THE WEATHER

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1940, Page 6

THE WEATHER

FOR EC AST 1 AT NOOi^i

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WELLINGTON, December 9. General situation.—-An anti-cyclone is centred" riOrtii-Wst oP l&W/Zealarid and a depression is advancing across the South Tasman'Sea-.*

The forecast is- for moderate to-fresh northerly winds, t'urninjg Jafer ~ Orly or south-westerly. Weather cloudy and • unsettled-with intermittent rain, • mild temperatures. Seas moderate-: ' rather rough. ' H ""

THE WEAraER

MONTH OF NOVEMBER’.

WETAiI-NG'i'ON/. ; • General' A and i uther unseasbh&ole” hufi/ , the' weather considerably : t “tOy' ; ' /'wards the erid of the month. Shbwerscatised some delays in nous, but. onth,e whole the, ralh/’W^/ 8 whicothe'd by farmers, ekpte'Oiilly; tiji tpe> E'a§t Codst/ of ’ thfi South ’lSid'hd,falls were, just, sutfiMeht' to're*' •lief- tef the cereal - erfips' at a' tune. Aiost types of pronfee 1 / - good harvets, and ' hayinlfikihg,. nasy started 1 earlier than - udual: ~Tfe;; ,y ; position is mosti satisfactory,' ahd ; are well advfinced and' totiil [was' unusually exce^site'-' r ih. ;,: c^hirS^ \ HaWke’i Ba j p Chiefly as tbfr resuß't# tdireiitial rainy on th'e- 3rd. A surplus-’ fwffh recorded over’ the- rest'-, of- tHhf-’ mtikii Island-WitK the |sbr)f h-ivesf £r tf- portion -oi * f he; Afieklanß • fpibvihce. RainfalF was lighter? th&iH I'MMaF oveMhTe'mstjb? part (of? the 1 SopHi' ; lilandy but ihbderfitfi- exceSsfiS in North' Otago and a.bout the ; ;Southlfa l? ' /SoundA region'. There” wa's 1 a.-- gfibd) | de ; al ! of thunderstbrmh* activiiy ,thfdhßh a ' ioht-the mobth, the 1 main displays beiii^ | j ust- affbr 1 the/ Middle,of - the-nMiith’. 1 •.- \ TeMfifeMtiMbs.—Aleahv temifetaiureh/' | were below npfma'l in- many / cakes-' £or 2- degree^ r „-.'bi)it l several days were- ' very, hefey Mil 1 oh ; the-; ranges several occasions-and j was of / .fairly widespread, occurrence. ; Temperatures wferey > howeverj ' Mnuch warmer level duriug the.last parc of the month. ■“ 1 Sunshine.—'Tlko du'ratibn fpf j bright suhdhiiie- was: central ußstri'cts, ; but Waf above' over t ’North Inland lOtagb . Weather Sequence;.—Aaiestensiv^i^' ; pression approach caused a-dpterioratipn' Irpm jthp'/pfpvMl-;, | iiig- conditions/ arid flgteri, brobght light rain to: most*, districts/^ ; One low pres sdrer centrev,which ‘d.e'phbn-. ; ed over tlawkQ?i;;Bayi was;responsible': v~ • ! for very lieavy rain in well - ad fbl*‘ numerous- sputliAvefitefly’ i gales -im.central and-.nor'therif/dikttio£?L ThefO was; an'.improvement du. the*f,stit y a) pejv and-defepydepression/adr vanced from the west . On this.RS^ ;• pression, a” cyclonic centre- developed toff-New.: Plymouth - and moved./ acjosa ; the/ h> Island on: th.'P/. | im tiie Far South^^condrtiohi frehMlnpd' j Ane,t .elsewhpre.vit > ! rain;. .at finies and. with snow on they .. there Vere''tliuh2erstbrMs by hail showers. Although: conditions j had improved generally l>y ‘4\ ( other, faiily/' extensiye disturbance: j § [scattered 'but mainly. on the [loth and 11th, but under the . influence of an/ahti-cycione lbcaMd^'tho ; north, the .weather.. soon.ibeqamb/ finp and - warm again.' On,'the 13th, a depression began to cross, the. South Island, steady rain developing--- in: ; Westland. Scattered., shp.wersAfell/ in/ I western areas of. the North IslanyL; The and eastern coastsyf .thelatter had tliuuderstorms- with’brief/ | torrential downpours oh the evening] •of the loth. The 16th was fine,'but*ft (depression-near:Lord-Howe-Island iwas /. j developing into a cyeTone which ,wa? j i the- cause of widespread heavy ram • •setting in over the North’-‘lsland on - ! the 17th / With pressure low- /to" tnef south-east and high to the west/ ‘ south-westerly (ywlhds- prevailed froih/ Ahe /19th to, the/. 23rd. were cold and changeable, and "atl'Alisricts had showery intervals’; • terbury arid'fOtagd; V iff-? pfifticutarJ/ rof i’ceiVed ' much needed ' rain. At' tmfi ; [period fiTrthlf ’WbW' fell on the"ranges" land some frosts 'occurred in/the south: ]An anti-cyelbrie,/hmldirig’'iip ! 'frdAi Lh o -,; : j south .//covered tEe'’Dominion on ihe :/ • 124th, so that fine/and . Warrii weather ' - (persisted for several days, hut at/the close of r the Month" a'disturbance'afjfected 1 the 5 * South' island wbfere 'tbefib/ •! was some light’ rain/ and 4 a" drSff'' iul ; temperatures: ' 1 • f •» -I. . .Oi' f