THE WEATHER
[Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, May 19. The weather report and forecast are as follows:—
General situation: A cyclonic depression, moving rather rapidly in a south-easterly direction, was centred just east of Cape Maria Van Diemen, at 3 p.m. A rather intense anticyclone covers south-eastern Australia.
Forecast: Winds between east and south over the North Island, and south-west and south over the South Island, their force being moderate to strong generally, and rising to gale force in places about and north of Cook Strait. Seas (N.Z. waters): Rough to high north of East Cape; slight to moderate south of Farewell Spit; elsewhere, slight to moderate, but rising. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate to strong southerly winds, and rather rough to rough seas. Weather: Overcast over the North Islands, with general rain. Heavy falls of rain and some flooding in the Auckland and Hawke’s Bay provinces. Some scatteied showers, or misty rain also, over the South Island. An improvement is commencing to-mor-row. Temperatures are becoming colder.
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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1938, Page 12
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