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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 2 December 1863, Page 3

Romavks— Sunday : fine morning, but threatening, low baromoter anrl lii^h wind, heavy rain set 'n at 3 p.m. Monnny : fmr\ still much electricity, wind confimiinn- steady from (he WNW, frequent storms in the distance, heavy showers after sunset, fine lunar rainbow at 8 p.m. Tuesday: showers in the morning, fine, from 10 a m., and at 1 p.m. changed to E^E, and blew hard from due E a'l night, barometer rose rapidly till 9 pm., when it read 29 G6 inches, then fell slightly. Wednesday; barometer falling with 'extraordinary rapidity, until at 3pm. it stood as low as 28 - 77 inches, having decreased nearly an inch in 18 hours-; the air was generally dry, although frequent showers fell, the nimbus suddenly forming without previous appearance of rain ; (lie degree of humidity varied greatly but, on the whole, decreased in the same ratio ns the depression of the. barometer increased ; the wind was fresh from the eastward and oeen^ionnllv blew a gale; the clouds moved from WNW, I'iit were often dissolved into invisible vapou:-, while at other times vast bodies of cloud suddenly collected overhead where only blue sky had previously been visible; the atmosphere appeared in a singular state of commotion, the allernations of cloud being evidently caused by eccentric currents of hot and culd air ; it was also remarkable, that the tempo rature, instead of lessening as usual after 2 p m., continued to rise, attaining the maximum /5!) des 1 at 5 p in. ; the night was clear and cold, the thermometer fell to 31 deg on the grass, and the barometer rose slightly. According lo the rules laid down by Admiral Fitzroy, Mr Glaishcr, and otheremiuent meteorologists, the above appearances denote the approach of a severe storm, the rule would apply to any p.irfc of New Zealand, indenl, Btorm warnings are often less marked at the exivt locality of a tempest than at a distance from it. A remarkable instance occurred about twenty years njo, when the storm which raged in the English Channel on the 13th of January, 1843, was indicated in Edivbirgh by a fall of the barometer to 28 inches, although in that city liar ly a breath of wind was perceptible. Thursday: barometer continued very low and still sinking, yesterday's appearances continued in full force, the wind blowing alternately from Eto ESR, and N to WNW ii squalls; heavy sliov ers at 9 am.; frequent thunder. A distinct shock of an earthquake was felt towards midnight, pn-c 'flecl by tho usual ?übt'rranean rumbling. This eartliquako prol>;ibly accounts fur the remarkable depression of trie b iromcter during the last week. Friday: weather still the same, frequent thunder and thundershowers; barometer at noon aslow aa 28 7~> inches. Saturday: weather still the same, thunder and thunder-showers; barometer rising. iiain bus now ftrilen on 15 sneeessive days, &nd on ev-ery night the thermometer on the grass has been below the freezing poict. This continuance oi wet weather and cold nighis, is beginning to have an unfavorable effect on the young corn. Charles Rous Maktex. Martendale, Ryal Bush.