hours of bright sunshine were recorded yesterday. The wind at first was mainly a light southerly, but it subsequently backed to the north again and became rather gusty. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday were 66.) and 53.6 degrees, and on Sunday 70.9 and 55.6 degrees. It was cloudy to overcast this morning, and a squally north-westerly wind was making conditions rather unpleasant. Christchurch had cloudy weather.on Saturday, a south-westerly wind changing during the day to a northI easterly. Temperatures .were moderate, 65.8 degrees being he maximum and 49.9 degrees the minimum. There was a clearance about midnight, but the windi yesterday was a strong and gusty north-westerly. Temperatures were warmer than on the previous day, the maximum reaching 73.4 degrees while the minimum was 47.2 degrees. The sky this morning was partly cloudy and there was a moderate wind from the north-north-west. Although it was cloudy in Dunedin on Saturday the weather was fair with a moderate northerly wind. Yesterday was bright with passing cloud and sunshine, but there was a strong northerly wind which changed to the west during the afternoon. Temperatures over the weekend were about the average. A light westerly wind was blowing this morning and the weather was cloudy.