Noon Forecast

Press, 5 January 1980, Page 36

Noon Forecast

General forecast: ; A depression east of the North Island is moving slowly away to the east and a strong southerly airflow over eastern areas from Kaikoura to Gisborne should gradually decrease, with showers, clearing and fine periods developing south of Napier but remaining cool and showery further north. An anticyclone south-east of the. South Island is moving

east and extends a ridge over the South Island to the northwest Tasman Sea, bringing mainly fine weather to the north and west of the North Island and to the west and south of the South Island. District forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru: Fine. Nelson, Blenheim: Fine. Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika: Fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1025.0 1025.2 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m. . Trace ■To date this month 123 To date this year .. 123 To date last year ~ 2 Average to date .. 6 Average for January 47 Wettest 1975 ~. ■ ■ 110 Driest 1954 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 30mtn. To date < this month. 'l2 ■ To date this year .. 12 To date last year 40 Average for January 211 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. <5 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 64 Temperatures and rainfall for ' the- 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum, lldeg; minimum 10 deg. grass 7deg, rainfall 11mm.’ . SUN, MOON AND TIDES, Sun —Today: Rises, 5.55 a.m.; • .Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 9.14 *’ sets, 9.14 p.m. Tomorrow: p.m • ~ : 1100n —Todav: Rises, 10.53 p.m.; sets, 8.27 a.m. Tomorrow: . 11.26 p.m.; sets, 9.26 '.■-a.m.' :: .. High tide at. Lyttelton—Today: , 7.41 a.m. arid .8,6 P-m. Tn- . morrow: 8.32 aar, and 8.56 : - p.m. ' : Phases of Moon . I.ast ouarter: 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: 18deg, fine, S., 12 knots. „ Wellington: lldeg, showers, S., 2a knots. . x , Christchurch: 12deg, overcast, ' calm. ■ _ Dunedin: 14deg, cloudy, S.E., 8 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures m the main cities of the" world in the iast- 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 15, 25; Amsterdam, —4, 0; Athens, 8, 11; Bahrain, 14, 19; Bangkok, 24, 32; Beirut, 8, 13; Belgrade, —4, —1; Berlin, —5, —1; Bogota, 8, 18; Brisbane, 23, 29; Brussels, —2, 4; Buenos Aires, 18, 27; Cairo, 10, 20; Chicago, —3, —1; Copenhagen, -r6/. 8; Darwin, 22; 27; Dublin, —3, 4; Frankfurt. —3, 3; Geneva, —l, 0; Helsinki, —5, —3; Hong Kong, 17, 23; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem, 5, 14: Johannesburg, 18,- 30; Kiev, —5,- —1; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 34; Lima, 18, 24; London, —l, 5;. Los Angeles, 12, 27: Madrid, 4. 16; Manila, 20. 32;. Melbourne, 17, 19; Mexico City, 6, 20;-Montreal. —5, —2; Moscow, —3, —2; New York, 1,5; Nicosia, .8, 17; Oslo, —l2, —5; Paris, 0. 4; Rio, 12, 27: Rome, 0. 7; San Francisco, 9, 10: San •Tuan, 22, 30; Sao Paulo, 14, 2.2; Seoul. 3,6; Singapore, 22, 32; Stockholm, —7, —5; Svdnev, 2 n , PR; Taipei, 17. 25: Tel Aviv. 9, 19; Tokyo, 3. 10: Toronto, —4, 0; Vancouver,. 6, 10; Vienna, —l,l.