Noon Forecast

Press, 11 July 1979, Page 34

Noon Forecast

Situation: A trough of low pressure over the Tasman Sea is moving east towards New Zealand. Forecasts: Canterbury: Scattered showers in the Alps, but mostly dry elsewhere with variable high cloud; moderate afternoon temperatures; variable winds. Marlborough, Nelson: Showers about the west-

ern ranges spreading elsewhere at times in Nelson; mainly fair in Marlborough; fresh north-west-erlies about the outer Sounds, lighter winds elsewhere. Buller, Westland: Cloudy, cool and showery; light winds. Outlook: Showers in Nelson and the West Coast, mainly fair elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11p.m. Millibars .. 1006.5 1007.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 16 Rainfall: t® l - 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month 13 To date this year .. 362 To date last year .. 470 Average to date .. 350 Average for July • 55 Wettest July (1963) 140 Driest July (1967) . 51 Sunshine: hours Yesterday 4hr 48min To date this month.. 46 To date this year .. 1077 To date last year .. 1033 Average for July .. 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 8o Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 74 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday. ►-Maximum 14deg, minimum •~2deg. grass —3deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Bun—Today: Rises. 8.1 a.m.; sets, 5.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8 a.m.: sets, 5.10 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.56 p.m.; sets. 8.37 a.m. Tomorrow: R ; «es, 8.9 pm.: sets. 923 am. High tide at Lvttelton.—Today: 5.3 a.m. and 5.35 p.m. To-me-row: 6.4 a.m. and 6.35 p.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: July 16 11 p.m. N»w moon: July 24. 2 p.m. First quarter: August 11, 6 p.m. Full moon: August 8, 3 p.m.

NOON WEATHER Auckland. 12deg, cloudy, N.W., 3 knots. Wellington: 13deg, partly cloudy, N.W., 21 knots. Christchurch: Udeg, partly cloudy, calm. Dunedin: lldeg. partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide 7, 14; Amsterdam 14, 18; Athens 22, 28; Bahrain 31, 37; Bangkok 26, 32; Beirut 24, 28; Belgrade 13, 21; Berlin 12, 18; Birmingham 14. 23; Brisbane 9, 23; Bristol 16, 20; Brussels 11, 19; Buesnos Aires 4, 12; Cairo 32, 32; Canberra 5, 13; Caracas 22, 31; Chicago 17. 26: Copenhagen 12. 17; Curitiba (Brazil) 10, 24; Denpassar (Indonesia) 24, 30; Dublin 12, 19; Edinburgh 11, 18; Frankfurt 14, 22; Geneva 12, 26; Helsinki 14, 19: Hong Kong 28, 33; Honolulu 23, 31: Jakarta 24, 33; Jerusalem 17, 25; Johannesburg 3, 13; Kiev 13, 21; Kuala Lumpur 23, 32; Lima 15, 18; Lisbon 17, 28; London 17. 23; Los Angeles 18, 31; Madrid 18, 33; Manchester 12, 21- Manila 25, 30; Melbourne 5. 14: Mexico City 12, 27; Miami 27. 31: Montreal 16, 27; Moscow 13. 23: New Delhi 32 42; New York 16. 30; Newcastle 11, 17; Nicosia 19. 32; Oslo 14. 19: Paris 16. 23: Penzance 14, 16; Port Moreshv 23. 30: Rio 16, 32: Rome 13. 29: San Francisco 14. 1 D - San Juan 26. 33; Sao Paulo 18, 25; Seoul 21. 32; Singapore 26. 32; Stockholm 14, 20: Svdney 9. 18- Tai net 27. 36: Teheran 27, 40; Tel Aviv 21, 29; Tokyo 21, 29; Toronto 15. 27: Vancouver 12, 25; Vienna 13, 19,