THE WEATHER

Southland Times, Issue 23548, 30 June 1938, Page 4

THE WEATHER

FAIR TO CLOUDY AND MILD (Special to The Times) WELLINGTON, June 29. Following is the official weather forecast for- Southland issued by the Meteorological Office, Wellington:— Light to moderate, but freshening east to north winds. Weather fair to cloudy and mild. Seas slight to moderate. Following is the Dominion forecast:— Weather mainly fair to fine at first, but later clouding over in western and northern districts and rain gradually developing. Temperatures moderate to mild. General Situation.—Yesterday’s depression is now passing away eastward, but another is approaching across the Tasman. A low-pressure centre appears to be developing over the central Tasman. Winds.—Variable with light to moderate southerlies predominating at first, but later turning in most places to northerlies or noth-easterlies and freshening in northern districts. Seas,—New Zealand waters, rough at first on the Taranaki coast, otherwise slight to moderate; eastern Tasman Sea, light to moderate, but freshening north-west to northerly winds in the northern portion and north-east to northerly in the southern; seas slight to moderate, but rising.

The weather in Invercargill yesterday was fine. The sun shone brightly until late in the afternoon and there was no wind.

At one o’clock this morning the weather was calm and mild. The barometer readings for the last three mornings have been as follows:— This morning (rising) 29.43 in Wednesday 29.55 in Tuesday 29.36 in