Noon Forecast
General forecast: The south-westerly airstream over New Zealand is decreasing as the ridge of high pressure over the south Tasman Sea front the anticyclone over th" central Tasman Sea moves on to the South Island; and fine weather, with light winds, should prevail over most of the country today. However, in Gisborne-Hawke’s Bay
and Wairart.,,a, there will be isolated showers and fresh southerly winds will be slow to decrease. There will also be a few showers in Fiordland. Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Fine. Nelson, Blenheim: Fine. Westport, Greymouth, Hoki-tika: Fine.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1011.8 1015.2 Temperatures: deg. Maximum Ito 6 p.m.) 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month 32 To date this year .. 171; To date last year .. 45 Average to date .. 93 Average for February 49 Wettest Feb. 11945) .. 144 Driest Feb. (1973) .. 5 Sunshine: hours •_ Yesterday shr 30min To date this month 174 To date this year .. 381! To date last year .. 493. Average for February 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 50 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 61 Temperatures ' and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday-, —Maximum 22deg. minimum 13deg. grass 12 deg. rainfall trace. ■' SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 7.6 a.m.; sets, 8.18 p.m. Tomorrow: - Rises, 7.7 a.m.; sets. 8.17 - p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.52 p.m.; C sets. 4.11 a.m. Tomorrow: ■■ Rises. 7.27 p.m.; sets. 5.8 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Todav.: 3.34 a.m. and 3.54 p.m.- Tomorrow: 4.18 a.m. and 4.38 p.m. - -
:j Phases- of Moon 'Full moon: March 2, 9 a.m. (Last quarter: March 10, noon. New Moon: March 17, 7 a.m. i First quarter: March 24, 1 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, SAW, 20 knots. Wellington: 16deg.. cloudy. S., 16 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., cloudv, S.W., 20 knots. Dunedin: 13deg.. cloudy, S.W., 6 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in tlie main cities of the world in the last 24 hours I were: — Amsterdam. 5. 9; Athens. 3. 8: Bahraini 15, 21; Bangkok, 28. 33; Beirut, 9. 15: Belgrade. —l, 3; Berlin —6, 2; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, 2.7; Buenos Aires, 19, 27; Cairo. 10. 15; Caracas, 16, 26; Chicago. —7 —2; Copenhagen. —3, 1; Dublin, 2,8; Frankfurt, —3. 11; Geneva, 3. 8; Hong Kong, 16. 20; Honolulu. 21, 25: Jakarta, 24, 32: Jerusalem. 4,9; Johannesburg. 15, 24: Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33: Lima. 21. 26: Lisbon. 13, 16; London.. 2,6; Los Angeles. 13. 28: Madrid, 6 15: Manila. 20. 32: Mexico City, 7, 20: Miami. 21. 29; Montreal. —7, —3: Moscow.- —4, —1; Nandi. 23. 34: New Delhi. 14, 28: New York. 2.6: Nicosia,-3; 13; Paris, 2.6: Rio de Janeiro. 16, 21; Rome. —2, 8; San Francisco, 13, 20; Seoul. 4. 11: Singapore, 23, 32: Stockholm. —5. 0: Tokyo, 3. 11: Toronto. —3. —J; Vancouver. 5. 12: Vienna. —3. 4.
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