UNSETTLED WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 258, 28 July 1930, Page 10

UNSETTLED WEATHER

Week-end Conditions

Saturday was a beautifully line day in Wellington, there being practically no cloud and a moderate n^ th erly breeze. During the night rain fell, but yesterday morning the sky was clear again, and the air warm but calm. However, a sudden change occuried, and in the afternoon the sky was overcast. A light southerly sprang up and about 6 p.m. there was a little hail and rain. Seven points of rain was gauged at “The Dominion” for the 48 hours ended at midnight last night. “Dominion” Special Service reports from the other centres show that the weather was similarly unsettled in all of them. There was fairly heavy snow at Dunedin yesterday. The wind was a moderate south-west at Auckland on Saturday, with occasional light showers. Yesterday conditions were boisterous, and the showers were more frequent. The barometer is falling and now stands at 29.90 in. Following ten degrees of frost at Christchurch on Saturday morning, the weather was glorious until late in the afternoon, when- a south-west storm blew up, and later rain and snow fell, the hills receiving a light peppering Yesterday morning opened promisingly, but before 10 o’clock clouds began to gather and light showers, hall, and a few flakes of snow fell. The clouds passed, however, and the rest of the day was fine, although bitterly cold. The barometer had a rising tendency, but at 5 p.m. another storm hit the The weather was very unsettled in Dunedin on Saturday, rain falling at intervals. The wind was fresh from the south-west and the maximum temperature was 51 degrees. Yesterday the city was treated to one of the heaviest snowfalls for some time, tlie hills and even lower levels being covered In a mantle of white. Rain and sleet showers also fell, and the strong wind from the south-west was intensely cold. The barometer was rising slightly last Mi? reading he&S 29.701 ft