ANTI-CYCLONIC EFFECTS

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 98, 26 April 1916, Page 8

ANTI-CYCLONIC EFFECTS

The barometer is still, very high—in fact, almost dangerously so, since the balance of meteorological conditions is disturbed, and a disturbance on the high side is likely to cause trouble as well as one which tends to low pressure. On the edge of the anti-cyclone which is developed' by the high pressure storms will be raging, and it-is.possible that.on the Tasmarf Sea one is even now developing which may pass in and southward of Cook Strait. There is a possibility of its being edged off, out of the New Zealand ring, so to speak, by the heavyweight which now holds the stage. The chances of the aerial battle must, however, be taken into account. Easterly winds are likely to change to northerly and then increase strong to gale, especially in and southward of Cook Strait. Increasing cloud and haziness are predicted generally, with rain probably following, with.- fogs in the. meantime, especially on the East Coast districts, tliis being accounted for by the variable air currents in the upper and lower regions. At. the present time, though conditions in Wellington are dull, other parts of the Dominion are enjoying fair weather: '• .