WEATHER FORECAST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 83, 4 May 1909, Page 2

WEATHER FORECAST.

m By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The following is the Rev. D. C. Bates' weather forecast to 3 p.m. tomorrow:— Heavy rain is probable generally., and colder weather shortly. High winds are especfed, southerly north of -Auckland, easterly backing by south to west thence to Raglan and Napier, northerly veering to westward, thence southwards; barometer rising slowly in the' North, but falling in the South for about 12 hours', and-jthen probably rising steadily everywhere. LAST MONTHS WEATHER. Wellington, Las't Night. The Rev. D. C. Bates reports that April opened with very unsettled weather and strong westerly winds generally until th e 6th. Northerly winds followed,,- and, a monsoenat depression brought changeable and wet weather. At taster high pressure followed with fine weather, but easterly gales in the far north. The most remarkable storm occurred on the 23rd, when the lowest pregsure nass'ed somewhat south of Cook Strait, bringing heavy northerly winds and rain, and followed by southr «rly and westerly winds and " general rain. After this high pressure continued, with Jight and various winds, with fine weather. The number of rainy days ; was below the usual in moat parts, biit , four westerly areas of low pressure eaus'cd the-greatcst rains to fall. In part,! Vitb a westerly aspect, north of Kawhia and East Cape, the rainfall was - • below the usual, in the Bay of Islands only one-third. Auckland had only 31 per cent., and Hamilton, in the Waikato. 70 per cent, of the usual. Wellington had an average quantity of rain, with two days below the average, but in other parts of the North Island the rainfall was in excess, and half as much again in some parts. The rainfall was less than normal in the Nels'on and Marlborough districts, but in other part* of the South Island it was greater. For example, Hokitika was 29 per cent above, and D,unedin had one and ( a-half times the average for April. The rainfall was generally the heaviest entile 23rd, but other heavy falls occurred about the sth, 11th, 17th, and from the •- 80th to 25th.