Noon Forecast

Press, 11 August 1979, Page 56

Noon Forecast

Situation: A deep depression is mov-j ing away to the south-east: of Stewart Island and a] westerly airstream covers) much of the Tasman Sea; and New Zealand. Another 1 oeep depression south of! Tasmania is slow moving. Forecasts: Canterbury: Variable winds; mainly fine but a few 1 snow showers in the) ranges; cool.

I Marlborough, Nelson: Light ■ or moderate winds, northI westerly ..bout MarlbofJ ough; scattered showers in i: western Nelson, fair ■ weather elsewhere; cool. r| Buller,Westland: Light northerly winds; scattered light I showers; cool. Outlook: Scattered showers in Buller and Westland, fair elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p m. Millibars .. 1001 1003 Temperature: deg. Maximum <to 6 p.m.) 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 52 To date this year . . 486 To date last year .. 538 Average to date 404 Average for August 55 Wettest Aug. (1975) 149 Driest Aug (1948) .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 9hr 48min To date this month 37 To date this year 1208 To date last year 1170 Average for August 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon . 56 Per cent at 6 p.m. . 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum Bdeg, minimum —2 deg. grass — 7deg, rainfall, trace. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Bun—Today: Rises, 7.31 a.m.; sets. 5.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets, 5.41 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 9.29 p.m.:; sets. 9.14 a.m. Tomorrow: j Rises, 10.41 p.m.: sets. 9.49 i а. High Ude at Lyttelton—Todav: б. a.m. and 7.15 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.47 a.m. and 8.16 j p.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter. August 15. 7 a.m. ; hew moon: August 23, 5 ajn. 1

First quarter: August 31. 6 a.m. i Kull moon: September 6. 11 p.m. NOON WEATHER : Auckland: 14deg, cloudy. S.W.. 16 ■ I knots. Wellington: IDdeg, fine, E., 3 ! knots. Christchurch: Sdeg. fine, S.W., 3 knots. 'Dunedin: 7deg cloudy, S.W., 3 knots WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of I the world in the last 24 hours ; were:— Amsterdam. 14. 19; Athens, 24, 32; Bahrain, 32, 42; Bangkok. 26. .29; Beirut. 24 32; Belgrade, 20. ,30; Berlin. 12. 21; Bogota. 8, 18: ; Brussels. 10, 18; Buenos Aires. 12. 120; Cairo, 24. 33; Caracas. 20 29: i Chicago, 21, 31; Copenhagen, 14. 24; Dublin. 11, 18; Frankfurt, 11. 25; Edinburgh. 8 18: Geneva. 13. 23: Helsinki. 11, 20; Hong Kong. 25. 28; Honolulu. 21. 29: Jakarta. 23, 31; Jerusalem. 18. 29; Johannesburg 8. 24: Kiev. 19. 21: Kuala Lumpur 24. 33; Lima, 14. 17; Lisbon. 18. 26; London. 13. 20; Los Angeles. 20. 30; Madrid. 15. 32; Manila 25, 29: Mexico City. 12 23: Miami. 27. 30; Montreal. 15. 26; Moscow. 8. 18; j Nandi. 16 27: New Delhi, 26 32; [New York. 24 , 35: Nicosia. 24. 37; Oslo. 14. 14: Paris. 14. 20: Rio. 117 33: Rome, 18 32; San Francisco. 12. 18; San Juan, 26, 32; ISao Paulo. 16. 23: Seoul. 23. 31; Singapore. 25. 31: Stockholm. 14. .29; Taipei 27. 35; Tel Aviv, 22, •30; Tokyo. 25. 32: Toronto. 16, |2B: Vancouver. 12. 23; Vienna. 18. 26