RARE PHENOMENON
FOG ENVELOPS SYDNEY * • ■ « EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright.) (Rec. 1.33 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Extraordinary weather was experienced in Sydney yesterday. In the middle of a day of sweltering heat, heavy fog rolled in from the sea and enveloped thousands on the beaches. It persisted until late in the afternoon.
A weather bureau official said this type of fog is a rare phenomenon. It probably was caused by the impact of two moist air streams —one from the North Tasman and one from the South Tasman.
Temperature at the top of the fog was 12 degrees higher than at ground level. The pilot of an aircraft which landed in Sydney from Auckland said the fog extended about 40 miles over the Tasman Sea. The fog prevented the steamer Papanui from Wellington entering Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon. It liove-to off the heads until the pilot steamer guided it to an anchorage.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 57, 17 December 1945, Page 4
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