FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33433, 15 January 1974, Page 12

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation at 8 p.m. An anticyclone covers New Zealand.

Forecasts:

CANTERBURY, MARLBOROUGH. — Light to moderate variable winds; northeasterlies predominating near the coasts; fine; mild afternoon temperatures. NELSON, BULLER, WESTLAND. — Light to moderate variable winds; a few light showers in the ranges; mild.

OUTLOOK. — Mainly fair. Christchurch readings

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christ- , church Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .. 1018.7 1018.0 .Temperatures: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 17 ' Rainfall: mm. ! 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 24 To date this year .. 24 To date last year .. 17 Average to date .. 21 Average for January 36 Wettest Jan. (1923) .. 139 Driest Jan. (1897) .. 5 Sunshine: h m Yesterday .. .. 00 30 To date this month 81 24 To date this year ~ 81 24 To date last year .. 97 06 Average for January 211 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 62 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 64 ; Temperatures and rainfall for [the 24 hours to 9 a.m, yesterday, i —Maximum 19deg, minimum Il2deg, grass lldeg. rainfall trace. SUN, MOON AND TIDES ISun—Today: Rises, 5.6 a.m.: sets, I 8.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, i 5.7 a.m.; sets. 8.9 p.m. i High water at Lyttelton—Today: I 10.14 a.m. and 10.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.9 a.m. and 11.37 i p.m. 'Moon—Todav: Rises, 11.28 p.m.; sets, 12.54 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.39 p.m ; sets, 2 > P-tn.

I Phases of Moon (Last quarter: January 15, 7.4 i p.m. (New moon: January 23, 11.3 p.m I First quarter: January 31, 7.40 pm. 'Full moon: February 7, 11.25 ; a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg, partly cloudv. N.. 6 knots. Wellington: 17deg, fine, S.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: 16deg, overcast, calm, Dunedin: 12deg, cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Sunday was:— Athens, rain 2deg minimum, 9deg maximum; Rome, sunny, 2, 9; Paris, cloudy, 8, 13; London, sunny. 6, 13; Berlin, cloudy, 0,7; Amsterdam, cloudy, 4,8; Brussels, sunny, 4 10; Madrid, cloudy, 7. 13; Moscow, clear, —l7. —9: Stockholm, overcast, —2, 3; New York, clear, —6, —1; San Francisco, clear, 8, 14; Los Angeles, clear, 4 19; Chicago snow, —lB, —l2; Miami, clear. 22, 27; Tokyo, clear, 0, 10; Hong Kong, overcast. 13, 15; Buenos Aires, clear, 19, 30; Moni treal. clear, —lB —l3; Honolulu, cloudv 21, 28; Toronto, clear, —lß,' —1; Rio de Janeiro, •cloudv. 21, 31; Lisbon, cloudy, 6, 'll; Teheran, cloudy, —B, —4; > Nandi, cloudy, 23, 28.