Noon Forecast
Situation: A large slow-moving anticyclone covers New Zealand and much of the Tasman Sea. A moist north-westerly airflow is spreading slowly eastwards over the south Tasman Sea. Forecast: Canterbury: Early cloud but fine by afternoon; northeasterlies on the coast and north-westerlies freshening
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christ church Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars -- 1019.1 1019.5 Temperatures: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 24 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m .to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 0 To date this year .. u To date last year .. ?,' t Average to date .. 50 Average for Feb. . . 49 Wettest Feb. (1945) .. 144 Driest Feb. (1973; .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 6hr 30m in To date this month 18 To date this year - . 296 To date last year - 248 Average for Feb. .. 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 74 Per cent at 6 p.m, 66 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 26deg, minimum 13 deg, grass 12deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.32 a.m.; sets. 8.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.33 a.m.; sets, 8.53 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.43 a m. and 1112 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.37 a.m. and 12.6 a.m. Phases of Moon First quarter: February 4,2 p.m.
Last quarter: February 20, 2 p.m. New moon: February 27, 6 a.m
inland in exposed places; becoming warmer.
Marlborough, Nelson: Mainly fine and warm, apart from early cloudy and isolated afternoon showers; light winds, with northerlies freshening through Cook Strait.
Buller, Westland: Morning cloud with scattered drizzle; fine and mild afternoon; light winds.
Outlook: Mainly fine
NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg, cloudy, S 9 knots. Wellington: 21deg, clouds, N., « knots. Christchurch: 16deg, osercast, S.W.. 10 knots. Dunedin: 16deg. partly cloudy, N.N.E., 7 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam. 1,4; Athens, 12. 17; Bangkok. 25, 31; Beirut, 10. 19; Belgrade. 0,6: Berlin. -2. 4; Birmingham. 2,4; Bogota, 8. 20: Bristol, 4,7; Brussels, 27; Buenos Aires. 18, 27; Cairo 10, 20; Caracas. 19, 30; Chicago, —lO, —6; Copenhagen, —6. —2; Curitiba. 13, 26; Dublin. 5, 7- Edin burgh. 1,5; Geneva —7. -1; Helsinki, —Bfi —4; Hong Kong. 6. 13; Honolulu, 19, 26; Jerusalem. 9, 17; Kiev, —2, 3; Lima. 21. 25; Lisbon, 4, 12; London 5,9; Los Angeles. 5, 14; Madrid, —3, 10; Manchester. 3,6; Manila. 21, 30, Mexico City. 9, 26; Miami. 19. 2a; Montreal, —7 —7; Moscow, —3. 2; Nandi. 23.'32; Newcastle, !• N ®w Delhi. 6, 18; New York. °. -Nicosia, 9, 18; Oslo, —l3. _7> r * s ’ Penzance. 7. 9; Rio, 17, 26; Rome, —2. 5; San £f a " eis eo, 6, 10; San Juan. 23, 30; Sao Paulo, 15, 25; Seoul. -11, ■—B; Singapore, 23. 32; Stockholm —lO. —6; Sydney, 22 , 28; Taipei, 7, 11; Tel Aviv. 12. 19; Tokyo, 7. 18; Toronto. —lO. -6; Vancouver, —2O, —l6; Vienna,
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