CHANGE IN WEATHER.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 115, 16 May 1924, Page 5

CHANGE IN WEATHER.

BAROMETER'S SUDDEN FALL. EASTERLY. GALE EXPECTED, il OVERSEAS STEAMERS DELAYED. | Strong south-easterly gales are being experienced throughout the Auckland , peninsula to-day, aud the indications of . the barometer are for stormy and squally weather. Since midday yester- j day the barometer reading has fallen . suddenly, and by 2 p.m. to-day had . dropped)half an inch, when the height j of the mercury column was 20.62*2 inches, with a further downward ten- _ dency. This is the lowest reading since April 20. , The conditions are dull and threaten- 4 ing with a thick haze coming up from : the east. Showery conditions were experienced during the morning, and it , is probable that heavy weather will be ; met with in the near future. , Wireless reports from four large steamers in the South Pacific show that heavy gales are being experienced to a distance of at least 1500 miles from the j New Zealand coast. This will delay the arrivals of these steamers, as they are all en route from Panama to New Zealand. < A wireless message received by the . New Zealand Shipping Company from , the. steamer Dorset, which ia bringing i •289 passengers from Liverpool, says: "Hope arrive Auckland on Tuesday, but weather bad. Will radio later." A previous radio stated that the Dorset expected to arrive here on Monday. The Turakina, laden with general cargo from Liverpool, reports: "Arrive | Wednesday. Now encountering bad I weather, making arrival time uncer- I tain." Tbe City of Adelaide, en route j from New York, is meeting with similar I weather conditions, and in the mean- | time expects to arrive here on Tues- j day. provided tbe gales abates. ' The mail steamer Rotorua, which re- | ported early in the week that she ■ would arrive at Wellington to-day, lias . since announced that she has met with I considerable delay on account of strong ; head winds and seas, and will not reach port from Southampton before to-mor-row morning.