A COLD SNAP
FINE SPELL LIKELY %
Special forecast for Wellington:— Light to moderate and variable winds. Weather fine and cold with a frost tonight. The prospects are for two or three days of fine weather. The general forecast for the Dominion is for fresh to strong southwesterly winds, but decreasing generally, and tending more westerly in the South Island. Apart from scattered showers at first in the Auckland Province and in the far south, the weather will become fair to fine generally. Frosts will be widespread tonight, but day temperatures will moderate. Most districts have experienced a cold south-westerly change with showers, and in the southern half of the South Island there have been hard frosts and snow. Conditions this morning had improved considerably northward from Otago. Wellington had 22 points of rain last night, and yesterday's temperatures ranged between 56.2 and 39,3 degrees. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES. The sun rose today 7.26 a.m.; sets 5.9 p.m.; rises tomorrow, 7.27 a.m.; sets, 5.8 p.m. The Moon. —New moon. May 26; first quarter, June 2; full moon,. June 9; last quarter, June 16; new, June 24; first quarter. June 31. j High Water.—Today, 12.12 a.m., 12.36 p.m.; tomorrow. 12.59 a.m . 1.21 p.m. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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201A COLD SNAP Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 6
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