NOON FORECAST
Situation: An anticyclone centred, south-east of the country is moving slowly east, and| extends a ridge of high' pressure northwards. A complex low pressure trough over the Tasman Sea is moving slowly east. Forecast to midnight: Marlborough: Fresh southeast or east winds, strong about Cook Strait; cloudy
i and cool, with isolated I showers, chiefly about the coasts. ’ Nelson, Buller and West" ' land: Moderate north-east winds; cloudy and cool; scattered rain about the j Nelson ranges, spreading ' elsewhere late in the day. Canterbury: Moderate northeast winds; areas of mist and drizzle about the coast at first; otherwise mainly cloudy; cool. Outlook: Unsettled.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11p.m. Millibars . 1017.6 1016.7 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 pm.) 9 Rainfall: mm 9 a m. to 11 p.m. .. 6 Saturday 3 To date this month 16 To date this year .. 463 To date last year .. 185 Average to date .. 345 Average for July .. 55 Wettest July (1939) .. 221 Driest July (1915) .. 5 Sunshine: h m Yesterday 4 00 Saturday 0 12 To date this month 15 42 To date this year .. 875 42 To date last year .. 1086 18 Average for July ~ 122 00 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 85 Per cent at 6 p.m. 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday —Maximum Bdeg. minimum 1 deg, grass — 2deg. rainfall trace.
Sun—Today: Rises,. 8.2 a.m.; sets. 5.7 p.m. Tomorrow ■ Rises, 8.1 a.m.; sets, 5.7 i pin. 'High water at Lyttelton—Today: 7.7 a.m. and 7.28 p.m.. Tomorrow: 7.55 a.m. and 8.14 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 8.50 pm.: sets, 9.37 a.m. Tomorrow. Rises, 9.50 pm.; sets, 10 ’ a.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: July 13, 3.29 p.m. ■ New moon: Julv 20. 12.7 a.m. ■First quarter: Julv 26. 3.52 p.m Full moon: August 3, 3.57 p.m, NOON WEATHER Auckland: lOdeg, cloudy, haze calm. Wellington: Bdeg, cloudy, S.S.E. 15 knots. Christchurch: 4deg, parti.’ cloudy, calm. Dunedin: Bdeg. clear sky, N.E., 1 knots.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33580, 8 July 1974, Page 24
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