Noon Forecast

Press, 11 October 1979, Page 40

Noon Forecast

Situation: An anticyclone over the north Tasman Sea is moving east; a cold front over the South Island is moving quickly north-east, and is followed by a small anticyclone centred just west of Fiordland; a complex trough over eastern Australia is moving quickly south-east and should approach southwest New Zealand late tomorrow Forecast: Canterbury: Moderate north-

easterlies developing; fine mild by afternoon. Marlborough. Nelson: Winds moderate and variable; fine; mild this afternoon. Buller, Westland: Moderate variable winds; mainly! fair; moderate tempera-] lures; however rain likely to spread north over West-1 land later today. Outlook: Rain on the West , j Coast and in Nelson; fair < elsewhere. > i

CHRISTCHI RUH READINGS

Observations taken at thei Meteorological Office. Christrburch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11p.m.' Millibars . 1009.8 1016 9 Temperatures: deg * Maximum -to 6 p m.- 23 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 0 To date this month 24 To date this >ear -. 557 To date last year - 675 Average to date . 496 Average for Oct. 46 Wettest Oct 11947) .. 137 Driest Oct <1961» 3 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 9hr 30m in To date this month 41 To date this vear 1446. To da«e last sear 1535 Average for October 192 :umidity: Per cent at noon 75 Per cent at 6 p.m. 57 Temperatures and rainfall for He 24 hours tn 9 a.m. yesterday — Maximum 13deg. minimum 9 deg. grass Bdeg. rainfall trace. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Bun Todax: Rises. 5.47 a.m.; sets. 6.48 p.m Tomorrow: Ri-.es 5.45 am.; sets. 6.50 p.m. >loon-Today: Rises, midnight: 9..’3 a.m. Tomorrow: R’scs. E. 34 a m ; sets, 10.23 a.m. Jl’4 ’’d" at Lvtteiton—Toda>: 358 a.m. and 924 p.m. Toni •tow: 9.50 a.m and 10-15 p.m Phases of Mrr n I »st r*c*obe- 13. 9 a.m.' f ’w moon: October 21. 2p m.

I First quarter: October 29. 2 a.m. ■ d.s.t.l. 1 Full moon: November 4, 7 p.m. I id.s.t.i. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg. cloudy. S.W.. 20 knots. Wellington: 13deg, cloudy, N.. 15 knots. ■ Christchurch: 16deg, partly cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 12cieg. partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum tem peratures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide. 9. 16: Amsterdam. 17. 21: Athens. 15. 22: Bahrain. 29. .34; Bangkok. 26 32: Beirut. 20. 25; Belgrade. 5. 17; Birmingham. 15. 21 Bogota. 10. 18; Brisbane. 19. 27; Brussels. 8. 23: Buenos Aires. 13. 25: Cairo, 18. 30; Canberra. 6. 21; Caracas. 17. 29; Chicago. 11. 20: Copenhagen, 10, 16; Dublin. 14. 16; Frankfurt. 10,.j 17; Geneva. 10. 22; Helsinki. 6,j ,'11; Hong Kong. 22. 28; Honolulu,! .24. 30; Jakarta. 24. 33; Jerusalem.: : 16. 23; Johannesburg, 12, 25;j Kier . —I, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 24, j 31; Lima. 15. 18; Lisbon. 16. 21;, London. 16. 21: Los Angeles. 16,1 25; Madrid. 13. 22: Manchester.! 17. 21: Manila 24 . 29: Melbourne.' 12, 18: Mexico City. to. 25; Miami, 18, 28; Montreal. 1. 5; Moscow. 2.‘ 7: Nandi 23 31: New Delhi. 22.’ 36; New York. 9. 16; Nicosia. 17.. 28; Oslo. 7. 11; Paris. 15. 20; Port I Moresby. 24. 31; Kio 19. 34; Rome. 10. 20: San Francisco. 14. 20; San Juan. 24. 31; Sao Paulo.' 18. 19: Seoul 12 25; Singapore. 25. 30: Stockholm. 4 9: Sydnev. '7, 23; TMnei. 16. 27: Tel Aviv. •20 24: Tokyo 16. 23; Toronto. 2.9: Vienna. 4. 12.