Noon Forecast

Press, 1 December 1978, Page 20

Noon Forecast

Situation: A slow-moving but weakening anticyclone covers New Zealand; a cold front is moving eastwards over the south Tasman Sea. Forecast: Canterbury: Moderate north- B easterlies about the coasts; north-westerlies fresh for a time in the morning inland; some coastal low cloud and mist this morning, otherwise fair apart from scattered rain odq, southern areas of the Alps. Marlborough, Nelson: Fresh

north-westerlies about the Sounds, otherwise mainly moderate winds; some cloudy areas at first and morning fog, otherwise mainly fine and becoming warm. luller, Westland: Mainly fair in Buller apart from low cloud areas morning and night; mainly cloudy in Westland with some rain developing in the south; rather mild, little wind. lutlook: Fine in Nelson and Marlborough, elsewhere fair.

i CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the ’ Meteorological Oflice. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.mMiUibars .. 1013.2 1012.3 Temperature: Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 17 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 36 To date this year . 756 To date last year -. 684 Average to date .. 581 1 Average for Nov. .. 53 Wettest Nov. (1952 i .. 137 Driest Nov. (1945) .. 8 1 Sunshine: hours Yesterday lOhr To date this month 233 "i To date this \ear . 1909 tj To date last year .. 1874 f Average for Nov. .. 208 i Humidity: 1 Per cent at noon .. 72 ; I Per cent at 6 p.m, 81 i Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. j SUN, MOON AND TIDES ’ —Maximum 17deg, minimum > 12deg, grass 12deg, rainfall nil. Sun—Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 8.54 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 8.54 L P- m . Moon—Today: Rises, 6.34 a.m.; ' sets, 9.30 p.m. Tomorrow: ’ Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets, 10.31 1 p.m. 1 High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 5.36 a.m. and 5.59 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.32 a.m. and 6.58 ] p.m.

Phase, of Moon ■ New moon: November 30, 11 p.m First quarter: December 7,2 p.m. Full moon: December 15, 1 a.m . Last quarter: December 23, 7 i a.m. NOON WEATHER : Auckland: ISdeg, cloudy, N.N.E. 6 knots. i Wellington: 21deg, fine, N.E., 21 knots. ’'Christchurch: 15deg, cloudy, N.E. ; 20 knots. ' Dunedin: IBdeg, fine, N.E., It I knots. ! WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum tern • peratures in the main cities o the world in the last 24 houri , were: Amsterdam, 0,2; Athens. 11 > 15; Bangkok, 23, 30; Beirut- 13 ; 24; Belgrade. 0. 2: Berlin. 2. 4 ■ Bogota, 1. 20; Brisbane. 19. 30 Brussels. 0. 5; Buenos Aires, 13 28; Cairo, 10. 24: Canberra, 11 20; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago. —7 > —5; Copenhagen. 0. 3; Curitiba 10. 25; Dublin, 0,5; Edinburgh —6, 3; Geneva, —2. 2; Helsinki —7, —4; Hong Kong, 14, 18 Honolulu. 20, 29; Jerusalem. 10 18: Johannesburg, 15, 23; Kiev 4, 10; Lima, 18. 21; Lisbon, 13, 15 i London, 1,5; Los Angeles. 7, 20 Madrid. —4, 12; Manila, 20.. 20 Melbourne, 10, 17; Mexico Citv 10, 24; Miami. 24 , 27; Montreal —9, —5; Moscow, 3. 3; New Delhi, 8. 22; New York, 1, 6 Nicosia. 8. 19; Oslo, —l2. —2 1 Paris. 1,4; Rio, 18, 37; Rome 1, 10; San Francisco, 10, 16; Sa« Juan. 25, 30; Sao Paulo, 15, 24 Seoul, —5, 6; Singapore. 23, 30 Stockholm, —l, 3; Sydney, 19 ■ 23; Taipei, 10. 14: Tel Aviv. 13 1 24; Tokyo, 6, 15; Toronto, —6, 3 Vancouver. 4,8; Vienna, —l, 1