Noon Forecast

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33966, 6 October 1975, Page 26

Noon Forecast

Situation: An anti-cyclone over the western Tasman Sea is moving slowly east, and a ridge of high pressure extends across the South Island. A disturbed westerly airstream flows to the south of New Zealand. A shallow depression near North Cape is moving slowly north-east. Forecasts: Marlborough, Nelson: East to south-east winds predominating, mainly light to mod-1

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: £ p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars ■■ 1015.2 1018.6 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to II p.m. .. Nil Saturday 7 To date this month 15 To date this year .. 797 To date last year .. 693 Average to date .. 489 Average for Oct. .. 46 Wettest (1904) .. 158 Driest (1929) .. .. 11 Sunshine: h mi Yesterday .. 1118: Saturday .. 0 001 To date this month 19 OOi To date this year .. 1410 00: j To date last year .. 1268 00 ; Average for Oct. .. 192 001 Humidity: Per cent at noon 62 i Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 63 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum lOdeg, minimum 0 deg, grass —4deg. rainfall Bmm.

erate, but fresh at times about the Sounds; daytime sea breezes likely in Nelson; cool in coastal Marlborough, mild elsewhere. Buller, Westland: Light winds apart from daytime sea breezes; fine and mild by day. Canterbury: Light to moderate variable winds; a few areas, of cloud, but otherwise fine; cool to moderate temperatures by day; frosts likely again tonight lOutlook: Fair.

SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun —Today: Rises, 5.57 a.m.; sets, 6.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.55 am.; sets, 6.42 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 6.6 a.m.; sets, 8.8 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.46 a.m.; sets. 9.22 p.m. High tide at Lvttel ton—Today: 4.33 a.m. and 5.1 p.m. Tomorrow: 534 am. and 6.3 p.m. Phases of Moon First quarter: October 12, 1.16 pm. ■Full moon: October 20, 5.6 p.m. , Last quarter: October 28, 10.8 a.m. |New moon: November 4, 1.5 a m. NOON WEATHER jAuckland: 18deg. cloudy. N.E., 8 knots. ■Wellington: 12dcg, partly cloudy, I S.E., 16 knots. ! Christchurch: 12deg, fine, N.E. [Dunedin: lldeg, partly cloudy, I S.W., 3 knots.