UNSETTLED WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 5, 5 July 1940, Page 6

UNSETTLED WEATHER

GRADUALLY lIVJPROVING

Special forecast for Wellington:— Moderate to fresh southerly winds. Cold and unsettled weather, with occasional drizzle or rain, but gradually improving during the weekend. The general forecast for the Dominion is for light to. moderate and variable winds over the South Island. Southerlies will prevail from Cook Strait northward, and will be strong at first in exposed positions about the Strait and in Taranaki and in the far north, but winds otherwise will be light to fresh in force. East of the main ranges the weather will continue unsettled with scattered drizzle or rain, and in places mist or fog, but it will slowly improve from the south and west. Elsewhere it will be fair to fine, except for passing showers in Taranaki and the Auckland Peninsula. Temperatures will be cold. A complex disturbance is now located off the East Coast of New Zealand, with its main centre in the Bay of Plenty area, while pressure continues .high to the west and south. Moderate southerly winds have been blowing over most of the country and have freshened at times in exposed positions about Cook Strait and in the far north. In the north and to the east of the main ranges the weather has been dull with rain or drizzle, but elsewhere it has been fair to fine. This morning it was still unsettled in eastern areas and unsettled conditions had extended to parts of Taranaki, but otherwise fair weather now predominates. Temperatures are still rather cold. Wellington's weather yesterday was overcast and cool, with a light southeasterly wind which freshened towards evening. Temperatures ranged between 52.9 and 42.7 degrees. Rain began to fall at about 10 p.m. and continued throughout the night, 74 points being recorded at Kelburn up to 9 a.m. The three other centres had overcast weather too, with light southerly winds and a little drizzle [during the day.