BOISTEROUS WEEK-END

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 232, 20 December 1927, Page 17

BOISTEROUS WEEK-END

CAUSES EXPLAINED BETTER WEATHER FOR HOLIDAYS (Special to THE SUN.) WELLINGTON, Monday. Wellington experienced another boisterous week-end, but to-day the weather has changed for the better, although officials of the meteorological office do not think that the improvement will continue. New Zealand was surrounded by four low-pressure areas over the week, three of which were almost cyclones. The pressure was abnormally low to the east, where there has been a succession of cyclones, apparently moving down from the neighbourhood of the Kermadec Islands. In consequence there has been a continuance of strong southerlies, over the whole of New Zealand, accompanied by dull, cold showery weather, felt more on the East Coast between Akaroa and East cape, and ‘in South Taranaki Bight. The rainfall, however, has not been exceptional. Doctor Kidson said that the whole week had been very exceptional, especially for the time of the year, and in the memory of meteorological officials there lias been no previous occasion on which such conditions persisted over so long a time. The wind is much lighter to-day, but, unfortunately, the improvement is only temporary, and when passed southerly winds will continue. alongside the railway by Hutt Road and broke the wall in several places and covered the railway. The Hutt River is threatening to flood in its upper reaches. The weather is still very unsettled, but there is likely to be a big change before the holidays.

Motorists who ventured out during the week-end found exceptionally strong winds, with occasionally heavy rain. The sea dashed over the wall