New Weather Reporting Code To Be Adopted
The introduction of a new weather code came into use in New Zealand and all member countries of the International Meteorological Organisation throughout the world at 0001 hours Greenwich mean time, on January 1, 1949. All countries changed simultaneously to the new international code of reporting the weather, which replaces the old code, used since 1936. It is expected to be of great advantage to shipping v and aviation. New Zealand is responsible to Britain for all meteorological facilities in a large part of the South Pacific, and there ere 40 to 50 stations in the Islands. The New Zealand service receives reports from as far afield as the west of Australia to the east of Tahiti; and from the
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 37, 5 January 1949, Page 4
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127New Weather Reporting Code To Be Adopted Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 37, 5 January 1949, Page 4
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