FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 24

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation at 3 p.m.

A depression is moving slowly east across New Zealand.

Forecasts:

CANTERBURY. KAIKOURA COAST. Moderate variable winds, southerlies predominating about the coasts: scattered mist and drizzle but bright periods developing inland: mild. MARLBOROUGH. — North - xvesterlies mainly moderate but becoming variable, this afternoon; rain and drizzle at first, ■scattered showers this afternoon; mild and humid. NELSON. — Moderate variable winds and scattered drizzle or fog at first, scattered showers later in the day; mild. BULLER. WESTLAND. — Moderate variable xvinds; occasional showers at first, mainly in the north, but mostly fine this afternoon south of Greymouth; mild. OUTLOOK. — Mainly cloudy; morning mist and drizzle hut brighter in the afternoon, especially inland.

Christchurch readings

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1004 3 1004.5 Temperatures: deg. Maximum ito 6 p.m.) 26 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to II p.m. .. 3 To date this year .. 33 To date last year ~ ;19 Average to date .. 54 Average lor Feb. .. 46 Wettest Feb. (1936) 176; Driest Feb. (1908) .. !• Sunshine: hm Yesterday .. .. I 06! To date this month 19 12 To date this year .. 222 18 To date last year .. 259 12 j Average for February 130 00 i Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 78, Per cent at v p.m. .. 83 1 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 2(ideg, minimum 17 deg, grass I’deg. rainfall trace. | SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.34 a.m.; sets, 7.52 p.m Tomorrow:! Rises, 5.36 am.; sets, 7.51 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 2.14 a.m. and 2.38 p.m. Tomorrow; 3.8 a.m. and 3.32 p.m. Moon —Today: Rises 6.22 p.m.; sets, 2.56 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.1 p.m.; sets, 2.13 1 a.m.

Phases of Moon Full muon; February 7, 1121 am. Last quarter; February 14, 12..! p.m. New' moon: February 22. 5.3! p.m. First quarter: March 2.6 3 am. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg. fine, N.L . .1} knots. Wellington: 21deg, clouds, NV. 20 knots. ■Christchurch; 23deg, osercast, calm. 'Dunedin: 18deg, cloudy, S.E., ! knots. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Suri das was: Athens, cloudy. Bd<( minimum. 16deg maximum! Rome, rain. 5, 13; Pans, sunns: 13. 11; London clear, 5, 10: Bee lin. sunny, —2. 4; Amsterdam, clear 4,9; Brussels, clear. 3. 10, Madrid, sunns, 3. g- Moseov; lovercast, —2, —1: Stockholm overcast, 1,3; New York (cloudy —4, —1; San Francisco : clear, 8 17; Los Angeles, clear 7. 22; Chicago, clouds. —3 —2, Miami, cloudy. 22. 26; Tokjo fine. —l. 9; Hong Koug. cloudy 11, 15; Buenos Aires, clear, 21 .30; Montreal clear, —l7. —lO Honolulu, clouds, 21. 27; Toronto clear, —l3, —l6; Rio de Janeiro clear, 22, 37; Lisbon, sunny, 7 13: Teheran, cloudy. —5, 0; Seoul clear. —4, 6: Bangkok, clear. 24 32; Taipei, clear 11. 20; Hom Kong, clouds, 11, 15; Nandi cloudy. 25, 29.