STILL UNPROMISING

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 48, 25 August 1925, Page 6

STILL UNPROMISING

The prospect ■of better weather is no brighter as the result' of latest observations, the Director of the Meteorological Ofiice (Mr. D. C. Bates) stating that squally weather,. with heavy showers, is forecasted generally. More snow is probable on the higher levels in the South, and conditions generally are expected to be colder, while seas are likely to "be heavy. The barometer is due to rise everywhere, and westerly winds,', strong to gale and backing to southerlies, should be experienced. .' . •

ITrqm the Hermitage this morning it was reported-that 9in of snow had fallen. Snow was also falling at Tophonse, Marlborough, and it was observed on other higher levels in the South. Of rain there has been considerable measure since yesterday, (he local total for the month.being advanced by nearly half an inch. Other reports'of rain received'thi.s morning were: D'oxtdn O.SBin, Wanganui 0.33 in, C4reymouth l.OSin, Westport o.9Sin, and Arthur's Pass 1.15 in. On the western coast of both islands rain was general. The barometer had risen slightly in the South, and the winds had changed there to southerlies.