WET WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1923, Page 8

WET WEATHER

Wellington is keeping up its reputation for unpleasant week-end weather, the experience to-day being much on a par with that of the past few Satur- « '-when outdoor sports have been affected. To-day the wet weather necessitated a postponement of a number of sports fixtures, but the prinCf Ptl eV£? ts ™ere Played- The Erector oi vie Meteorological Office states that a storm area is still apparently located between East Cape and the Kermadec isiands, and strong south-east' to southwest winds have prevailed in and south or Cook Strait, with heavy rain on the east coast. Reports from various places on the east coast of the North Island this morning stated that between two and three inches of rain had been recorded since yesterday morning. The conditions have continued to be of a more favourable nature in the South Island, which is a neutral zone, as there is another disturbance evidently operating in the Tassman Sea. The forecast is for variable winds, moderate to strong and squally a t times, northward of llokitika an<i Lyttelton, and westerlies elsewhere.. Barometric pressure has been unsteady, and is likely to rise temporarily. The weather will probably be dull, cold, and squally, with heavy showers in the northern and east coast districts, and unsettled and cloudy, with ram following, elsewhere. .