FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33155, 20 February 1973, Page 12

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

SITUATION AT 8 P.M. An anticyclone covers New Zealand. A cold front in the South Tasman , Sea is moving east. FORECASTS: CANTERBURY AND THE KAIKOURA COAST. — Winds mainly north-east, fresh along the coast; some coastal cloud at first; otherwise fine and mild. BULLER AND WESTLAND.—Light variable winds; some morning cloud and drizzle; otherwise fine and mild. MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS. — Northerlies, becoming fresh; fine and mild. INLAND MARLBOROUGH AND NELSON. —Light to moderate variable winds; sea breezes in coastal areas; fine and mild. OUTLOOK.—Fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch was fine and mild. Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Harewood, yesterday:-— Barometer; 6 p.m. 11 p.m Inches .. 30.17 30.16Millibars .. 1021.8 1021.2 j Thermometer: Degrees 1 Maximum .. 20 . Minimum (grass) 10 '' Minimum iairj .. 11 Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. ..67 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 a m. to 11 p.m. Nil 24 hours to 9 a m. Nil l To date this year .. 34mm.: ; To date last year .. 87mm. Average to date .. 78mm. ! Sunshine: h m Yesterday 11 54 Month to date .. 156 06 Average for Feb. .. 184 U 0 < To date this year .. 385 00 i To date last year . . 368 36 < SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun —Today: Rises, 5.55 a.m.: |< sets. 7.30 p.m. Tomorrow: ; Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 7.28 ■ p.m. ' High water at Lyttelton—Today: . 6.40 a m. and 7.10 p.m. To- 1 morrow: 7.37 a.m. and 8.5 1 p m Moon—Today: ftiaes, 8.20 p.m.; •

sets, 8.48 a m. Tomorrow: ! Rises, 8.45 p.m.; sets, 9.55 a.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: February 25 3.12 . p.m. New moon: March 5, 12.8 p.m. First quarter: March 12, 9.26 a.m. ’Full moon: March 19, 11.34 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg. partly cloudy, N.E., 11 knots. Wellington: 21deg., fine, S.E., 6 knots. ■Christchurch: 20deg., partly? cloudy, N.E., 14 knots. < Dunedin: 15deg, overcast, calm. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Sunday was: Rome, sunny, sdeg. minimum, 9deg. maximum; Paris, cloudy. 2.6; London, sunny. 3. 10: Berlin, rainy. 0. 3; Amster--dam, rainy, —I. 3; Brussels.' ? rainy, 0,6: Madrid, sunny. 0,8: Moscow, clear. —7, —2; Stockholm, cloudy, 1,3; Tokyo, cloudy. 7, 14; Hong Kong, sunny, 19. 22: Buenos Aires, clear. 17, 30: Montreal. clea»', —2B. —18: Honolulu.; cloudy, 22, 28: Toronto, clear. —23,’—9; Lisbon, clear, 4 f 12, ;