THE WEATHER.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 September 1919, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

' After a boisterous night,-isno_wicomU menced falling "at an early -hour this morning, and continued until about 11 am. -Though the fallwas copious. ‘the snow did not lie on the ground long. There was a rise in temperaturelthis afternoon, and a recurrence of lsnow is not probable. A A { SNOVV IN VVELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, This Day. After a fortnight of springlike Weather, Wellington gotpa surprise this morning to find the hills near the city thickly powdered with sno-W. ‘A little rain fell in. town, and, the sever.it_v lof sudden change was quite unexpect'ed. . - . I : ll'r.DANl_\lEvlli,KE._' .. f l DANNEVIRKE, thisyday. ' l Heavy hail and snowiand ~an earth'_quake occurred on Sunday, and another ‘ ,this._-.morn'i_ng,ush=er_e,d in spring in Dan.nevirke.,-. .Th4_e fall__o£ snow in the high ‘country is heavy, and the mortality ;amongst the lambs is likely to be; liheavy if wintry conditixoins last. i L WEATHER FORECAST. ’ The indications are fior southerly at times, with westerly tendency. The iweathcr will probably prove cold and. ishowery. Barometer has a rising ten.dency, but isfiunsteady. y ._.._.__.____. L SNOW IN CHRISITCHURCH_ l CHRISTCHUCRH, sept. 1. At 5 o-’clock to-night, severe southerly squalls struck the city. After heavy hail snow set in and has been falling steadily ever since (7 p.m.). ‘Already there is a thick coating of snow on the ground, and at present: there is every indication of the snow? fall being a heavy one. The snow clea'fed up shortly afterl 10 o’cl-ock, when fully two inches ofi snow had fallen. The snow was fol-l lowed by rain, with‘ intermittent snow? showers. The sudden change in the} weather conditions will detrimentallyi affect the many out-door gatherings‘ arranged in connection with H.M_S. New Zealandis visit. , Very little information is obtainable ] from country districts to-night; but‘ it is understood the snowfall is heavy. I