Noon Forecast

Press, 8 February 1979, Page 30

Noon Forecast

Situation: A belt of high pressure] extends from the Tasman; Sea across New Zealand to! east of the Chatham Islands.] A depression is moving • quickly eastwards far south' of New Zealand, and a I weak, cold front should! reach the south of the South' Island early to-day. Forecast: Cant er bury: Moderate i variable winds north-east ; at first but possibly south-1 west for a time in the | afternoon and evening; I

mainly fine and mild but ; probably some cloudy ! l areas about the coast with ' a few drizzle patches. 'Marlborough. Nelson: ;• Moderate south-easterlies about the Sounds otherwise, variable winds ,1 with sea breezes; some cloudy areas morning and night, otherwise fine, | warm. ; Buller. Westland: Moderate winds with sea breezes, a few cloud areas, otherwise; , fine and mild. Outlook: Mainly fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the' Meteorological Office. Chrisl-| church Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m., Millibars 1016 2 1015.5: Temperatures: deg. Maximum to 6 p.m.) 22 Rainfall: mm.. 9 a.m to 11 pm 0| To date this month 1 To date this year 10 To date last year .. 52 .Average to date . ■ 59. Average for Feb. .. 49 Wettest Feb. 09451 .. 144 Driest Feb. 19.’3i _ 5 Sunshine: hours; Yesterdat: 12hr 42min . To date this month o 6 To date this year 355 To date last year 286, Average for Feb. .. 185 Humidity: I Per cent at noon .. So. Per cent at 6 p.m. Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am yesterday. — Maximum 2t)deg. minimum 11 deg. grass 6deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.38 a.m.; sets, 8.48 p.m. Tomorrow-1 Rises, 6.39 a.m.: sets. 8.47; P m _ . High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.41 a.m and 3.2 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.27 a.m. and 3.4 a p.m. Phases of Moon Full moon: February 12. 4 p.m.j t.ast quarter: February 20, 2 p.m.) New moon February 27, 6 a.m.j First quarter: March 6. 5 a.m.

NOON WEATHER I Auckland: 23deg. cloudy. S.W., 6i knots. Wellington: 23deg. partly cloudy.; E. 10 knots. ‘Christchurch: 21deg, partly l cloudy, N.E.. 10 knots. Dunedin. I7deg. cloudy, N.E., 7l knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum tem-l peratures in the main cities of] the world in the last 24 hours' ; were:— I Amsterdam. —6. —1; Athens. 12, 16; Bangkok. 25. 31; Beirut, 12 19: Belgrade. 5. 8; Berlin, —6 —2; Bogota, 4. 21: Brussels. .—2. 3; Buenos Aires, 21, 31; (Cairo. 7. 21; Caracas. 17. 29; Chicago —l6. —8; Copenhagen. —3. 0; Frankfurt. 0. 3: Geneva. 5. 9; Helsinki. —l2. —7; Hong Kong. 14. 18; Honolulu. 17. 22; Jersualem. 3 14; Johannesburg. 15, 29; Kiev, —1 2; Lima. 21. 26; Lisbon. 15. 16: London. I. 4; Los Angeles. 4. 21; Madrid. 11, 14; Manila. 19. 31: Mexico City. 10, 24: Miami. 16 24; Montreal. —23, I —l3: Moscow. —7. —2: Nandi. 123. 32: New Delhi. 6. 20: New York. —B. —2: Nicosia. 6. 18; ! Oslo. —9. —8; Paris. 1 5: Rome, 7, 12; San Francisco. 9 18; San iJuan. 20. 30: Seoul. —3 1: Slnga- ; oore 23. 30; Stockholm. —l3. —4: Svdnev 19. 25: Taioei. 12. 18: | Tel Aviv. 8 19; Tokvo. 2. 14; [ Toronto. —l3. —10; Vancouver. r 5. 9; Vienna. 1. 3.