In today's forecast we are expecting a few showers, with a chance of them being heavy, but clearing in the evening. Southerlies will be developing in the afternoon.

It's a three-clothing and one-windproof layer day today with a high of 14 and an overnight low of seven degrees. Humidity is 70 per cent.

High tide is at 1.20pm and low tide is at 7.30pm (Tay Street times). There's a sea swell of 0.8m with a sea temperature of 15 degrees. Sunset tonight is at 5.52pm.

If you're going fishing the next best fish bite time is tomorrow morning, between 6.30am and 8.30am.

In NZ history on this day in 1863 the newly-built brig Delaware was wrecked soon after leaving Nelson for Napier, in what is now known as Delaware Bay. Accounts of the incident often focus on the heroism of Hūria Mātenga, one of five local Māori who helped the crew get ashore.

In 2010 a 7.1 earthquake rocked Canterbury. The earthquake which struck at 4.35 a.m. on a Saturday morning was felt by many people in the South Island and southern North Island. There was considerable damage in central Canterbury, especially in Christchurch, but no loss of life.

In 2010 a plane crashed soon after taking off from Fox Glacier airstrip, killing all nine people on board. The Walter Fletcher FU-24 was piloted by 33-year-old Chaminda Senadhira and carried four skydiving instructors and four skydivers who were touring the West Coast on a Kiwi Experience bus trip.

In world history on this day in 1881 the Edison electric lighting system is switched on, going into operation as a generator serving 85 paying customers. In 1893 Beatrix Potter sent a note to her governess' son with the first drawing of Peter Rabbit, Cottontail and others. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published eight years later.

In 1951 the first transcontinental television broadcast in America was carried by 94 stations. In 1972 Mark Spitz became the first Olympic competitor to win seven medals during a single Olympics Games. In 1972 The Price Is Right premiered on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television. In 1998 Google was founded by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Today is the birthday of computer and cognitive scientist John McCarthy who coined the term 'artificial intelligence”.

Born in 1927 he once said "Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere."

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Have a great day!