THE WEATHER CHANGEABLE AND WITH PASSING SHOWERS

Southland Times, Issue 23553, 6 July 1938, Page 4

THE WEATHER CHANGEABLE AND WITH PASSING SHOWERS

(Special to The Times) WELLINGTON, July 5. Following is the official weather forecast for Southland issued by the Meteorological Office, Wellington:— Moderate to strong, but decreasing, southerly winds. Weather changeable and with passing showers, but improving. Temperatures cold. Seas

rough, but moderating. Following is the Dominion forecast:— Weather- mainly fair to fine, but intermittent rain in far southern districts and extending along _ the east coast to beyond Cook Strait. Scattered showers also in far northern areas. Temperatures cold, with some

sharp frosts. General Situation.—Though the _ pressure has risen since yesterday it is still relatively low and a shallow secondary depression has been crossing the South Island today. An anti-cyclone covers south-eastern Australia. Winds.—Light to moderate and variable from Canterbury northwards, with north-west to south-east predominating, but a change to moderate to strong southerlies advancing from the south. Seas.—New Zealand waters, rough but decreasing north of Cape Egmont and rough south of Dunedin, elsewhere slight to moderate, but later rising on the East Coast and in the Cook Strait area; eastern Tasman Sea, light to fresh southerly winds and moderate seas.

The weather in Invercargill yesterday was wet. Heavy showers fell throughout the day and the temperature was cold. At one o’clock this morning the weather was cool and clear, and there was no wind. The barometer readings for the last three mornings have been as follows: — This morning (falling) 29.78 in Tuesday 29.54 in Monday 29.12 in