SOUTHERLY CHANGE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 9, 11 January 1941, Page 8

SOUTHERLY CHANGE

GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT

Special forecast for Wellington:— Moderate to fresh southerly winds. Rain tonight and some showers tomorrow, but weather gradually im-

proving over the next few days

The forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued by the Meteorological Office at noon today for the ensuing 24 hours, is for moderate to fresh northerly winds over the North Island at first, and variable breezes over the South Island, but fresh southerlies probably becoming general within the next 24 hours. The weather will be unsettled from Nelson and Marlborough northwards, with fairly widespread rain, especially in the central provinces, but conditions becoming more of the showery type tomorrow. It will be fair at first in the south, but with showers accompanying the southerly change. Temperatures will be moderate to mild, bul becoming cooler in the -south.

A depression is now moving aaax vi the South Island, but its northern extension still covers the central provinces, and extends towards Norfolk Island. An anti-cyclone is centred over south-eastern Australia. Southerly winds prevailed over the South Island but elsewhere northerliw to north-westerlies predominated, and were strong at times in many places Rain ceased falling in the south yesterday, but commenced in northern provinces, and this morning rain was also falling in Marlborough and in most western districts oi the North Island. There have been some rather heavy ialls: Farewell Spit 115 points, Cape Campbell 105, Inglewood 495. There has been practically no ram on the Canterbury Plains, and fine, warm weather has continued in the Hawke's Bay Province. Temperatures are now moderate over the South Island.

Yesterday the weather at aiJ ihe lour mam centres was cloudy to overcast Some ram tell at Dunedin early in the morning and commenced to talJ in Wellington about midnight. Northerly winds prevailed in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, and were strong and gusty in the two latter centres, but turned to the southwest in Christchurch in the afternoon. Dunedin had a moderate south-wester-ly Wind. Maximum and minimum temperatures in Wellington were 70 9 and 59 degrees There were five hours of bright sunshine. Fifty-five points of rain were recorded up to 9 a.m. today, when it was still raining, with the wind practically calm.