Noon Forecast

Press, 4 January 1980, Page 18

Noon Forecast

General forecast: The depression east of New ? Zealand, is .moving steadily '' north-eastwards, •while the- anticyclone centred south of the country is intensifying as it moves south-eastwards. The southerly airflow between these two systems is bringing strong, cold winds to eastern districts from Canterbury to Gisborne, with' showers, but some improvement is ex-

pected in the south later. In the west of both islands and in the far south of the South Island the weather should be fine and mild. Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Clearing. Blenheim: Becoming fine. Nelson: Fine. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observatlons taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. •Barometer:- 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1019.1 1022.3' Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 13 To date this month 123 To date this year .. 123 To date last year .. 0 • Average to date .. 5 Average for January 47 Wettest 1975 '.. 110 Driest 1954 .. .. 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday Nil To date this month 11 To date this year .. 11 To date last ’year 39 Average for January 211 humidity: ‘ i Per cent at noon .. 89 Per cent at 6 p.m.... 91 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 23deg, minimum Bdeg, grass 7deg, rainfall 110 mm. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: "Rises. 5.54 a.m.; sets, 9.14 p.m. Tomorrow: • Rises • 5:55 aun.; sets, 9.14 pun. • ’ Moon—Todav: Rises, 10.17 ‘ pin:; sets. 7.29 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.53 p.m.; sets, 8.27 а. ■ ’ ' '-■•■■<•-'?• ■■■■••■ High tide at Lyttelton—Today: : б. a.m. and 7.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.41 a.m. and 8.6 p.m.

Phases of Moon Last quarter: January 11, 1 a.m. New moon: January 18, 10 a.m. First quarter: January 25, 3 a.m. Full moon: February 1, 3 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., cloudy, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington: 12deg., cloudy. S.W., 28 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., drizzle, S.W.. 14 knots. Dunedin: 12deg., cloudy, S.W.. 15 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures m the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours ■Amsterdam, —2, 21? Athens, 7, 13; Bahrain, 14, 18; Bangkok, 24, 32; Beirut. 9, 17; Belgrade, —4, 2; Berlin, 3,0; Bogota, 7. 18; Brussels, —i, 4; Buenos Aires, 12, 23; Cairo, 7, 17; Caracas, 18, 29; Chicago, —5, —1; Copenhagen, —2. 0; Dublin, —l, 5; Frankfurt. —l, 3; Geneva, 3,0; Helsinki. —4. 0; Hong Kong, 17, 22; Honolulu, 25, 27; Jakarta, 24. 30; Jerusalem. 5, 13; Johannesburg, 17, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 18? 23: Lisbon, 13, 19; London, —l, 2; Los Angeles, 13, 25; Madrid. 10, 16; Manila, 20, 30; Mexico City, 7. 19; Miami, 14, 24: Montreal. —7. 3; Moscow, —5. —3: Nandi. 24. 33; New Delhi. 11. 15:.., New. York. 1,7; Nicosia. 9 19; Oslo, —6. —3; Paris. 0. 4: Port Moresby. ,24. '32; R 10; de Janeiro. ■ 18 . 31; Rome, 3. 5; San Francisco. 11, 1 4; Seoul. 3. 6: Singapore. 23. 32: Stockholm. -6. —2; Tel. Aviv. 7. 17; Tokyo. 20. 30: —t, 2; Vancouver. 6. 8;. Vienna, —2, 0.