OUTLOOK STILL GLOOMY

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 108, 8 May 1923, Page 8

OUTLOOK STILL GLOOMY

■- ■ This morning dawned fair locally, but .' in otner parts., the disturbing elements i j-were still; a^countang for heavy rain. who thought the bright morning \ meant a return of fine weather, were dis.ap'pointed, for later in the day heavy again set in. ■

-! .j communication . has been restored witti the South, and information 'aß'to local conditions elsewhere appears in-the weather.report to-day. „..."■ . .. „"■ The Tinsettlement referred to yesterday y as occurring to the west of Kawhia is -still a feature which dominates weather " 5 " conditions; and the forecast to-day is -j, for variable and strong winds. Easter- ■■■ lies, rising to gale force in many parts of :., the country, are likely to prevail; back- ;; ing to northerly. Dull and misly wea- ■■ ther, foggy in parts, is forecasted, and '.'■ further heavy rain is to be expected. Ci The rise:in the barometer which has ;; taken place in the North is reported as ■■'< only temporary, and a further fall is everywhere very soon. .. ', ';-: Direct easterly winds", according to ••: the Meteorological Office,, are very un5. common in Wellington, and it is only "when the wind varies to the north-west "or south-east that we. experience the ■1 worst effects of stormy weather. Many 7 people at the present time are speaking ; of the great force of the wind, but this ;; impression is doubtless mostly derived «from, the unpleasantness of the general £ weather conditions—the . cold and rain 'heightening the;,.effect~of the' wind. As <>a matter of fact, the records do not dis,>close a great velocity of wind during ;*the past 48 hours..

[ The rainfall during the past twentyhours has not been great. Bain has ■fallen in very heavy showers, but it' has ■not been so continuous as it was in the preceding twenty-four hours. The total rainfall for the past four days has been just over 4^- inches, and. the. amount recorded this-morning-was'l:36 inches. The total up to the present for this ,rj3onth...has been. 4.58 inches.