Noon Forecast
General forecast: The situation is very slow moving, with an intense anticyclone to the south of the Chatham Islands and a depression in the Tasman Sea. Between these two systems flows a moist north-easterly airstream which is continuing to give rain to the northern half of the North Island, and generally cloudy sides as far south as Westland and Canterbury. Some drizzle patches are likely in eastern
parts of the South Island night and morning, but it will be mainly fair in the afternoon. Fine weather will continue in the far south of the South Island. s Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Cloudy, north-east-erlies. Blenheim, Nelson: Fair, easterlies. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Fair, easterlies.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the. Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m.: Millibars ■■ 1028.6 1029.6 i Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 2u Rainfall: mm. 9 aun. to 11 pun. . Trace To date this month 24 To date this year .. 164 1 To date last year .. 13 ■ Average to date .. 73 Average for February 49 Wettest Feb. (1945) .. 144 Driest Feb. (1973) .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: shr 6min To date this month 107 To date this year .. 313 ...To date last year • ■ 3991: Average for February 185 Humidity: : Per cent at noon .. 78 ; Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 72 ; Temperatures and rainfall for J the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday, < —Maximum 17deg, minimum 14 J deg, grass 14deg, rainfall Bmm. j ‘ ' i. SUN, MOON AND TIDES ' 6un—Today: .< Rises, 6.50 a.m.; j sets, 8.37 p.m. Tomorrow: j Rises, 6.52 .a.m.; sets 8.35 2 p.m.'. - . ( Moon—Today: Rises, 6.10 a.m.; t ■ sets, 8.28 p.m. Tomorrow: - Rises, 7.25 a.m.; sets, 9.8 9 p.m. s High tide at Lvttelton—Today: 3 4.49 a.m. and 5.13 p.m. To- 1 morrow: 5.44 a.m. and 6.11 2 pun. n Phases of Moon New moon: Today, 10 p.m. 3
e. First quarter: February 23. 1 t- p.m. Full moon: March 2, 9 a.m. I Last quarter: March 10. noon. i.: iii NOON WEATHER r Auckland: 21deg, overcast and 7 light rain, r\.E., 16 knots. Wellington: 21deg, cloudy, E., 12 knots. ; Christchurch: 18deg, cloudy, N.E. 20 knots. ‘ Dunedin: 17deg, overcast, N.E., ’ 12 knots. , WORLD WEATHER ! Minimum and maximum tern-, » peratures in the main cities of l ; the world in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 18, 29; Amsterdam, ; —l, 8; Athens, 6,9; Bahrain, 13, 1120; Bangkok, 23, 32; Beirut, 7, ;I15; Belgrade, 2,7; Berlin, —l, 4; Bogota, —3, 23; Brisbane, 20, 29; Brussels, 5, 10; Buenos Aires, 16, 26; Cairo, 10, 24; Canberra, 11, 32; Caracas, 17, 28; Chicago, —l3, ■0; Copenhagen, —2, —1; Dublin, 7, 7;-Frankfurt, 0,7; Geneva, 4, ll* Helsinki, —5, 0; Hong Kong, 13, 18; Honolulu, 20, 26; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem. 4, 10; Johannesburg. 14, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 34; Lima, 20, 25;. Lisbon. 5, 17; London. 6. 10; Los Angeles, 12, 18; Madrid, —2. 14; Manila, 22. 30; Melbourne, 13, 21: Mexico . City. 10, 20; Miami, 9, 21; Montreal, —l3, —6; Moscow, —l7, 1 —10: Nandi, 24, 33; New Delhi, ; 9. 27: New York, —4, 4: Nico- , sia, 6, 13; Paris, 4,6: Rio, 22, 35; Rome. —1 12; San Francisco, I 10,.16: Seoul, —ll, —1; Singapore, ] 23, 32: Stockholm, —2, 0; Syd- , nev, 17. 26; Tokyo, 0,6: Toronto, —l. —1; Vancouver, 1,7; Vienna, 3, 5. I
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