FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33032, 27 September 1972, Page 14

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M.

A slow-moving anticyclone is centred just west of North Cape; a weak cold front is moving slowly north-east over central New Zealand and another, more active, cold front is approaching the south-west of the South Island. FORECASTS: BULLER and NORTH WESTLAND.— Moderate variable winds; mainly fine; moderate temperatures. SOUTH WESTLAND—Moderate northwest winds; showers this morning but improving from the south-west later and the winds turning westerly. NELSON.—Westerlies fresh at times in the north, otherwise light or moderate variable winds; scattered light drizzle clearing this morning; becoming partly cloudy and mild. MARLBOROUGH.—Moderate or fresh north-westerlies; scattered drizzle clearing this morning; becoming partly cloudy and mild. CANTERBURY and KAIKOURA COAST. —Moderate variable winds; showers in the Alps, otherwise partly cloudy and mild; a brief south-west change about noon may bring a few showers. OUTLOOK.—Showers on the West Coast, elsewhere mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch was partly overcast and windy.

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Harewood, yesterday:—

Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Inches .. 29.99 29.98 Millibars .. 1015.6 1015.4 Thermometer: Degrees Maximum . • 19 Minimum (grass) .. 6 Minimum (air) •• 12 Humidity: Percent at 6 p.m. .. 61 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a.m. Nil To date this year .. 407 mm. To date last year .. 343 mm. Average to date .. 478 mm. Sunshine: h m Yesterday . .. 5 48 Month to date .. 162 00 Average for Sept. .. 164 00 To date this year .. 1527 42 To date last year .. 1279 12 SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun —Today: Rises, 6.9 a.m.; sets, 6.33 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.7 a.m.; sets, 6.34 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 7.32 a.m. and 8.1 p.m. To-

morrow: 8.31 a.m. and 8.58 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.53 pm.; sets, 7.54 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, — p.m.; sets, 844 a.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: September 30, 7.17 a.m. New moon: October 7, 8.9 p.m. First quarters: October 16, 12.55 a.m. Full moon: October 23, 1.26 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., cloudy S.W., 13 knots. Wellington: 15deg„ cloudy, N.W., 18 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 6 knots. Dunedin: 13deg., partly cloudy, E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Monday was: Rome, rain, 13deg. I minimum, 18deg. maximum; Paris, partly cloudy, 8, 16; London, cloudy. 11, 13; Amsterdam, sunny, 10, 16; Brussels, sunny, 9, 16; Madrid, cloudy, 13, 20; Moscow, rain, 3, 14; Stockholm, overcast. 7, 11; Buenos Aires, clear, 16, 27; Rio de Janeiro, clear, 16, 25; Johannesburg, sunny, 12. 25; Saigon, cloudy, 25, 33; Dublin, cloudy, 10, 13; Sydney, hazy. 13, 22; Melbourne, fine, 7, 16; Brisbane, fine, 15, 23.