Noon Forecast

Press, 9 May 1979, Page 42

Noon Forecast

Situation: A depression in the north Tasman Sea is deepening and is expected to move louth-eastward. A trough extends from the depression across the North Island. A ridge of high pressure extends across the south Tasinan Sea to the South Island. Forecasts: canterbury: Moderate southerly winds; cloudy morning and night with areas

CHRISTCHURC

Observations taken at the. Meteorological Office, Christ-1 ehurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 P-m. 11 P-m. Millibars 1014.0 1016.6 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 1Z Bainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 pm. Trace To date this month 45 To date this year 287 To date last year .. 273 Average to date .. 226 Average for May .. 76 Wettest May (1959) .. 1981 Driest May (I 960 .. 13! gunshine: hours; Yesterday 3hr 48min . To date' this month 24 ■ To date this year ■ 803 To date last year - - 847 Average for May .. 126 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 87 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. •-Maximum 13deg, minimum tdeg. grass Bdeg. rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, ANO TIDES fun —Toda: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets. 522 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.32 a.m.; sets, 521 pjn. Moon—Todav: Rises. 45 p.m.; sets. 3.57 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 435 pjn.; sets, 4.58 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton.—Today: 2.4 a.m. and 228 pjn. To morrow: 2.45 a.rr. and 3.9 p.m. Phase of Moon Ful! moon: Mav 12, 2. p.m. Last quarter: May 19, noon.

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Marlborough, Nelson: Moderate southerly winds in Marlborough, light winds elsewhere, rain becoming genera! later today; cooL Buller, Westland: Light winds; mainly fine but high cloud increasing in Buller; cool. Outlook: Rain in Marlborough and Nelson, mainly fine elsewhere.

New moon: May 26, noon. First quarter: June 3, 11 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg, cloudy, N.W., 17 knots. Wellington: 12deg, cloudy, S., 10 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg, cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: Bdeg, cloudy, S.W., 15 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of ithe world in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 10, 18; Amsterdam, 2.9; Athens 18, 28; Bangkok 30, ,X 5 Beirut 16, 23; Belgrade 7, 15; Berlin 1, 10; Birmingham 5, 12; Bogota 9, 20; Brisbane 13, 24; Bristol 5. 11; Brussels 6, 13; Buenos Aires 9, 23; Cairo 15, 31; Canberra 6, 15; Caracas 23, 33; Chicago 10, 23; Copenhagen 0,9; Curitiba (Brazil) 12, 17; Dublin 6. 10; Edinburgh 3, 10; Frankfurt —2, 11; Geneva 3, 10; Helsinki 5. 12; Hong Kong 23, 27; Honolulu 22. 29; Jerusalem 14, 25; Johannesburg 13, 26; Kiev 6, 17; Limo 18. 22; Lisbon 9, 19; London 6. 13; Los Angeles 13, 20; Madrid 10. 19; Manchester 5, 10; Manila 24, 35: Melbourne 7, 17; Mexico City 12, 27; Miami 25, 29; Moscow 13. 20; Nandi 13, 20; New Delhi 23. 40; New York 11, 20; Newcastle 4. 9; Nicosia 14, 31; Oslo 3,8: Paris 5, 13: Penzance 5. 10: Rio ’B. 28; Rome 12. 19; San Francisco 11. 16- San Juan ”4, 31; Sao Paulo 16. 22: Seoul 12, 17; Singapore 24 . 33: Stockholm '. 9: Svdnev ”. I?: Tainei 21, 29: Teheran 13 25; Tel Aviv 16, 23: Tokyo 15, 21; Vancouver 8, 15; Vienna 5, 14.

of drizzle, otherwise fine; cool.