THE WEATHER
EAIN NOT FINISHED.
The closing days of August, the last of the winter months, seem bent on demonstrating the fact that spring does not officially begin until Ist September. The cause of tho present state of unpleasant meteorological conditions is a low pressure area which is now centred over Taranaki. The winds are circulating around this area, having a westerly direction in the north and an easterly direction in the south. In their train they have brought heavy rain, especially in and about Cook Strait. Three inches of rain have fallen in the "Wairarapa, "Wellington recording 64 points at thi3 morning's reading. Cloudy skies have been the general rille throughout the Dominion except in "Westland and Otago where it has been very cold. The prospects in tho immediate future are not reassuring, more and heavy rain being forecasted with snow in the higher levels in. the South. The barometer is still falling, but with the gradual passing of the disturbance it will probably rise after about twentyfour hours. Wellington's average rainfall for August is 4.45 inches, but up to the present this year only 2.81 inches have been recorded.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 53, 31 August 1926, Page 10
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191THE WEATHER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 53, 31 August 1926, Page 10
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