WEATHER REPORT

Southland Times, Issue 22817, 17 February 1936, Page 6

WEATHER REPORT

SOUTHLAND FORECAST. (Special to the Times). Wellington, February 16. The following is the Dominion Observatory’s special weather forecast for Southland: Moderate to strong northwesterly winds backing to southerlies by Monday morning. Weather cloudy to overcast and rain probable. Temperatures colder. Seas rough. The following is the forecast for the Dominion: Weather fair at first in eastern and northern districts, elsewhere unsettled with rain developing and fairly general falls probable within 24 to 3S hours. Temperatures warm but a cool change later in the South Island. An anticyclone is now centred far to the eastward and a complex depression is moving on to the Dominion. Winds northeast to northwest. Moderate to strong generally and of gale force at times in places in and south of Cook Strait. A change to southwesterlies advancing later over the South Island. Seas (New Zealand waters) —Becoming rough in the Cook and Foveaux Strait areas and later on parts of the East Coast of the South Island, otherwise moderate but rising north of Farewell Spit. Eastern Tasman SeaModerate to strong northerly winds changing to southerlies. Seas moderate but increasing. Dull and threatening conditions in Invercargill yesterday morning gave place to rain late in the afternoon. The fall was fairly heavy in the evening. At one o’clock this morning it was still raining steadily with little sign of easing off. The barometer readings for Friday, Saturday and Monday have been as follows: This morning (falling) 29.53 in Saturday 30.00 in Friday 29.81 in