FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33520, 29 April 1974, Page 24

FORECAST CHART FOR NOON TODAY

Situation at 8 p.m. A depression east of East Cape continues to move away. An anticyclone south of New Zealand is moving east. The south-east airstream covering’ the North Island and the north of the South Island is weakening slowly.

Forecasts:

KAIKOURA COAST. NORTH AND CENTRAL CANTERBURY.—Fresh southwesterlies along the coast north of Banks Peninsula, with some showers, but winds decreasing and showers clearing south of Kaikoura: elsewhere moderate winds from the south or east, with considerable fine periods; generally still

cold. MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS.—Southerly gales at first about Cook Strait; winds often strong elsewhere, but moderating slowly; mainly fine in sheltered parts, othenvise rather cloudy with occasional rain easing slowly; cold. CENTRAL MARLBOROUGH.—Fresh winds from south or east decreasing slowly; tine and cool. NELSON, BULLER, WESTLAND, SOUTH CANTERBURY. — Light or moderate easterly winds; some low cloud and drizzle about the east coast this morning; otherwise fine, with cool to moderate temperatures. OUTLOOK.—Fine.

° Christchurch readings ©

Observations taken at. the . Meteorological Office, Christ- ’ church Airport, yesterday. ’(Barometer: 8 p.m. 11p.m. I Millibars .. 1027.3 1023.2 Temperatures: deg. 1. Maximum rto 6 p.m.) 10 Yißainfall: mm.' ’ 9 a m. to 11 p.m. "I Saturday 7; I To date tiiis month 162 fl To date this year . 341 ,;i To date last year .. 85 Average to date . 203 I Average for April . 46 1; Wettest (1968) 226 e Driest (1910; .. 6 s- Sunshine: b m ). Yesterday (I 361 ». Saturday 2 18 i- To date Ibis month 93 48’ r- To date this year . 587 12i e To date last year .. 760 30 2, Average for April ... 141 00] Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 67 r . Per cent at 6 p.m 90 j ■ Temperatures and rainfall for e the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. I —Maximum lOdeg, minimum [I 6deg. grass sdeg, rainfall 4mm. j’ SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.17 a.m.;] n sets, 5.35 p.m. Tomorrow: k Rises, 7.19 a.in.; sets, 5.34 *■ P.m. i- High water at Lyttelton Today: 1. 10.13 a.m. and 10.39 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.8 a.m. and 11.34 ’, P-m.

Moon-Today: Rises, 1.30 p.m ; sets, 11.57 p.m. Tomorrow Rises, 2.3 p.m.; sets, - p.m. Phases of Moon First quarter: April 29, 7.40 p.m. i Full moon: May 6, 8.55 p in Last quarter: Mas 14, 9.30 p m iNew moon: May 22, 8.35 a.m. NOON WEATHER ’ Auckland: 16deg, partly cloud-. S.W., 20 knots. Wellington: 9deg_, overcast, S 26 knots. I Christchurch: lldeg., cloud-. S.W., 10 knots Dunedin: Bdeg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER y The world's weather on Saturday was: Athens, fair, 14dcg. minimum, 21deg. maximum; Rome, rainv, 9, 19 Pari*(variable, 3. 12; Berlin, rain, l] 7; Amsterdam, cloudv, 3 II Brussels, cloudy, 3. 12; Madrid’, sunny, 7, 18; Moscow, clear " 9; Stockholm, sunnv. 3,8; New York, clear, 8, 16; San Francisco, clear. 10, 14; Los Angeles, clear, 11. 22; Chicago, cloudv, 12. 15, Miami, clear, 21, 23; Tokyo, clear. 12. 22; Hong Kong, cloud'. ,22. 24; Montreal, clear. 2. ll Honolulu, clear, 22, 29; Toronto] (clear. 1, 16; Rio de Janeiro, rain, 119. 27; Lisbon, sunnv. 11 19 Bangkok, cloudv, 25. 33; Taipm. sunny, 19, 30; Vancouver, cloud: (5. 10: Seoul, sunny, 5, 19; Saigon cloudv, 24. 31.