RAIN NOT OVER

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 8

RAIN NOT OVER

The cyclone responsible for the present bad weather has since yesterday divided into two. One centre has passed eastward, but the other remains located still to the west of Cook Strait. Cold, unsettled, and in places stormy weather has been general. Rain has fallen in nearly all districts, some of the falls being heavy. In central provinces many rivers are in flood. Motu, near Gisborne, tops the list with 423 points of rain, a number of stations between there and the northern part of tho South Island recording over two indies of rain. Winds' have been strong • generally, gale force being reached in many places. South-easter-lies or southerlies have ruled, but in tho far north northerlies were still prevailing this morning.

Auckland had a dull and warm day yesterday with occasional showers. Heavy rain, however, set in during the evening. In, Wellington heavy and continuous rain fell all day, easing off in the evening. Misty rain has fallen at .intervals since last nigh. Dull weather with misty rain prevailed in Christchurch yesterday, rain falling from noon till midnight. In Dunedin the weather was cold and wet, a light southerly blowing.

Judging from to-day's forecast, the last of the had weather has not yet been experienced. Northerly to westerly winds are forecasted north of Auckland, but elsewhere moderate to strong south-easterly or southerly winds may be expected, gale force being reached at times about Cook Strait. Although mainly fair to fine in Otago and Southland, the weather elsewhere will for the present continue dull and unsettled. Further rain may be expected, with .heavy falls north of Nelson and Marlborough. Temperatures will be cold, with snow on the higher .levels.