WEATHER FORECAST
Meteorological Office, Wellington, Friday, March 18, 3 p.m. General Situation.—The ♦recent anti-cyclone is moving away eastward and a very slight low pressure disturbance is now crossing the Dominion. Pressure remains rather low, however, over the Tasman Sea. Forecast.—Winds variable at first over the South Island with southerlies in places but northerlies to north-westerlies generally predominating and later again freshening. Seas (New Zealand waters): Mainly slight to moderate but rather rough to rough about Cook and Foveaux Straits at times. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate to strong northerly winds prevailing with moderate to rather rough seas. Weather: Changeable and with rain at times in most districts, scattered and for the most part light in eastern districts but heavier and more general in western districts from Taranaki southwards. Temperatures still mild. The New Zealand Friends’ Schoo], St. John’s Hill, report for 24 hours ending 6 p.m. yesterday: Bright sunshine, 20 minutes. Rainfall, nil. Temperatures: Maximum, 76deg. Fahr.; minimum, 60deg. Fahr. Time of sunset to-day, 6.37 p.m. Time of sunrise to-morrow, 7.52 a.m. Phases of the Moon for March.—New Moon, March 2; First Quarter, March 9; Full Moon, March 16; Last Quarter, March 24.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19380319.2.36
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 8
Word Count
192WEATHER FORECAST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in