FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33454, 8 February 1974, Page 18

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation at 8 p.m.

A tropical cyclone in the central Tasman Sea is moving towards the southern part of the South Island and a warm northerly airstream flows over New Zealand.

Forecasts:

KAIKOURA COAST. CANTERBURY— North-west winds strong in some inland places; rain in the Alps, heavy at times, and scattered light rain in South Canterbury; elsewhere fine and hot. CENTRAL MARLBOROUGH AND THE SOUNDS.—North-west winds strong in exposed places and possibly reaching gale force tonight; fine and hot in central Marlborough; warm and some cloudy periods about the Sounds. NELSON, BULLER, NORTH WESTLAND.—Northerly winds becoming fresh in exposed places; cloudy and warm; rain developing. SOUTH WESTLAND.—Moderate winds, mainly between north and east; periods of rain, heavy at times; mild. OUTLOOK.—Showers in Buller and Westland, elsewhere mainly fair.

Christchurch readings

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. , Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1006.7 1008.5 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 33 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 3 To date this year .. 36 To date last year .. 29 Average to date .. 59 Average for Feb/ .. 46 Wettest Feb. (1936) .. 176 Driest Feb. (1908) .. 1 Sunshine: hm Yesterday 5 54 To date this month 31 00 To date this year .. 234 18 To date last year .. 291 06 Average for Feb. .. 180 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 63 Per cent at 6 p.m. 58 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday —Maximum 20deg, minimum 14deg. grass 14deg rainfall tee. SUN MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 5.38 a.m.; sets. 7.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 5.40 a.m.; sets. 7.47 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 5 a.m. and 5.29 pm. Tomorrow: 6.2 a m and 6.33 p.m. > Moon—Todav: Rises, 8.6 p.m; sets, 6.53 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 8.34 p.m.; sets. 8.10 a.m.

Phases of Moon Last quarter: February 14, 121 p.m. New moon: February 22, 5.35 p.m. First quarter: March 2, 6.3 a.m. Full moon. March 8. 10.4 p.m NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22dcg, fine. N.. 10 knots. Wellington 22deg. cloudy. N.W., 19 knots. Christchurch: 23deg cloudy N.E. 10 knots. Dunedin: 17deg. cloudy. E.. 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Athens, clear. 7deg minimum, 15deg maximum; Rome rain 4, 16; Paris rain. 4. 9; ' London, snow, 1. 9; Berlin, overcast, —l, 5; Amsterdam, overcast 25; Brussels, rain 3. 10; Madrid, clear 3. 11; Moscow, snow, 0,1; Stockholm, overcast 1 4; New York, cloudy, —ll, 16; San Francisco. clear. 9. 14; Los Angeles, clear, 8. 22; Chicago, snow —6, —4; Miami, cloudy, 13. 21; Tokyo, cloudy. 1. 8; Hong Kong, overcast 12. 13; Buenos Aires, cloudy, 19. 29; Montreal, clear. —l9, —l5; Honolulu, clear 16 27; Toronto, cloudy —2l. —10; Rio de Janeiro, clear, 20 38; Lisbon, clear. 9 15; Teheran, clear, —2, 2; Seoul, cloudy. —3 3; Bangkok clear. 22. 33; Taipei rain 12. 15; Saigon, cloudy. 24. 31; Dublin, fair. 1 6; Edinburgh, cloudy. 1,