FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32977, 25 July 1972, Page 12

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M. A shallow depression is moving away to the north-east of the North Island; an anticyclone over the north-west Tasman Sea extends a ridge of high pressure on to the South Island and is moving east.

FORECASTS: Marlborough Sounds and KAIKOURA COAST.—Winds becoming moderate and variable. Fine; with rising temperatures. CANTERBURY, CENTRAL MA RIBBOROUGH, NELSON, BULLER and NORTH WESTLAND.—Moderate variable winds; some cloud but mainly fine; moderate day temperatures. SOUTH WESTLAND.—North-wester-lies gradually prevailing; cool; scattered showers developing. OUTLOOK.—CIoudy in south-Westland and rain likely; fair elsewhere. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch was fine after rain overnight. Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Harewood,! yesterday:— Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m Inches .. 30.23 30.29 Millibars 1023.8 1025.9 Thermometer: Degrees ( Maximum . 10 Minimum (grass) .. —3 Minimum (air) .. 3 Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 63 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a m. Tee To date this year 361 mm | To date last year .. 309 mm. i Average to date . . 377 mm. Sunshine: h m Yesterday 8 30 Month to date .. 97 48 To date this year 1171 42 i To date last year 964 24 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.23 p.m. Tomorrow i Rises, 7.48 a.m ; sets, 5.24' p.m. High water at Lyttelton— Today: 3.11 am. and 3.36 p.m. Tomorrow: 3:53 a.m. and 4.18 p.m. Moon —Todav: Rises, 4.6 p.m.; sets, 6.58 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.15 p.m.; sets, 7.34 a.m.

Phases of Moon [Full moon: July 26, 7.24 p.m. [Last quarter: August 2 8.3 pm. . New moon: August 9, 5.27 p.m. [First quarter: August 17. I.l# p.m. NOON WEATHER [Auckland: lOdeg., cloudy S 17 knots. I Wellington: Sdeg , showers S 24 | knots. Christchurch: 9deg.. fine. SW 5 knots. Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy SW 4 knots. •• WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on SunIday was. Rome, sunny, 17dec 'minimum, 30deg maximum [Paris, overcast, 18. 26. London’ ,1 sunny. 15, 21; Berlin, fair, 18’ >[2B; Brussels, sunny. 21,’ 29;i Madrid. sunny, 18, 31; Moscow'. 26; Stockholm, sunny, 19, 26; New York, clear, 24 , 33; ;|San Francisco, clear, 14, 17; Los : Angeles, clear, 17. 28 Chicago i clear. 27. 34; Tokyo, clear, 2< 129; Hong Kong, sunny, 29, 34; -[ Buenos Aires, sunny 3 17- MonII treat, cloudy, 19 25- Honolulu .1 clear. 23, 32; Toronto, clear 17 33; Rio de Janeiro, sunnv If' ;’32; Singapore, fair 24 32- ’svd- : i ney, fine, 8, 18; Melbourne I; cloudy, 8. 16; Brisbane fine 6 I 21. ’