CALM FOLLOWS STORM.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 172, 22 July 1924, Page 5

CALM FOLLOWS STORM.

CHILLY DAY IN THE CITY. WEST COAST BARS AGAIN WORKABLE. Auckland air had a particularly chilly feel in it to-day to remind the people lof the sou-westerly storm that blew itself out last evening, after three days of fresh to moderate gales and short but sudden rain squalls. Several hailstorms were experienced in the city yesterday, but these were of short duration, and by nine o'clock last night the wind had fallen away to a moderate breeze. This morning there was a dead calm in the city, though later a slight breeze arose I from the westerly, and for a couple of I hours after sunrise the ground was "frozen in many places away from the morning sun. It was generally thought to be one of the coldest mornings in the city this year, though the minimum temperature was four degrees higher than on the night of July 9, when a heavy frost, with a dry cold atmosphere was experienced. Last night the lowest reading shown by the maximum and minimum thermometer in «the Government observatory at Albert Park was 38 degrees, and it 9 a.m. to-day the air temperature at the observatory was 50 degrees. Meanwhile the barometer has been steadily rising since mid-day yesterday, and it is noticeable that for the past three days, during which the glass was down, the rainfall in the city amounted Ito only .74G inch. A general improvement in the weather has naturally taken place on the West Coast, where the bars, after being closed to shipping for the three days of the storm, became workable again to-day. Both the Eara-.va and the Waimea, which were unable to sail for New Plymouth and Nelson respectively yesterday, left Onehur.ga to-day. At Greymouth the Kaitangata, which been barbound since Saturday, sailed for Auckland at 2 a.m. to-day.