A COLD SNAP

Grey River Argus, 23 October 1930, Page 4

A COLD SNAP

SOLAR ECLIPSE OUT OF SIGHT.

] Whether or not it is the final “kiek’ , | of the equinoctial period, the weather I throughout the West Coast has re- , maineil of late more like that of win* ( ter than of late spring, and from , other parts of the country there also come reports of storms and cold conditions. It is, of course, quite usual to > have a wet spring on the West Coast, but the conditions are this year cold- ! er than usual at this time of the year. ] Yesterday morning many had hoped t. see it tine in order to obtain a of the solar eclipse, timed to Com- , mence at about 8.30 o’clock, but from the iirst contact until the end of the phenomenon as much of Old Sol’s dial as the moon’s shadow did not cover was obscured by the clouds. ! Early yesterday morning there was ! a severe thunderstorm out to sea, ami the sou’ wester increased in force, but relaxed later. The rainfall for the 24 | hours preceding 9 a.m. yesterday was three-fifths of an inch. The southerly ' moisture, however, took tho form of , sleet and hail in showers during the I day, a particularly, frigid one falling in the early afternoon. The snowfall on the ranges has this spring lasted longer than usual, and for the past week the coating has been far more j augmented by this than it has been lessened by any rise in temperature. The consequence may be fairly heavy floods as soon as the warm rains re* turn.