A WEEK-END STORM

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 153, 29 June 1916, Page 8

A WEEK-END STORM

After the clear, invigorating sunshine of yesterday afternoon, the early dawn to-day with its sullen clouds portending rain came somewhat as a shock to Wellington. Nor did the threatening sky fail to keep its promise, for rain began to fall soon after daylight, and gradually became heavier, so that at 1 p.m. there was quite a heavy downpour and every sign of a continuance. The change which was predicted as early as Monday last for the latter part of the week has come with suddenness and force, and cloudy skies have overspread the Dominion, while rain has fallen. Though the temperature is somewhat milder than that accompanying the chilly southerly winds and frosty nights which have recently prevailed, snow was reported this morning to be falling at the Bealey and Mount Cook. Northerly winds are increasing generally. /.These are likely to back to westerlies northward -of New Plymouth and Napier, while northerly winds, strong to gale, may be expected locally, and easterlies in Foveaux Strait. Cloudy and unsettled weather is forecasted, with rain generally, snow in the South, and rivers rising in many parts of the Dominion.