Noon Forecast

Press, 27 December 1979, Page 26

Noon Forecast

General forecast: '< A trough of low pressures has brought rain to thejt north and west of the North < Island with a few thunder- i] storms in the north. This,; trough is moving only slow-■ < jy eastwards and may per-J sist about the north-east of i < the North Island tomorrow.!! More rain is expected oyer I the North Island, but an im- 1 provement may spread on toj< the western districts later j i today, with winds turning to j 1 cooler west or south-west- i erly. Over the South Island, < a period of rain on the West t

Coast will spread northwards this morning, followed by a cool south-westerly! change with showers on! both coasts. Another disturb-, ance in the westerly flow lover the Tasman Sea is likely to freshen the westerlies in Fiordland and; 'coastal Southland with rain tonight. District forecasts: ! Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Few showers. Blenheim, Nelson: rain clearing. Greymouth, Westport, Hokitika: Showers.

CHRISTCHI K( .H HEADINGS

Phases of Moon Full moun: January 2, 10 p.m. Last quarter: January 11, 1 a.u>. ' .New moon: January 18, 10 a.m . I First quarter: January 25, 3 a.m NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., rain, N.. 20 knots. Wellington: 17deg., rain, N., 10 knots. I Christchurch: 19deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 10 knots. I Dunedin:'l6deg.. cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER I Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of | the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 1,6: Athens, 6,! 11; Bahrain. 8. 19; Bangkok. 24, 31: Belgrade. 1,7; Berlin, 3, s;| Bogota 6, 20; Brussels, 1,3;. Buenos Aires. 17. 25; Cairo, 9, 18; Caracas. 18. 26; Chicago, 7,] 9; Copenhagen. 3. 5; Frankfurt,! 1. 3; Geneva. —3. I; Helsinki, 0. 4: Hong Kong. 11, 18;l Honolulu, 22, 27: Jakarta. 24. 31; Jerusalem. 6. 11; Johannesburg,; •1. 22: Kiev. —6, —2; Kuala : Lumpur, 22, S 3; Lima. 18. 22; Lisbon 13, 15; London, 3,6; Los Angele*. 9. 17: Madrid. 7, 10; Manila. 22. 30; Mexico City, 7. 19: Miami. 20. 25: Montreal. 0, 1; Moscow. —l2. —5; New Delhi, 10 24; New York. 9. 11: Nicosia, o. 17: Oslo 1,1: Paris. 0,4; oprth. 23. 38; Bio de Janeiro. 19,; 25; Rmn». 1. 10: San Francisyo, | 6. 11; San Juan. 24, 26; Saoj Paulo 17 29; Seoul. —'.o. —3; «n-r.T>ore 22. 31- Stockholm, 0.1 -■ Taine ! . 12. 'l9: Tel A'iv. 8. 18; I 5. J 4; ’’■->r W rto. 4. 7; Van-;, 3. 7: tl a nnl. 4. 5. I

Observations taken at the; Meteorological Office. Christ- ( church Airport, yesterday , Barometer SP®, Millibars 1008.0 1006.j| Temperaiu-e Maximum »to 6 p.m.i Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 pm. . 0 10 date this month H. To date this year . To date last year - Average to date • *7l Average for Dec. -VI Wettest Dec. 18441 Driest Dec. • 1943» • • Sunshine: hours’ Yesterday 9hr I. To date this month 132 • To date this year 2® To date last year 2068 1 Average for Dec. .. j Humidity: ■ Per cent at noon «» ( Per cent at 6 p.m. 71 1 Temperatures and rainfall for ‘ the 24 hours to 9 a.m. ye c t*»rdav | — Maximum 30deg minimum J lldeg. grass Meg. rainfall trace. { SUN MOON AND TIDES . Sun—Toda. Rises, 5.48 am.; 1 sets. 9.’3 n.m Tomorrow: t Rises. 5.48 a.m.; sets. 9.13 o.m Moon— To*’?-* Rises P-m : ’ sets. I’ l am. Tomorrow a Rises, 3-33 p.m. sets. 2.17 > • m 15 Hlgr f ’de at I cf**l’nn—To*’** 12A o.m. Tomorrow 12.37 r a m and 1.3 p.m.