Noon Forecast

Press, 16 May 1979, Page 36

Noon Forecast

Situation: A deep depression, centred tear Christchurch, is moving tlowly east-north-east, and a irest to south-west airstream lows over New Zealand. Forecast: Canterbury: Strong southerlies: overcast and cold; slow improvement from the south. Marlborough, Nelson: Strong

south-westerlies in coastal I Marlborough, fresh elsewhere; cold, with rain i and snow on the ranges. 1 Buller, Westland: South-west-erlies, strong in Buller, otherwise fresh; cold and ' some rain; slow improve- > ment from the south. i Outlook: Showers in Canter- ; bury, fair elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations ‘aken at the Meteorological Office, Christjhurch Airport, yesterday. Urometer: 6 p.m 11pm. Millibars 9896 993 1 temperature: de ft Maximum (to 6 p.m.) Uififoil: 9 a.m. to 11 pjn- • Tra ®« To date this month 5b To date this year .. 299 To date last year . f * Average to date .. 243 Wettest May <1959) .. 198 Driest May <1990) .. 13 lunshine: hours Yesterday 4hr 12mm To date this month 41 To date this year .. 820 To date last <ear .. Average for May .. 128 tumidity: Per cent at noon .. Per cent at 8 P-m. • ■ 78 Temperatures and ral °f a }L*° r be 24 hours to 9 a m. J® B *®™**: --Maximum 14deg, Meg, grass —2deg. rainfall trace. SUM, MOON AND TIDES tun—Today: Rises, 7-18 a.m.; 5.23 P.m. Tomorrows Rises, 7.39 ajn.; sets, 5.22 p.m. loon— Today: Rises, 810 j sets, 10.14 am. Tomorrow. Rises. 9.11 P-m.; sets. 11.10 Ugh tide at Lvttelton— .Today: M «. 57 a.m. and 72a p.m. Tomorrow: 7.53 aun. and 8.19 PJn Phases of Moon Last quarter: May 19. noon, lew moon: May 26. noon. First quarter: June 3.-1 NOON WEATHER tuekland: 12deg., thunderstorm. :

N.W., 20 knots. Wellington: lldeg., cloudy, N.W., 20 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., partly cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 9deg., drizzle, S.W., 3 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 7, 16; Amsterdam, 11, 23; Athens, 15, 24; Bangkok, 29, 36; Beirut, 15, 24; Belgrade, 11. 20; Berlin, 11, 21; Birmingham, 10, 22; Bogota. 6, 18; Brisbane, 13, 21; Bristol, 10, 22; Brussels, 11, 22; Buenos Alms. 13, 17; Cairo, 13, 25; Canberra. 0, 14; Caracas, 22, 32; Chicago, 6. 21; ll, 16; Curitiba (Brazil), 12, 15; Denpasar (Indonesia), 25, 33; Dublin. 8, 19; Edinburgh, 11, 19; Frankfurt, 7, 19; Geneva, 11, 20; Helsinki, —5, 9; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu. 20, 30; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 14, 24; Johannesburg. 3, 19; Kiev, 5, 18; Kuala Lumpur. 24, 32; Lima. 16, 23; Lisbon, 20. 33; London, 13, 24; Los Angeles, 19, 36; Madrid, 10, 29; Manchester, 9, 23; Manila, 25. 32; Melbourne. 9. 14; Mexico City. 12. 27; Miami, 25. 28; Montreal, 15. 19; Moscow, 4, 16; Newcastle. 10, 23; New Delhi, 26. 42: New York. 16. 22; Nicosia, 17. 27; Oslo, 8. 13: Paris, tO, 23; Penzance. 7. 14; Rio de Janeiro, 18. 31; Rome. 12, 25: San Franciseo, 14. 26: San Juan, 24, 30; Sao Paulo, 16, 25; Seoul, 12, 24; Singanore. 25, 33; Stockholm, 7. 15; Svdney, 10, 17; Taipei, 21, 27: Teheran, 14, 25; Tel Aviv, 15. 24; Tokyo, 14, 17: Toronto, 7, 16; Vancouver, 10, 16; Vienna, 5, 11.