METEOROLOGIST'S REPORT

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 17, 19 July 1918, Page 8

METEOROLOGIST'S REPORT

The weather has been very cold, squally, and showery' in most parts of the country, and there has been a snowstorm during the night, reported the Dominion Meteorologist to-day. Three inches of snow is reported at Taihape, and snow has fallen on the Gisborue back country, and in the north-eastern parts of the South Island.

A south-westerly gale has raged, and was very heavy in the South during the night. Rough seas may be expected to continue along the east coast of the North Island, with cold and- showery conditions; snow and hail,on the high lands in the Soutft; and very cold night generally; and frosts inland. The barometer is duo to rise everywhere, and probably very high in the course of a few days. A rather remarkable fall took place yesterday afternoon, which indicated a secondary disturbance —that is, a storm within a storm. This usually has more serious effects in a smaller area; and in a country such as this, with extensive ocean areas around it, it is almost impossible to fully account for or. make predictions with regard to them. The barometer has risen fast in the night. Up to noon no telegraphic messages had come to hand south of Oamaru, but a little later some were received from Dunedin.

EXPECTED FAVOURABLE CHANGE

Although by no means certain, it is expected that the present bad weather will be the precursor of a favourable change in the early part of next week. At the present time the Dominion Meteorologist states, that he has . no reason t0... believe that' the snowfall has been more serious in the southern parts of the South Island than it has been in the northern districts., The gale ifl described as being more of a south-wes-terly than the'last storm, and it will probably be found that the consequences are not so serious. The storm centre is now eastward of tlie Dominion.