THE WEATHER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 1 April 1915, Page 2

THE WEATHER

EXPLANATION BY GOVERNMENT ; J • METEOR,OLOGIST. *tJXITJU3 PjtßS9. AsSOCIAXION. I WELLINGTON, March 31. ■ The. weather^.conditions .now -prevailing, the Rev. D, Bates;explained thi® evening-, are, a consequence .of an Antarcj. tic storm in higher latitudes. One effect of this disturbance was to prevent wireless meseagek.y; 1 being:-transmitted . from •Macquarie;lsland' on Tuesday night, arid, the weather -• report. y.estepday. dicatesthat the strong and squally terly .w.inde . which.,have/sbeen^-experierapv ed in varions -parts'of. the Dominion dur r ;ng- the past two or three days are in sympathy with or-,a ; consequence-of thai the . storm itselfis not' particularly in evidence in the Dominion.. Theee westerly ; wihds show 1 an_ exact converse: of the conditions pre* vailing about a - fortnight -' ago, when- a ! capital storm was in - evidence off the East.Coastof the North-Island, and, 'although. the■ barometer was .above normal and steady, yet the weather was most ; unsettled and heavy rain i was experienced.? an. • various parts, es- j pecially in the North and East Coast districts , of- : the . North Island", while - the ! storm centre ► itself , nevei 4 visited-- New j Zealand. The East Coast of the conti-i nent., of .America .-is -.occasionally-, visited . by storms of this' character; /when the storpi area, moyes in a .direction- contrary to its- usual course... ; . It is _ nearly two years since New. Zealand experienced •; a disturbanceof ■ thaf nature, and - the advent .of such :an. occurrence - could. only-, be really : forecasted with Any ■ certainty, if a .wireless station. were <■ established-' 1 in the Kermadeo Islands. " f