FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33453, 7 February 1974, Page 24

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation at 8 p.m. An anticyclone centred cast of Canter ' bury is moving slowly east, and a tropical cyclone centred over the north Tasman Sea is moving south. Forecasts: CANTERBURY, KAIKOURA COAST.— Moderate north-easterlies about the coasts, extensive low cloud and drizzle patches at first; elsewhere light varia able winds, partly cloudy and warm. ■ i NELSON, CENTRAL MARLBOROUGH. 1 Northerlies slowly freshening during the day; mostly fine, but cloud increasing later in the day and drizzle developing about Nelson; warm. ’ MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS—Northerlies freshening slowly, during the day; mostly line but becoming cloudy from this evening and drizzle developing. BULLER, WESTLAND.—Light to moderate northerlies; cloudy, mild and humid; drizzle patches at first and more extensive drizzle from this evening. OUTLOOK.—CIoudy with, areas of drizzle, but heavy rain developing on tiie West Coast. Christchurch readings

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1015.0 1014.9; Temperatures: deg.. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 17] Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 pin. .. Trace; To date this month 3; To date this year .. 30 i To date last y ear .. 29; Average to date . 57 ] Average for Feb. .. 46! Wettest Feb. (1936) .. 176 Driest Feb. (1908) .. 1] Sunshine: hm| Yesterday .. o 00] To date this month 25 06 To date this year .. 228 24 To date last year .. 280 18! Average for Feb. .. 180 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 84 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday, —Maximum 22deg, minimum 14deg. grass 14deg. rainfall tee. SUN. MOON. AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.37 a.m.; sets, 7.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.38 a.m.; sets. 7.48 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Todav: 4.2 a.m. and 4.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 5 am. and 5.29 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 7.36 p.m.: sets. 5.33 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 8.6 p.m.; sets, 6.53 a.m.

Phases of Moon Full moon: February 7, 11.25 a.m. Last quarter: February 14, 12 5 p.m. New moon: February 22, 5.35 p.m. First quarter: March 2. 6.3 a m. NOON WEATHER Auckland.—24deg.. partly cloudy, S., 5 knots. Wellington. —23 deg., partly cloudy, S.E.. 10 knots. i Christchurch.—l7deg., overcast, calm. Dunedin.—lsdcg., drizzle, E.. 8 knots. WORLD WEATHER The world's weather on Tues, day was: Athens, clear. Bdeg. i minimum. 16deg.. maximum. Rome, sunny, 5, 15; Paris, cloudy. 14. 10: London, sunny, 4, 10; BerJin, fog, —2, 8; Amsterdam, over I cast, 2,7: Madrid clear. 3. 13, Brussels, overcast, 4, 11; Moscow, snow, —2. 2; Stockholm, ovei- , cast, 2,4; New York, clear. —lO. i—6; San Francisco, clear. 8. 14. I Los Angeles, clear, 11. 26; I Chicago, snow, —l2 —4: Miami, clear. 19. 23; Tokyo, rain. 1. 7. Hong Kong, rain, 14. 15; Buenos Aires, sunny, 19. 31; Montreal, jcloudy, —2l. —l6; Honolulu. ;cloud>, 17, 27; Toronto, cleai. —l9, —l3; Rio de Janeiro, cleai. 8. 14; Lisbon, clear, 8, 16; Telie ran, clear. —4, 1; Seoul, cleai. .1, 5; Bangkok clear. 22. 34; Taipei. ram. 14. 17: Saigon, fair 21. 33; Nandi, cloud'. 22. 31; Singa pore, cloudv. 20. 22: Dublin, : cloudy, —I, 3; Edinburgh, cloud' 0. 4.