RAIN WITHOUT WIND

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 8

RAIN WITHOUT WIND

Heavy rain has again fallen in. Wellington—llo points, or one inch and a tenth—having been recorded up to 9 o'clock this morning. The existence of two disturbances, which were prognosticated yesterday, accounted for the neutralisation and variability ,of the wind forces. , Heavy rain is reported, particularly on the east coast of the North Island. In the South Island, rain is reported northward of Banks Peninsula, but other parts are experiencing fair weather. This, howeer, is only regarded as a lucid interval, for the westerly disturbance will probably soon'assert its sway, and moderate to strong north -westerly winds to

rule in Wellington may be expected in the near future. Skies are likely to be cloudy to overcast, and further rain is to be expected. There is a probability that the disturbance will be over by the end of the week, but in the meantime we shall have to submit to what these north-westerly winds will bring in the way of unsettled weather. They will, however, probably account for a decided change about the week-end. A reference to the.records of rainfall for the past months of the year shows that February,. March, and April were below, the average, but the downpour during the recent storm, which amounted to 6.08 brings the total to date to over 4 inches above the average—that is from the beginning of the year up to the present time.