WINTRY WEATHER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21245, 27 July 1932, Page 10

WINTRY WEATHER

SNOW IN KING COUNTRY • •• ■ • 4 HEAVIER FALLS EXPECTED' OUTLOOK STILL UNSETTLED There was a general return to wintry conditions yesterday. Intermittent snow was falling last evening at places on the high country in the centre of the North Island, and there was every prospect at a late hour that heavier falls would occur before morning. Bitterly cold weather was experienced at the Chateau, National Park. "A halfblizzard is blowing off Ruapehu and the outlook is very stormy," said the manager, Mr. R. Cobbe, in response to a telephonic inquiry last evening. "Snow is falling intermittently, although so far it is scarcely sufficient to mantle the ground. Guide Olaf, who was on the mountain late this afternoon, considers that a heavy fall is almost certain tonight." < , "One or two light flakes of snow are drifting in the wind, and a heavy fall is certain before morning," stated a report from Ohakune. Snow had been lying on the ground there for the past week, but was melted by yesterday's rain. A sharp southerly breeze was blowing last evening and the countryside was shrouded in mist. A cold wind was also blowing at Taumartinui, which is 50 miles north of Ohakune, and at a considerably lower height above sea-level. Similar conditions iulcd at Te Kuiti, which is a further 50 miles north. The hills surrounding Te Kuiti were lightly sprinkled with snow last week, and last evening's extreme cold presaged the likelihood of further falls on the higher country. Rain was general throughout the province yesterday and, in spite of fewer showers in southern centres after nightfall, the outlook was threatening. However, no delays to road services were reported. In Auckland there was a light freshening breeze from the east all day- The sky wa3 overcast and ocpasional heavy showers were experienced throughout the day- Heavier rain fell in the evening. The barometer, which had been filing steadily since Monday, dropped more sharply after mid-day yesterday. The reading at midnight was 29.45 in., a decline of -25 in. in 12 hours. The rainfall for the 24 hours was ,47in. SHIPPING WARNER CONDITIONS IN TASMAN CYCLONIC DISTURBANCE SYDNEY. July 2§ The New South Wales meteorologist hat issued the following special warning to shipping: "An extensive disturbance, cyclonic in character, and centred in the western Tasman and which covers the Tasman Sea, i 6 moving eastward. Gales and rough weather may be expected generally over the western and central Tasman, extending eastward.