FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33455, 9 February 1974, Page 46

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

(Forecasts: A depression in the Tasman Sea is mov1 ing towards Fiordland; pressures are high south-east of the South Island and east of the North Island. Situation al U p.m. KAIKOURA COAST, CANTERBURY. — Moderate variable winds; fair at first apart from showers about the Alps and in far south, but more general showers i later. MARLBOROUGH. — Northerlies fresh and gusty at times about Cook Strait, otherwise moderate; areas of mist and low cloud this morning, otherwise partly cloudy in most places; patches of liglit rain developing from afternoon; warm. . NELSON.— Fresh north - easterlies; cloudy ; occasional rain but an improvement in. the evening; mild and humid. I BULLER, WESTLAND. — Winds from the northerly quarter, mainly moderate and fending westerly; cloudy; occasional rain; mild. i OUTLOOK. — Mainly fan . Christchurch readings

Observations taken at the. Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1015.2 1015.2 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.l 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. . 0 To date this month 3 To date this year . 36 To date last year .. 291 Average to date .. 611 i Average for Feb. .. 46 i I Wettest Feb. (1936) .. 176 Driest Feb. (1908> .. 1 i Sunshine: hm I Yesterday 8 12 To date this month 39 12 To date this year .. 242 30 To date last year .. 296 54 Average for Feb. .. 180 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon 66 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 71 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 33deg. minimum 17deg, grass 17deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.40 am.; sets, 7.47 p.m. Tomorrow: I Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 7.46 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 6.2 a.m. and 6.33 p.m. Tomorrow, 7.4 a.m. and 7.35 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 8.34 pm.; sets. 8.10 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.1 p.m.; sets, 9.24 a.m.

s. Phases of Moon Last quarter: February 14, 12 j p.m. New moon: February 22, 53S , p.m. • First quarter: March 2, 6.3 a m. Full moon: March 8. 104 p.m NOON WEATHER . Auckland: 23deg, partly cloudy, j N.N.E., 20 knots. I Wellington: 22deg, partly cloudi N., 10 knots. 'Christchurch: 22deg parti-. . cloudy, S.W., 20 knots. • Dunedin: ladeg rain. calm. I calm. WORLD WEATHER I The world's weather on Thur* ■ day was: Athens, cloudy, 13de; 1 minimum, 16deg maximum I Rome, sunn;, 4 10; parts > partly cloudy, 2,7; London, fair 4,6; Dublin, sunny. 1 4; Berlin overcast, 1,2; Edinburgh, sunn-- ; 2,5; Amsterdam, partly cloud —2, 5; Brussels overcast, 0, a Madrid, clear, 5. ]]; Moscow : cloudy, 0 j; Stockholm, over . cast, 1,4; New York, snow. —ll 1 —9; San Francisco, clear, 9, 13 Los Angeles, clear, 10, 19 Chicago, cloudy. —6, —4; Mian., cloudy, 20, 23; Tokjo, cloudy ■ 5; Hong Kong, clear, 9, It . Buenos Aires, cloudy, 20. 27 '■ Montreal, cloudv, —lB, 0; Hono 5 lulu, clear, 17, 28; Toronto, snow —l6. —9; Rio de Janeiro, clear , 21. 39; Lisbon, clear, 10 l-'» • Teheran, clear, —6, 3; Seoul : snow, —3, 0; Taipei, cloudy, 11 ’ 15; Bangkok, clear. 21, 33; Sai gon, cloudy 23. 32; Singapore ; fair. 23, 30; Nandi, fine. 22. 31 : Sydney, fine, 19, 25; Brisbane 4 cloudy, 23, 29: Melbourne 'cloudy, 14. 20, Perth, fine 16. 21