New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 145

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✨ Maritime Weather Bulletin Notice

Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3569

Notice to Mariners No. 66 of 1939.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th December, 1939.

NEW ZEALAND REVISED W/T SHIPPING WEATHER BULLETINS.

THE following scheme of daily shipping weather forecasts and reports originating from Wellington Radio will be instituted at 0530 G.M.T. on Monday, 1st January, 1940, and will replace the present 0930 G.M.T. bulletin issued by Station ZLW (385 kc/s, 779 m.).

Transmitting Station Call-sign.	Wave :		*Transmitting Times. G.M.T.	Contents of Bulletins.
	kc/s.	m.
ZLW	385	779	}0530 (afternoon message)	{ Part I
ZLN2 Winter: Half-year	7,600	39·47		Part II
ZLN3 Summer: Half-year	14,850	20·20		Part III
ZLM2	5,930	50·59	}2020 (morning message)	Part III
ZLN3	14,850	20·20

Speed of sending will be not greater than twenty words a minute.
Due advice will be given by radio of the seasonal change in the afternoon message from frequency 14,850 to 7,600 kc/s, and vice versa.

Contents of Bulletin.

Part I.—“General Situation”: A brief statement in plain language of the main features of the distribution of barometric pressure in the areas adjacent to New Zealand.

Part II.—“Forecast”: Forecasts in plain language of wind, weather, visibility, and in certain cases swell, but not sea, for the ensuing twenty-four hours for each of the five areas shown on the map below. The names of the areas in the order in which the forecasts will be given are north-west, north-east, central, south-west, and south-east, respectively.

Part III.—“Station Reports”: Observations from some or all of the stations listed below, together with a selection of ships’ reports.

![Map showing five areas: NORTHWEST AREA, NORTHEAST AREA, CENTRAL AREA, SOUTHWEST AREA, SOUTHEAST AREA, with latitude and longitude lines and island names: Norfolk Id., Raoul Id., Lord Howe Id., Chatham Is., Snares, Bounty Is., Antipodes Is.]

Transmission will be suspended during the International Silence Period, i.e., 45–48 minutes past the hour.

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🚂 Notice to Mariners No. 66 of 1939 - Revised W/T Shipping Weather Bulletins

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Dated18 December 1939
KeywordsMarine Department, Weather Bulletins, Shipping Forecasts, Radio Transmission, Wellington Radio

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