FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY
Situation at 8 p.m. A weakening ridge of high pressure extends westward on to the North Island. A weak frontal zone is moving north-east over the south of the South Island. Forecasts: CANTERBURY, KAIKOURA COAST. — Moderate variable winds; considerable high cloud; a few showers at first in the Alps; southerlies, accompanied byisolated showers, likely to spread up the coast during the morning. MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS. — West or north-west winds, strong at times about Cook Strait and fresh elsewhere, but decreasing a little during the day; low cloud, chiefly about Cook Strait; a few light showers; mild. CENTRAL MARLBOROUGH. — Gusty west or north-west winds decreasing; fair warm weather. NELSON. — Fresh westerlies in the far north, dying out this morning. BULLER AND WESTLAND. — Light or moderate winds, mostly westerly; light showers. OUTLOOK. — Mainly fair. Christchurch readings
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1013.2 1013.7 Temperatures: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 2i Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. . 0 To date this month 24 To date this year .. 24 i To date last year .. 17 Average to date 23 Average for January 56 Wettest Jan. (1923) .. 139
Driest Jan. (1897) .. 5 Sunshine: h m Yesterday 0 36 To date this month 87 00 To date this year .. 87 00 To date last year 104 30 Average for January 211 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 58
Per cent at 6 p.m. . 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 17deg, minimum lldeg, grass Bdeg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES
Sun—Today: Rises 5.7 a.m.; sets, 8.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.8 a.m.; sets. 8.9 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 11.9 a.m. and 11.37 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.59 a.m. and —
p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 11.59 p.m.; sets, 2 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, — p.m.; sets, 3.4 p.m. Phases of Moon
New moon: January 23, 11.3 p.m. First quarter: January 31, 7.40 I p.m.
Full moon: February 7, 11.25 a.m. Last quarter: February 14, 12.5 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg, cloudy, N.W., 2 knots. Wellington: 17deg. cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. Christchurch: 21deg, cloudy, N.W., 2 knots. Dunedin: 18deg, cloudy, S.E., 4 knots.
WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Monday i was: Athens, cloudy, Ideg minimum, 7deg maximum; Rome, cloudy 3. 10; Paris, overcast, 8, 11; London, cloudy. 4, 11; Berlin, cloudv. 2,7; Amsterdam, overcast. 6. 11; Brussels, overcast 4, 11; Madrid, cloudy, 4. 12; Moscow, sunny, —l7, —10; Stockholm. overcast. 1. 4; New York, cloudy. —9, —4; San Francisco, cloudy, 12, 16; Los Angeles, clear, 11, 24; Chicago, cloudy, —l6 —3; Miami, cloudy, 22 26; Tokyo, clear, 1, 10; Hong Kong, sunnv. 14, 19; Buenos Aires, cloudy, 19. 30; Montreal, clear, —23 —l3; Honolulu, clear, 23, i 27; Toronto, clear, —lB, —8; Rio de Janeiro, rain, 19. 31; Lisbon, ! cloudy. 12, 15; Teheran, snow, i—15, —1; Seoul, clear 7, 15; 'Bangkok clear, 18, 30; Taipei, I cloudy. 12. 17; Singapore, overcast. 22, 29; Dublin, cloudy, 3,7; Edinburgh, rain, 3,8; Saigon, cloudy. 20 30; Brisbane, cloudy, 119. 27; Sydney, fine. 19, 27; Melbourne, rain, 18, 22; Perth, fine, 'lB. 33.
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