FAIR BUT COLD

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 121, 23 May 1940, Page 10

FAIR BUT COLD

I . ♦ c SHOWERS STILL LIKELY f c Special forecast'for Wellington:— Moderate to fresh southerly winds. A few showers probable, but the weather should he mainly fair but cold. II The general forecast for the Domin- " ion as a whole is for winds from.be- :" tween south and west prevailing. They a will be light at first in central prod vinces, but otherwise will be mode- '- rate to strong in force. The weather f in Westland will be fair, but elset where it will be changeable, with oce casional showers. Temperatures will - be cold, with further snow on the t ranges in the south and with some r- sharp frosts tonight. d Yesterday morning a depression, sece ondary to the complex disturbance a which has been centred to the east of h the North Island for several days, def veloped rapidly off the west coast of r the North Island. Winds in conset quence turned more northerly in direce tion, and there was widespread rain a in the North Island, Nelson, and c Marlborough, 147 points at Farewell y Spit being the heaviest fall recorded. n Over most of the South Island condid tions remained fair until the evening, ,t when freshening south-westerly winds brought scattered showers to the east coast. The weather this morning was still showery in western districts of c the North Island, while elsewhere it - was fair to cloudy. • Temperatures n i have continued cold, with moderate n frosts in the South Island. i. Winds in all four main centres yese terday were light to moderate and t rather variable. In Wellington there i- was a heavy fall of rain totalling 95 d points, and in Auckland it continued r showery until this morning. In - Christchurch and Dunedin the weather has been fair, although some light - showers fell last night. The maximum r and minimum temperatures in Welling--11 ton yesterday were 53 and 41.2 deit grees respectively, and only 2.1 hours s of bright sunshine were recorded.