MAINLY FAIR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 6

MAINLY FAIR

WEEKEND WEATHER

Special forecast for Wellington:— Light to moderate northerly winds. Weather fair to cloudy with morning mist. Moderate temperatures, i

The weekend weather should be mainly fair, but a southerly change late on Sunday is likely. The general forecast for the Dominion as a whole is for winds generally moderate in force. Westerlies to north-westerlies will soon, prevail over the northern half of the North Island, with northerlies to north-easterlies elsewhere, but a change to fresh southerlies is likely in the far south after about 24 hours. The weather will be cloudy generally, with widespread morning fog or drizzle, and some scattered showers are probable in and west of the high country of the North Island, in Southland, and in southern Otago. Temperatures will be moderate. . '

Mainly light to moderate winds from an easterly quarter have prevailed, with north-easterlies gradually predominating". In Westland the weather has been fine, while over the remainder of the South Island it has been fair to cloudy. Over the northern half of the North Island, however, dull and misty weather with occasional drizzle or rain has continued, and during last night these conditions extended' as far south as Cook Strait, but an improvement had set in this morning in the far north. Temperatures have been mild in the Auckland Province and moderate elsewhere.

The weather yesterday in all four main centres was overcast with light winds, Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch each having some drizzle. The rain became heavier, in Wellington overnight 55 points being recorded at Kelburn up to 9 a.m. today. Wellington and Christchurch have each had morning fogs, but1 in Auckland this morning the weather had cleared. There was no bright sunshine in Wellington yesterday afid temperatures had only a small range, 55.2 degrees being the niaxinTum and 52.4 degrees the

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