THE WEATHER.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1920, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

GOOD RAIN IN TARAHAKI ',■,- ; <-% '■..*.''■ » ■ UNSETTLED CONDITTOSS, PREDICTED. , -. ' ' At nine o'clock yesterday moraine the rainfall registered «t New Ply for , the preceding 48 hours totalled 'lsl ■, inches, and this good downpour; way be expected to have a very invigorating effect on the countryside. ' ; • Monday's record was the ieavieit of ' this week's wet spell, the total regis, tered "on Tuesday morning being .88 inches. The following twenty.fwrlour* .82 inches fell. Tho atmoapMc-con- • ditions were* mild, the minimum i-tnn-perature at no time being below 46 degrees. Yesterday's sunshine waa.'followed by further showers from about-.7 pjn. onwards. Last night's forecast atirted: / "Present indications are for strong we*-, tcrly winds, backing, to JKft»therlie» northward of New Plymouth and Napier, and south-cast to 'south wind*, idee-'. where. Cold, unsettled, and tauauV weather may be expected, with heavy showers generally, and snow in the high ' country in the South Island. The parameter will rise everywhere Boon."

CONDITIONS IN CANTERBtmt. HEAVY AND FLOODS. By Telcjratih Cliristcfcurch, Ust-STflfct. Steady rain art irt shortly yesterday, and continued w'itlioitt'iatef. ' mission till 1i.30 ojoloek to-night.*- fall of nearly -2'/.. incbes being recorjM fo the city, and moiife in'the country"/ "All Hvers arc running high, and creekton the Peninsula afid elsewhere are in flood. It is reported a large narabtr; of lambs have been lost. ' At Kaikoma Iho L,yell Creek over- ■ flowed and flooded the western end of the township, stocks in shops not raised above the floor level being damaged!. A gang of men opened up the mouth ol the creek and allowed the water to get away, thus relieving the situation. Slips have blocked traffic north and south in the Kaikqura district. Several ineheg of snow fell on back country stations At Akaroa.srg pointe of rain fell in 24 . hours.