A WINTRY SPELL

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 122, 28 May 1929, Page 8

A WINTRY SPELL

WORST NOW OVER

The weather improved yesterday ii Taranaki and Manawatu, and also i* the interior of the western portion o$ the South Island, but elsewhere rairf was fairly general. East Cape had 197, points, and Cambridge 114 points, othe* places a so recording fairly heavy falls. Iho cyclone which was centred in thd north yesterday intensified consider, ably, but it lias now passed to thri eastward. The rise in pressure following its departure, however, has not been very rapid and conditions arri not yet settled. Southerly winds hava been general, and a number of places ia and north of Cook Strait have experi. enced gales. Temperatures have been easily the lowest recorded this year, and m the South Island frosts have been severe. At 9 a.m. to-day it was 32 de« grees in the shade at Christchurch and only 23 at Top House and Arthur's Pass. Wellington was comparatively warm, the 9 aJm. reading showing 43 degrees in the shade against Auckland'a 49 degrees. Thunder and hail have beea the lot of some places, especially ia North Auckland, with the passing ot the centre of the cyclone. Moderate to strong south-westerly t* south-easterly winds are forecasted, gala force being reached on parts off the Bast Const. Cloudy and unsettled weather may be expected to continue for :i. time, with further showers hi northern and eastern districts. Tha weather, however, should improve graci* ually, although it will still remain coll. with many frosts at night.