FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32958, 3 July 1972, Page 12

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M. A small depression in the south Tasman Sea is expected to lie to the east of the South Island later in the day causing rather cold south-westerlies to spread north over the South Island; this change may reach the south of the North Island tonight. FORECASTS: CANTERBURY and KAIKOURA COAST.—Light to moderate westerly winds at first with showers in the western ranges but fine elsewhere; a change to cool, fresh south-westerlies and showers is expected to spread north this afternoon. BULLER and WESTLAND.—Moderate south-westerlies developing; unsettled and cool with showery periods; thunderstorms still likely in the ranges. NELSON and MARLBOROUGH— Westerly winds freshening at times but mainly light or moderate; showers about the main ranges, isolated light falls elsewhere; moderate temperatures. OUTLOOK.—Scattered showers and rather cool.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch wasi mild. Observances taken at the Meteorological Office, Harewood,l yesterday:— Barometer: Bp.m. llp.m Inches . 29 56 29 63 Millibars .. 1000.9 1004.2 Thermometer: Degrees Maximum .. 16 Minimum (grass) t Minimum (air) .. 7 Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 69 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 am. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a.m. Trace To date this year . 293 mm. To date last year .. 231 mm. Average to date .. 338 mm. Sunshine: h m Saturday .. .. 7 06 Yesterday .. .. 4 48 Month to date .. 11 54 Average for July .. 122 00 To date thia year .. 1085 48 To date last year .. 881 36 SUN, MOON ANO TIM*

Sun—Today. Rises, 83 a.m.; sets, 5.4 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.2 a.m.; sets, 5.4 p m. High water at Lyttelton— Today: 9.26 a.m.; and 9.48 1 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.18 a.m/ and 10.41 p.m Moon—Today: Rises, — p.m.; sets, IL 12 a.m. Tomorrow:

Rises, 12.10 a.m.; sets. 11.38 a.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: July 4, 3.28 p m. New moon: July 11, 7.40 a m. First quarter: July 18, 7.47 p.m. Full moon> July 26, 7.24 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg , partly cloud), N.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 12deg, cloudy, N.W, 20 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., sunny, N.E, 6 knots. Dunedin 9deg., cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Saturday was: Rome, clear. 17deg. minimum, 29deg maximum; Paris, rain, 13, 17: London, sunny. 12, 19; Berlin, overcast, 13, IS; Amsterdam, rain, 10, 14; Brussels. rain, 6. 19; Madrid, sunny, 15, 27; Moscow, sunny. 17, 23; Stockholm, clear, 18, 30; New ■ York, clear, 19, 28, San FranI cisco, dear, 13, 27; Los Angele*, (clear, 18, 29; Chicago, cloudy, 10, |2B; Miami, doudy, 27, 31; Tokyo, ■ clear, 22, 31; Hong Kong, sunny. 27, 32; Buenos Aires, rain, 0, 13; ■ Montreal, rain, 18, 24; Honolulu, I clear, 23, 31; Toronto, clear, 15, 22; Rio de Janeiro, sunny. 16, 11; (Singapore, sunny, 25 . 32. ; Johannesburg, sunny, X 15; Salugon, doudy, 25, 29.