FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 16

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M. A complex trough of low pressure is moving east over New Zealand. FOR EGA SIS: s MARLBOROUGH.—Light to moderate northwest winds, with occasional rain developing; a change to moderate to fresh cool southerlies is likely in the afternoon or evening, with the rain clearing. NELSON.—Moderate winds, tending southwest ; rain this morning, but partly cloudy mild weather from this afternoon. CANTERBURY.—Moderate south-west winds developing; some heavy showers in the Southern Alps this morning, and some scattered lighter showers elsewhere, but fair weather later in the day; moderate temperatures. BULLER AND WESTLAND.—Moderate northerly winds; a period of rain this morning; moderate westerlies in the afternoon, with partly cloudy, mild weather. OUTLOOK.—Rain on the West Coast, mainly fair elsewhere, but some showers likely in the evening.

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Yesterday in Christchurch was mild, with a light easterly j breeze. j Observations taken at the I Meteorological Office, Harewood. i vesterday:— i Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p m j Inches 29.60 29 64 i Millibars .. 1002.4 1003.6 i Thermometer Degrees J Maximum 17 j Minimum (grass) .. 11 Minimum (air) .. 11 • Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 74 Rainfall: Yesterday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a.m. Trace ! To date this year* . 580mm.i To date last year ~ 435 mm. i Average to date .. 601 mm. Sunshine: h m Saturday 6 2* Yesterday 7 12 Month to date 59 18 Average for Dec. .. 200 00 | To date this year .. 2007 24 To date last year .. 1772 42 SUN. MOON AND TIDES Sun—Toda* Rises, 4.42 a.m.; : sets. 8.4 p.m. Tomorrow Rises, 4.42 am.; »ets, 8.4 » p.m.

High water at Lyttelton—Tod*' ! 8.18 am. and 8.42 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.1 a.m. and 9.28 p m Moon—Today: Rises, 9.21 am . sets, 11.25 p.m Tomorrow Rises, 10.27 a m.; sets, 11.48 p.m. Phases o» Moen (First quarter: December 14, 8 38 I P-n>. (Full moon: December 20, 948 p.m. (Last quarter: December 27, 10 28 i p.m. New moon: January 5, 3.43 a.m. WORLD WEATHER ( The world’s weather on Saturday was: Rome, clear, Sdeg minimum, ISdeg maximum: Paris, clear. 6,9: London, sunny. 5. 9; Berlin, fair, 0. 5: Amsterdam, drizzle. 3,8: Brussels, rain. 4. 8; Madrid, cloudy. 7. 9; Moscow, cloudy, 1,2; Stockholm, cloud'. ,1. 5: Tokyo, clear. 4. 11: Hor.g Kong, sunny, 18, 22; Bueno* Aires, clear, 20 . 29; Montreal. .'cloudy. —ll, —6: Rio de Janeiro, 'clear. 18. 31; Lisbon, cloud'. 9. 11: Dublin, rain. 0. 6; Saigon, showers, 23, 32; Johannesburg , rain, 17, 29.