FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33456, 11 February 1974, Page 24

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Forecasts:

A ridge of high pressure extends east to the south of the South Island; a cool southeast airstream covers southern and central New Zealand and mild north-easterlies affect the north of the North Island. Situation at 8 p.rn. NELSON, BULLER, WESTLAND. INLAND CANTERBURY. — Fair and mild; light or moderate variable winds. COASTAL CANTERBURY. KAIKOURA ('OAST. — Moderate southerlies tending easterly; cloudy, cool and patches of light rain this morning; fair this afternoon. MARLBOROUGH. — Moderate to fresh south or south-east winds; mainly cloudy; patches of mist or light rain this morning, fair in sheltered places this afternoon. OUTLOOK. — Fine.

Christchurch readings

Observations lakcn at tile Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6p.n>. 11 p.m.i Millibars .. 1020.9 1023.8 Temperatures: deg. j Maximum <to 6 p.m.i 19j Rainfall: mm. 9 a.tn. to 11 p.m. .. O’ Saturday .. 0 To date this month 3 To date this year .. 36 To date last year .. 29 Average to date .. 64 Average for Feb. .. 46 Wettest Feb. (1936) .. 176 Driest Feb. (1908) .. 1 Sunshine: h m Yesterday 4 06 Saturday 11 30 To date this month 54 48 To date this year 258 06 To date last year .. 310 24 Average for Feb 180 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon , 56 Per cent at 6 p.m. . 67 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 34deg, minimum 14deg grass 14deg. rainfall trace. SUN MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets. 7.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 5.44 a.m.; sets, 7.43 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Todav: 8.4 a.m. and 8.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.59 a.m. and 9.27 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.29 p.m.; sets, 10.36 a.m. Tomorrow: j Rises, 10 p.m.; sets, 11.45 a.m.

Phases of Moon 'Last quarter: February 14, 12 5 p.m. ■ New moon: February 22 533 p.m. First quarter: March 2. 6.3 am. (Full moon: March B. .10.4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg, cloudv, N.E.. 9 knots. Wellington: 23deg, fine. N.W.. 15 knots. Christchurch: !Bdeg. cloudy, S.W., 15 knots. Dunedin: 14deg cloudy, S.W., 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER I Ihe world weather on Saturday was:—Athens cloudy, Bdeg | minimum, lldeg maximum, Ko;ne. sunny, 2, 14: Dublin, rain. 17. 12; London, cloud’- 10 11 Edinburgh, cloudy, 4,’9; Berlin overcast. 2.8; Amsterdam, rain, ■2. 7; Brussels, rain, 3, 10; (Madrid, clear, 2. 13; Moscow, cloudy. 0. 3; Stockholm, sunn'. —a, —3; New York, cloudv. —~. —4; San Francisco, clear. 14. 16; Los Angeles, clear, 7 '2l Chicago, snow, —9. —5; Miami, rain, 21. 31; Tokyo, clear. 1 9 Hong Kong, clear, 7, 14; Bueno* J Aires, cloudy, 14. 22; Montreal, I cloudy, —l7, —9; Honolulu, clear, 7, 21; Toronto cloudy. —2l, —8; Rio de Janeiro, clear. 19, 37, Lisbon, clear, 10, 15; Teheran, clear. 7, 10: Saigon, cloudv 19, 31; Seoul, cloudy, —lO. —3; Ta' ipel, cloudy, 7, 10; Bangkok, '.clear. 19. 31; Singapore, doud’, 124, 29.