Noon Forecast
General forecast: . " The complex depression over the north-east Tasman Sea remains slow moving, but will still bring strong easterlies and scattered rain to the far north of the North Island. The intense anti-cyclone south-eas.. of the-Chatham Islands is drifting slowly east. More showerf are likely in Hawke s Bav and Gisborne, and low cloud with drizzle or fog areas is expected in Wairarapa and along the east coast of the South Island
night and morning. Elsewhere fine. Warm weather will prevail. East to northeast winds will predominate, fresh about Waikato, coastal Bay of Plenty, and the Manawatu gorge, and also along the east coast of both islands from East Cape to Dunedin.
Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Mainly fair. Blenheim: Mainly fair. Nelson: Fine. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Fine.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Meteorological S. S.t^ POrt ’ ye l p m.il P--Bar Mniibais ■■ 1018.8 1018 0 . p-> J' Mg t»»'month « . To date this year -• 164 To date last year .. 13 Average to date -. 76 Average for February 49 Wettest Feb. (194 a ... 144 Driest Feb. <1973! .. □ ,Un »ay: 6hr 30min 124 ~; . To date, this year 330 To date last year .. 409 Average for February 185 Humidity: K( . p er cent at noon .. 66 Per cent at 6 p.m. <» Temperatures and rainfall for th" 24 hours to 9 a.m. vesterday. '—Maximum 20deg, minimum 13 deg. grass 14deg, rainfall trace. SUN. MOON AND TIDES Sun — T od?v: Rises, 6-53 a.m.; ..sets. 8.34 p.m. Tomorrow:, Rises. 6.54' a.m.: sets, 8.32, ■J in.m. •Moor—Todav: Rises, 8.41 a.m.: sets. 9.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 9.56 am.; sets, 10.19 o.m. _ . High tide at i.vtfo'ton—Todav: 6.43 ami. and 7.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 7:45 a.m. and 8.16 ■; ' O.m. ■■ ti' '
Phases of Moon First quarter: February 23, 1 p.m. Full moon: March 2, 9 a.m. Last quarter: March 10, noon. New moon: March 17, 7 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg, cloudy, E., 15 knots. Wellington: 23deg, partly cloudy, E., 10 knots. Christchurch: 20deg, partly cloudy, N.E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 18deg, cloudy, S.E., 2 knots. ~ WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum' temperatures in the main , cities of the world in the last 24 hours Amsterdam, 3,8; Athens, 5, 10- Bahrain, 16, 23; Bangkok, 19, 33; Beirut, 7, 14; Belgrade, —3, 6; Berlin; 0. 4; Bogota, 3, 20; Brussels, 5. 11; Buenos Aires, 22, 30; Cairo, 10, 19; Caracas, 17, 27; Chicago, —l, 0; Copenhagen, 1, 2; Dublin, 7, 12; Frankfurt, 2, o; Geneva. 0,8; Helsinki, —l, 3; Hong Kong, 13, 18; Honolulu. 19, 26; Jakarta, 23,> 30; Jerusalem, 6, 14; Johannesburg, 17. 27: Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33: Lima, 20, 24;Lisbon,’12. 15: London. 7. 10: Madrid. 1, 13; Manila. 23, 30: Mexico City 10. 26: Miami.'B. 22; Montreal, —l4. —6* Moscow. — 6. —I6; New Delhi. 15, 24: New York, —i. 3: Nicosia. 8. 14; Oslo. —2, 1: Paris;-5. 9; Rio. 20. 34; Rome, 2 6; San Franc'scn, 12, IR. Seoul. —B, 2:. Singapore. 23. 32; Stockholm, —5. 1; 1,7; Toronto. —6, —4; Vancouver, 0, 4: Vienna. 1,2. ■
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