ANOTHER STORM PREDICTED.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14978, 21 May 1914, Page 7

ANOTHER STORM PREDICTED.

SNOW PROBABLE IX SOUTH j ISLAND. j (SPECIAL TO "THE TRESS.") ' -\ WELLINGTON, May 20. j It has been, raining here on fourteen j out of the twenty days of this month ' that have passed. In all, just upon ; five and a half inches of raiu haro \ fallen in that time. To-day the \ weather has been fine and cloar, but ■ tho unwor.ted calm t>eems to bo but tho i prcludo to another storm; indeed, the Government Meteorologist states that the storm that is coming will bo worse. than the one that has gone, and that on this occasion not only the North Island, but the whole of tho Dominion will bo in its grip. There are, says Mr Dates, two depressions, one off tho Ea*fc Coast, and the other to tho south-west. Either of these alone would cause a very severe storm, but as both are of the same character they uoutr&lisa each other to a certain ext«ut as regards the intensity of tho wind and weatherThis is not regarded tw a hopeiul sigtt, however. »nd tn© conditions are accordingly posted as throateniug. It is anticipated that the two areas of pressure will combine forces and produce a heavy south-westerly galo. fhia ttjU ' envelop tho whole of the Dominion. Hitherto tno bad weather has been, practically confined to the North Island, but tho anti-cyelono which stood tho south in sucTi good stead has vow departed. Rain, which will probably be general, will bo accompanied by snow in the South Island. The glass will {r]\ further, but it is likely to rise fast after some twenty to thirty houre. - What with bad weather and floods, Hawko's Bay hos recently had a very bad time. Last r.ight Mr Bates received a telegram from the observer at Potunianu, near Wairoa, to the offect that a heavy southerly, with continuous rain, had prevailed since Saturday afternoon. So far. 27 inches of rain had heen recorded by him. This morning advico was received from PottunantJ that tho rain was still falling.