NOON FORECAST
Situation: An anticyclone centred east of New Zealand is moving slowly north-east but continues to extend a ridge of high pressure across the South Island; a depression over the Tasman Sea extends a trough of low pressure north-east to the area north of the North Island. Forecast: Canterbury: Light winds at first but north-easterlies freshening about the coast during the afternoon; fine apart from coastal low cloud or fog night and
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christ-1 church Airport yesterday. Barometer: 6 p m. 11 p.tnJ Millibars .. 1023.4 1023.7, Temperatures: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 151 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 pan. .. 0, To date this month .. 121 To date this year .. 353* To date last year .. 137 Average to date .. 258 1 Average for May .. 76, Wettest May (1945) .. 234 Driest May (1896) .. 10 Sunshine: hm Yesterday 8 36 To date this month 100 30 To date this year .. 706 42 To date last year .. 838 24 Average for May .. 126 00 Humidity: I Per cent at noon 62 Per cent at 6 p m. 87
Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday. —Maximum 13deg. minimum 6 deg. grass 2deg. rainfall trace.
morning; moderate day, cold night temperatures.
Marlborough: Light to moderate east or north-east winds; scattered low cloud but mainly fine; moderate day temperatures.
Nelson and Buller: Considerable high cloud; cool; moderate north-easterlies predominating.
Westland: Light winds; low cloud at times, but mainly fine; mild by day.
(Outlook: A few showers j likely in Nelson, mainly I fair elsewhere.
SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 7.42 am.; sets, 5.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.43 am.; sets. 58 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: 4.10 am. and 4.40 pm. Tomorrow: 5.5 am. and 536 P.m. Moon—Todav: Rises, 7.54 am.; sets, 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 9 am.; sets. 6.11 p m. Phases of Moon New moon: May 22 . 8 35 a m. First quarter: May 29, 1.4 a.m. Full moon: June 5, 10.11 a.m. Last quarter: June 13, 1.47 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg, eloudy, N.E IS knots. Wellington: 14deg. fine, calm Christchurch: 14deg, partly cloudy; calm Dunedin: lldeg, fine, calm
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33540, 22 May 1974, Page 26
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