METEOROLOGICAL
PHASES OF THE MOON.
JANUARY—I 939.
THE SUN. The sun sets to-day at 8.9 p.m.; rises to-morrow at 5.14 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. 9 a.m.: Wind, south (gentle breeze); barometer, 29.77; thermometer, 52; weather, overcast and hazy; bar, moderate swell; river, normal; rainfall, 3 points.
AT OTHER CENTRES.
WEATHER FORECAST. General situation: There has been little change in the pressure distribution, an anti-cyclone remaining centred in the Tasman Sea. Forecast: Moderate winds between north-west and south-west, freshening at times. Occasional showers still probable, but weather mainly fail’ to cloudy. Temperatures moderate. Seas moderate to rather rough at times.
Full Moon, January 6, 9.30 a.m. Last Quarter, January 13, 1.10 a.m. New Moon January 21, 1.27 a.m. First Quarter, January 29, 3.0 a.m. (N.Z. Summer Time.)
Manukaii Heads WNW. cloudy — 63 Cape Egmont W. blue sky 29.79 57 Wanganui NW. overcast 29.80 59 Wellington NW. blue sky 29.63 61 Cape Campbell W. blue sky 29.57 62 Farewell Spit WSW. blue sky 29.72 04 Westport. E. overcast 29.78 53 Arthur’s Pass NW. rain 48 Christchurch WNW. blue sky 29.52 64 Dunedin SW. overeast 29.54 49 Puysegur Point W. clouci J’ 29.64 48
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 January 1939, Page 8
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