Noon Forecast

Press, 20 February 1980, Page 42

Noon Forecast

General forecast: The depression near the Kermadec Islands is moving slowly away to the east and a southeasterly flow on its southern side will give a few light showers at first to the far north. The • anticyclone in the Tasman Sea extends' over the rest of New Zealand and is slow-moving. There will be extensive

areas of low cloud, fog and drizzle in many places again this morning and again tonight, but the weather should be mainly fine and mild in the afternoon. Centre forecasts:

Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: fine in afternoon. Nelson, Blenheim: fine. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: fine.

CHRISTCHURCH HEADINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1013.5 1013.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 24 To date this year .. -164 .To date last year .. 13 (Average to date .. 80 'Average for February 49 £■' •• Wettest Feb. (1945) .. 144 Driest Feb. (1973) .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday 6hr 54min . To date this month . 138 To date this year ..■ 345 L. To date last year ... 427 Average for February ; 18a Humidity: Per cent at noon ... 65 Per cent at 6 p.m. 77 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum . ;22deg,'* minimum ISdegi grass 9deg; ! rainfall nil. SUN. MOON AND TIDES

Sun —T’odav: Rises, 6.55 a.m.; sets. 8.31 p.m. Tomorow: . Rises. 6.56 a.m.; sets, 8.29 • p.m. '.‘.’l•• ; . .'.'v , Moon —Toda' 1 : Rises, 11.10 a.m.; sets. 10.54 n.rri; Tomorrow: Puses. 12.22 p.m.; sets. 11.29 , p.m. " ’ High ride at Lvttelton—Todsw; 8.47 a.m. and 9.17 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.45 a.m. arid 10.14 p.m. Phases of Moon First, ouarter: February 23, 1 p.m. ;

• Full moon: March 2, 9 a.m. ■ Last quarter: March 10, noon. New moon: March 17, 7 a.m. NOON WEATHER 1 Auckland: 22deg., cloudy, haze, N.W. 5 knots. ‘ r . Wellington: 16deg.. cloudy, S., 11 knots. 1 Christchurch: ■ 20deg., partly 1 cloudy, calm. ' Dunedin:. 15deg., overcast, calm. WORLD WEATHER 'Minimum'and maximum temperatures in the main cities of , the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, . 25. 42; Amsterdam, 2,8; Bahrain, 18, 31; Bangkok, 24, 35; Beirut, 7, 12; Belgrade, 0,3; Berlin, —l. 1; Brisbane, 21, 30; Brussels.; 5, 12; Buenos Aires, 16. 25; Cairo. 11, 18; Canberra, 19, 32; Caracas, 17, 29; Chicago, —l6 —9; Copenhagen, —2, 0; Curitiba, 20, 24; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, 6. 7; Frankfurt, 3. 10; Geneva, 0. 8; Helsinki, —lO. —3; Hong Kong, 15, 22; Honolulu, 17. 26; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem; 2,7; Johannesburg, 15, 21; Kiev; —l4, —2; Kuala Lunwur, 23, 34; Lima. 18. 24; Lisbon, 11, 21; London, 6. 11; Los Angeles, 16, 17; Madrid. 8, 1.8; Manila. 21. 32: Melbourne, 14 20;. Mexico City,. 10, ,24; Miami. 17. 24: Moscow. —B, —6; New Delhi. 13.- 25; New York, _6 —2; Nicosia. 4, 12: ‘ Oslo, —6, 2: Pari=. 3. 9; Rio de Janeiro. 19, 34; Rome. 2. 14: San Prannisco. 73. 15; «an Juan, 23? 32; Sao Paulo. 18, 27; Seoul; —4, 3- 24. st; Stockholm, —7 2;- Sidnev 21. 28; Tainei, 15, 18; Aviv. 9. 16; Tokyo, 1. 10: Vienna,-0, 1..