A STORMY NIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 8

A STORMY NIGHT

MUCH WIND AND RAIN

Last night was a particularly boisterous one. While an intense depression moved south of the Dominion strong and squally northerly winds prevailed, especially in and Bouth of Cook strait. At Kelburn the maximum gust was one of 55 miles an hour, this being recorded shortly after midnight. The wind blew hard between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., and during this period rain fell heavily. The total rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. to-day was 63 points. Unsettled weather has been general over the Dominion, the heaviest rain being on the West Coast south of Taranaki. Greymouth topped the list in rainfalls with 190 points. On the East Coast of the South Island the rain has been only scattered and light.

As a secondary disturbance has developed, the improvement in the weather manifested this morning is hardly likely to be more than temporary. Moderate to strong winds from between the north and the west may be expected, and these in parts of the South Island will back at times to the south-west. In most parts of the country unsettled weather will continue, and showers may be expected in western districts and over the high country. In eastern districts, however, fair weather is more likely. Temperatures will be moderate.