WEATHER CONDITIONS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8737, 20 May 1914, Page 7

WEATHER CONDITIONS

MORE WIND AND RAIN, WITH SNOW FORECASTED. “There is a lot more rain about, with a probability of further flood:; and snow on tho higher levels,” was the cheerful rejoinder of the Dominion Meteorologist when asked by a “New Zealand Times” representative Ihst night about tho weather prospects. Tho indications are regarded by Mr Bates as very threatening. Stormy conditions may bo expected to continue, with tho wind blowing lustily from the south-ea.st and bringing heavy rain. The present storm appears to oo centred now about 100 miles northeast of East Cape. Mr Bates described it as a very extensive and violent cyclone, accompanied by low pressure. The conditions are somewhat extraordinary, in that such intense cyclones are usually much more concentrated. Several interesting meteorological bulletins were received by wireless telegraphy yesterday, and greatly assisted Mr Bates in his calculations. Captain Post, of the Tutanekai, which is on her way to tho Islands, reported at 8 o’clock last night that he was in lat. 29deg. 24min. S. and long. 172 deg. W. The wind was strong from the west-south-west, tho sea heavy, and the,-wcather squally. The thermometer stood at 65deg. and the barometer reading was 29.50. The previous night, when tho vessel was very near the centre of the disturbance, the barometer stood at 28.35, ranch below normal, ’The Tutanekai was clearly getting away from the storm centre yesterday. About tho same time last evening Air Bates received a message from Captain Evans, of tho Tahiti, a long way southward of the Tutanekai. The Tahiti was in lat. 38deg. S. and long. 180, experiencing a south-westerly moderate gale, with a clouded sky. Tho barometer stood at 28.62, a decrease since tho previous night, when tho Tahiti’s reading was 28.96. Tho centre of the disturbance was thns following the Tahiti, which is due at Wellington to-morrow morning.