Noon Forecast
Situation: A strong, cold, southerly airstream flows over the North Island and Cook Strait. A ridge of high pressure extends on to the south of the South Island from south-east ‘ Australia. Forecast: Marlborough, Nelson: In coastal Marlborough, strong southerlies — gales; in exposed positions; cloudy and cold with show-1 ers. Elsewhere, moderate!
south-easterlies; fine, with moderate or mild afternoon ' temperatures, but frosts 5 likely tonight. . Buller, Westland: Fine, with s moderate south-easterlies; I moderate or mild afternoon temperatures, but frosts likely tonight. Canterbury; Light or moder i ate _ north-easterlies predominating; fine: moderate ■ [ afternoon temperatures ;[Outlook: Showers on the Ka ■I koura and Canterbury d coasts; fair elsewhere.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p m. Millibars . . 1019.3 1020.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 8 p.m.) 13 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. Trace To date this month 26 To date this year .. 182 To date last year . . 323 Average to date . 190 Average for April 53 Wettest April (1968) 226 Driest April (1910) 6 Sunshine: h m Yesterday I 42 To date’ this month 115 00 To date this year . 685 00 [ To date last year - . 614 00 I Average for April . . 142 00 I Humidity: [ Per eent at noon . 57 Per cent at 6 p.m. 67 I Temperatures and rainfall for [the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday.
—-Maximum ITdeg. minimum llaeg, grass 9deg. rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 7.7 a.m : sets, 5.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.8 a.m.; sets, 5.46 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.56 p.m.. sets, 1.30 p.m. Tomorrow. Rises. —; sets. 2.4 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.2* a.m. and 10 52 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.20 a.m and 11.44 p.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: Anrll 21 714 pm [New moon: April 29. 'lO 20 pm | First quarter: May 7, 517 pm I full moon: May 14. 8.4 am. NOON WEATHER [ Auckland 18deg. clouds- S W 22 I knots. [Wellington: 13deg, clouds S F ■ 29 knots. Christchurch: 12deg, cloud [ S.M., 15 knots Dunedin: I3deg cloudv SV. 5 i k n ots. ’ ‘
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34133, 21 April 1976, Page 30
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