SQUALLS AND SNOW

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1914, Page 8

SQUALLS AND SNOW

MORE BAD WEATHER PREDICTED As this district is still vmdev the in* fluence of the westerly disturbance which has dominated tho weather during tha past few days, Wellington may consider itself fortunate for tho sunshine 'of yesterday, when . the depression intensified consiaerably. The low barometric vending of 28.96 was recorded, at the Blutf last evening. High westerly winds have prevailed and squally conditions have been experienced, with heavy passing showers, in most parts of the country, while snow has fallen on the higher, levels in th© South Island. Tho Hciv mitftge (Mount Cook) reported that it was. still snowing this morning, and other high-level stations—such as Tophouse, Bealey, and Queonstown— also re* ported snow. Thunderstorms occurred last night in Fove&ux Strait and parts of the West Coast of tho South Island, and this morning information was ye« ceived that there wwe considerable freshes in the rivers of Westland. Tho prospects, according to the local Meteorological Bureau, are for very boisterous weather, higii westerly winds changing to south-westerly after from twenty-four to thirty-six hours, with heavy Bhowers, hail, and sleet in the South and snow on the higher levels, followed by a cold snap. It is expected that the seas on the western coast will be exceptionally heavy.