FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33315, 28 August 1973, Page 16

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation at 8 p.m.

An intense anticyclone east of New Zealand is moving slowly away and a weak cold front is moving east on to the South Island.

Forecasts:

CANTERBURY.—Light or moderate northeast winds; mainly cloudy; rain in the Alps; mild day temperatures. MARLBOROUGH.—Light or moderate northerly winds becoming fresh about the Sounds; cloud in the morning, otherwise fine; mild day temperatures. NELSON.—Light to moderate northerlies; cloudy; moderate temperatures. BULLER, WESTLAND.—Light to moderate north-east winds; cloudy with scattered rain, but snore general rain developing from the south tonight. OUTLOOK.—Unsettled; rain in all districts.

Christchurch readings

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday.

sets, 6.9 p.m TomorrowRises 7.4 am.; sets, 7.22 p.m. Phases of Moon [New moon: August 28, 3 26 pm. [First quarter: bcptember 5, 3.22 a.m. Full moon: September 13, 3.(7 a.m. Last quarter. September 20. 4.11 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg. cloudy, E.N.E, 12 knots. Wellington: 14deg, partly cloudy, N.. 6 knots. Christchurch: 12deg, fine. calm. Dunedin: lldeg, partly cloudy, N.E., 7 knots WORLD WEATHER

Barometer: 6p.m. 11p.m. i MlHibars .. 1021.4 1021.2 Temperatures: Deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month 116 To date this year .. 331 To date last year .. 395 Average to date .. 434 Average for August 53 Wettest August (1941) 196 Driest August (1911) 2 Sunshine: h m Yesterday .. 9 06 To date this month 93 18 To date this year .. 1234 30 To date last year .. 1344 18 Average for -August 146 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 57 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 741 Temperatures and rainfall fori the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday.—Maximum 13deg., minimum —ldeg, grass —sdeg, rainfall, nil. SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun—Todav; Rises, 7.5 a.m.; sets, 5.58 p.m. Tdmorow: Rises 7J a.m.; sets, 5.59 p.m. High water at Lvttelton—Todav: 3.45 a.m. and 4.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.41 a.m. and 5.9 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 6.38 a.m.;

Rome, cloudy, 19deg. minimum. 27deg maximum; London, sunny, 15. 25; Berlin, sunny, 9. 21; Amsterdam. clear. 11. 18; Brussels, sunny, 10. 24; Madrid, sunny, 18. 31; Moscow, cloudy, 11, 16; Stockholm, sunny, 7 16: New York, clear, 19. 31; San Francisco, | cloudy, 11. 18: Los Angeles, cloudv. 18. 24; Chicago, clear. 21. 28; Miami, cloudy. 23 30; Tokyo, clear 24. 32; Hong Kong, ram. 25 27; Buenos Aires, rain. 25. 27; Montreal, cloudv, 11. 26: Honolulu, clear. 26 . 32; Toronto, cloudy 11, 26; Lisbon, sunnv. is, 27; Teheran, sunny. 25, 34; Paris, sunnv, 18 28; Sydney. 20: Brisbane, fine. 13. 24; Matbourne, cloudy, 7, 14; Perth 7. 15.