FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33067, 7 November 1972, Page 18

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M.

An intense, slow-moving anticyclone is centred east of New Zealand. A slow-moving front extends from the north Tasman Sea to North Westland and Canterbury’.

FORECASTS:

CANTERBURY.—Northerlies, fresh at times in exposed positions; rain about the Alps, some heavy falls likely in the afternoon; scattered light rain spreading to the coast south of Banks Peninsula; otherwise cloudy and warm. MARLBOROUGH.—NortherIy winds, strong in exposed places; cloudy, mild and humid; some patches of light rain about Cook Strait this morning, especially about the hills. NELSON.—North-easterlies, fresh at times; overcast and humid, with periods of mist and rain. BULLER and WESTLAND.—Northeasterlies, fresh at times; overcast and mild, with further- periods of mist or rain; rain persistent and at times heavy in southern Buller and northern Westland. OUTLOOK.—Rain.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch was cloudy and warm. Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Harewood, yesterday:—. Barometer 6p.m. 11p.m. Inches .. 29.92 29.96 Millibars .. 1013.2 1014.1 Thermometer: Degrees Maximum .. 25 Minimum (grass) .. 9 Minimum (air) .. 14 Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 49 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 a m. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a.m. Tee To date this year .. 484 mm. To date last year .. 396 mm. Average to date .. 540 mm. Sunshine: h m Yesterday .. 0 00 Month to date .. 24 36 Average for Nov. .. 208 00 To date this year .. 1781 00 To date last year 1553 36 SUN, MOON AND TIDES jSun—Today: Rises, 5.4 a.m ; sets, 7.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.3 a.m.; sets, 7.24 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 5.3 a.m. and 5.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.50 a.m. and 6.11 p m : Moon—Today: Rises, 5.6 am.; i sets, 8.45 p.m. Tomorrow:

Rises, 5.44 a.m.; sets, 942 p.m. Phases Moon ■First quarter; November 14, 5 1 p.m. Full moon: November 21, 11.8 a.m Last quarter: November 28, 5.45 a.m. New moon: December 6, 8.25 a m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., cloudy, N.E., 15 knots. Wellington: I7deg., cloudy, N.E , 20 knots. Christchurch: 22deg., overcast, calm. Dunedin: 24deg., partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Sunday was: Rome, sunny, sdeg. minimum, 20deg. maximum; Paris, cloudy, 8, 11; London, rain, 12, 14; Berlin, rain, 7, 11; Amsterdam. overcast, 7, 12; Brussels, clear, 3. 10; Madrid, cloudy, 9. 15; Moscow, overcast, -6, -3; Stockholm, 3, 10; New York, 7. 13; San Francisco, clear, 12, 18. [Los Angeles, cloudy. 13. 21. iChlcago, cloudy, 3, 11; Miami, icloudy, 21, 29; Tokyo, sunny, 13 120; Hong Kong, overcast. 25, 26 [Honolulu, cloudy, 24 , 29; Rio de [Janeiro, cloudy. 17, 24; Slnga ■pore, fair, 24, 31.