FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33442, 25 January 1974, Page 34

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation al 8 p.m. A southerly airstream covers New Zealand and a large anticyclone over the south Tasman Sea is moving east. Forecasts: I CANTERBURY. — Moderate variable winds tending north-east: cloud at first, but mostly fine with moderate temperatures. ! MARLBOROUGH. — Southerlies fresh at first but moderating during the day; clearing but cool. NELSON, BULLER. WESTLAND. — Moderate yariable winds; fine and mild. OUTLOOK. — Mainly fine. Christchurch readings

j Observations taken at the ’Meteorological Office. Christ!church Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 pm. Millibars 1024.4 Temperatures: deg. Maximum Ito 6 p.m I 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. To date this month 29 To date this year 29 To date last year 26 Average to date 36 Average for Jan 36 Wettest Jan. (19231 139 Driest Jan. (1897) 5 Sunshine: h m Yesterday .. 7 06 To date this month 131 30 To date this year .. 151 30 To date last year .. 174 06 Average for January 211 06 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 72 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 53 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 16deg, minimum 7deg. grass 3deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES I Sun— Today: Rises, 5.20 a.m. I sets, 8.2 p.m. Tomorrow: I Rises, 5.21 a.m.; sets, 8.1 i p.m. (High water at Lyttelton—Today: 5.34 a.m. and 5.57 p.m. To morrow: 6.22 a.m. and 6.41 p.m. I Moon—Today: Rises, 6.51 a.m I sets. 8.32 p.m. Tomorrow ; Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets. 8.5! p.m.

Phases of Moon [First quarter: January 31, 7.40 p;m. Full moon: February 7. 1125 a.m. Last quarter: February !4 12.5 P.m. New moon: February 22. 33S pm. . NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg . cloud}. SU , 26 knots. Wellington: 15deg . cloudy, S . 24 knots. I Christchurch: 15deg, clouds, S.W., 20 knots. (Dunedin: 12deg.. showers, S.W , 8 knots. WORLD WEATHER I The world's weather on Wednesday was: Athens, clear. Ideg. [minimum, lOdeg. maximum; Rome, overcast. 1, 10; Paris, cloudy, 5,9; London, dull. 8. 11; [Berlin, overcast, 1,3; Amsterdam, overcast, 4,9; Brussels, overcast, 2.8; Madrid, clear, 1, 12; Moscow, overcast. —B, —7; Stockholm, cloudy. —3, 0; New York, cloudy, 5. 11; San Francisco, clear, 8. 19: Los Angeles, clear. 7. 19; Chicago, cloudy, 1,2; Miami, cloudy, 21. 26; Tokyo, clear, 1. 11; Hong ;!Kong, sunny, 16, 23; Montreal, (clear. —5. 2; Honolulu, clear, 18. 127; Toronto, cloudy, —3. 1; Rio [de Janeiro, clear, 22. 34; Lisbon. !! clear. 7. 14; Teheran, clear. —2, 14; Seoul. cle&r. —l3, —8; Bang [kok. clear, 23. 30; Taipei, clear, ,:14, 23; Buenos Aires, cloud'. :(7, 17; Dublin, fair. 7, 11; Edin- > burgh, sunnv 5,7; Singapore, Icloudv. 21, 30.