CHANGEABLE WEATHER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17351, 24 December 1919, Page 8

CHANGEABLE WEATHER.

WIND AND HEAVY SHOWERS. GLASS REMAINS LOW. The weather at Auckland yesterday was very changeable and unsettled, and did not show much signs of improvement at. a late hour. The wind moderated somewhat in the morning. This was followed by heavy rain showers in the afternoon The weather cleared in the evening, but the wind showed signs, of increasing, and the sky remained dull and threatening An improvement in the weather conditions on the West Coast was reported yesterday. I n the morning the southwest gale fell away *° a moderate breeze ated rT p° the Manukau Bar »«ierated, t>, ihe r rawa crossed inward from &,, plym T h afcan ear; y ho »*> »dt£ Kimu and Aupoun, which had been bar bound ins.de the Heads since the evening before, were able to cross outward later the former for Hokianga and the latter tor Raglan and Kawhia ff i r< ;P° rt .Reived from the Manukau Heads last night stated that the wind had + h! n u? creasing si s ce ™*4*7, and was then blowing a moderate south-west gale It had not affected the bar, and the Rarawa had no difficulty in cross: out ward for New Plymouth at 7 p.m. the barometer showed very little movement up to a late hour last night. It had been practically steady at 29 - 9oin for the previous 24 hours. The following weather report was issued ylsteSav 016 Se^^ 6 at 8P m yesterday.— The disturbance named Begoas hangs off the East Coast of the South Island with great persistency. Its western and northern sides still affect the S Dominion. Further squally and -showed weather is likely, with" a tendency to S trie disturbance, but there remain indi cations that the barometer will shortly rise and the weather become more setted for Christmas Winds between west-north west and south-south-west. Sea rough off southern coasts." " u 6" on