FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33061, 31 October 1972, Page 16

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M. An anticyclone covering the north of the North Island is moving slowly north-east and a cold front will move rapidly east to lie east of the South Island in the morning; another cold front far to the south-west may move on to the south of the South Island late in the day, bringing a cold southerly change.

FORECASTS: CANTERBURY and KAIKOURA COAST.—Westerly winds fresh and gusty in exposed inland places, elsewhere lighter; occasional rain in the Alps, elsewhere fair; mild.

MARLBOROUGH.—North-west winds, often strong and gusty; fine and warm. NELSON.—Fresh westerlies in a few places but winds mainly moderate and variable; occasional rain in the western ranges but fine and mild elsewhere. BULLER and WESTLAND.—Moderate winds, mainly westerly; cloudy; occasional rain; moderate temperatures. OUTLOOK.—CooI southerlies but mainly fair.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch was mild. Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Harewood, yesterday:— Barometer 6pm 11 p.m. Inches .. 30.01 29.96 Millibars .. 1016.2 1014.7 Thermometer: Degrees Maximum .. 20 Minimum (grass) .. 1 Minimum (air) .. 8 Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 75 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a.m. NR To date this year .. 484 mm. To date last year .. 396 mm. Average to date .. 528 mm. Sunshine: h m Yesterday .. .. 5 12 Month to date .. 198 00 Average for October 192 00 To date this year .. 1751 12 To date last year .. 1493 12 SUN. MOON ANO TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.13 a.m.; sets, 7.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.12 a.m.; sets, 7.16 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 11.54 a.m. and p.m. Tomorrow: 12.25 a.m. and 12.49 p.m. Moon—Todav: Rises, 2.18 a.m.; sets, 1.23 p.m. Tomorrow:

Rises, 2.41 a.m.; sets, 2.29 P.m. Phases of Moon New moon: November 6. 1.21 p.m. First quarter: November 14. 5.1 p.m. Full moon: November 21, 11.8 a.m. Last quarter: November 28, 5.45 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: IBdeg., fine, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 15deg., cloudy, N., 12 knots. Christchurch: 18deg„ cloudy, S.W., 8 knots. Dunedin: 13deg., cloudy, E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Sunday was: Rome, sunny, lOdeg. minimum, 19deg. maximum; Paris, cunny, 5, 14; London, overcast. 10, 15; Berlin, overcast, 5, 12; Amsterdam, sunny, 5, 15; Brussels, sunny. 8, 16; Madrid, cloudy, 10, 14; Stockholm, cloudy, 5. 8; Tokyo, cloudy, 14, 20: Hong Kong, overcast, 23, 28; Buenos Aires, clear, 5, 16; Lisbon, clear, 11, 19; Honolulu, cloudy, 23, 29; Rio de Janeiro, cloudy, 21, 31; Johannesburg, sunnv, 13, 26; Singapore, overcast, 23 , 32; Brisbane, rain. 16, 19; Sydney, rain, 15, 20; Melbourne, cloudy, 12, 26.