Noon Forecast

Press, 26 May 1979, Page 56

Noon Forecast

Situation: A cold front moving rapidly north-east across New Zealand is followed by a south-west airstream. Forecast: Canterbury: A change to colder south-westerlies and scattered showers. Marlborough, Nelson: Fresh west or north - west

winds and rain in the morning; a change to cooler south-westerlies in the afternoon and the rain easing to showers. ■Buller, Westland: Fresh south-westerlies; cloudy; scattered showers; cool. Outlook: Showers on the West Coast, mainly fair elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the 1 Meteorological Office, Christ- 1 church Airport, yesterday. 1 Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1009.7 1005.2 ■ Temperatures: deg. 1 Maximum (io 6 p.m.) 12 ( Rainfall: mm. 1 9 am. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month 99 To date this year .. 341 To date last year .. 303 Average to date .. 268 ; Average for May .. 76 Wettest May <1909) .. 198 • Driest May (1960) .. 13 Sunshine:— Yesterday 6hr 30mln To date this month 84 To date this year .. 863 To date last year .. 885 Average for May .. 126 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 70 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 83 Temperature! and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday —Maximum 1 Ideg, minimum 3deg. grass Ideg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.47 am.; sets, 5.5 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.48 am.; sets, 5.5 p..n Moon—Today: Rises, 7.23 am.; sets. 5.35 pm. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.24 a.m.; sets, 6.20 pm High tide at Lyttelton today:— 4.20 am. and-4.49 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.14 am, and 5.44 p.m. Phases of Moon New moon: May 26, noon.

First quarter: June 3, 11 am. Full moon: June 11, noon. Last quarter: June 17, 5 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland, 13deg., fine, S., 12 knots. Wellington: 9deg., cloudy. N., 2 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., fine, calm. Dunedin: lOdeg.. partly cloudy, calm, WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world In the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 13, 17; Amsterdam, 7, 16: Athens, 18, 29; Bangkok, 27, 32; Beirut, 15, 24; Belgrade, 16 28; Berlin, 15, 26; Birmingham, 5, 11; Bogota. 9, 17; Brisbane, 13, 24; Brussels, 9, 16; Buenos Aires, 7, 16; Cairo, 16, 29; Canberra, 7, 18; Caracas, 22, 31; Chicago. 10, 17; Copenhagen, 13, 21; Curitiba (Brazil), 12, 19; Denpasar (Indonesia), 25, 31; Dublin, 6, 14; Edinburgh, 5, 11; Frankfut, 12, 27; Geneva, 11, 12; Helsinki, 9, 21; Hong Kong, 25, 26; Honolulu, 19, 31; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 22; Johannesburg, 6, 19; Kiev, 11, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 34; Lima, 16. 22; Lisbon, 12. 19; London, 8, 14; Los Angeles. 16. 27; Madrid, 9, 22; Manchester, 6, 13; Manila, 25. 30; Melbourne, 6 15; Mexico City, 12, 25; Miami, 26, 29; Montreal, 8 19; Moscow, 13, 23; Nandi, 24. 37; New Delhi. 24, 35; New York, 15, 17; Nicosia. 12, 28; Oslo, 10, 12: Paris, 9, 15; Port Moresby, 22, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 33; Rome, 9, 28; San Francisco, 12, 17; San Juan, 24. 30; Sao Paulo, 17. 21; Seoul, 11, 22; Singapore, 25. 33; Stockholm, 10. 16; Sydney, 13, 20; Taipei. 18. 28; Teheran. 28. 35; Tel Aviv, 16, 24; Tokyo. 18. 25; Toronto, 4, 17; Vancouver, 14, 20; Vienna, 16, 26.