Noon Forecast

Press, 27 February 1980, Page 44

Noon Forecast

General forecast: A complex depression to the south-east of New Zealand continues to move away and as it does so the southwesterly airstream over the country is decreasing slowly. Scattered showers are expected over the north of the North Island and in western districts, though with increasing fine intervals. Scattered showers are also expected in the south of the South Island with a few

along the east' coast and in Wellington and south Wairarapa as the flow tends more southerly. It will be mainly fair in the west of the South Island and also in Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, and north Wairarapa. District forecasts:

Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Clearing. Nelson, Blenheim: Mainly fine.

Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Showers clearing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations - taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 pm. 11 p.m. . Millibars -. 994-3 997.9 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 22 Rainfall: ' mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month 32 To date this year . . 171 To date last year .. 4a Average to date . . 92 Average for February 49 Wettest Feb. (1945) - . 144 Driest Feb. (1973) .. a Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 3hr 6min To date this month 169 To date this year .. o7a To. date laost year .. 482 Average for February lua Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 31 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 53 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 25deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 6deg, rainfall ml. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.4 a.m.; sets, 8.20 p.m. ' Tomorrow: , Rises. 7.6 a.m.; sets, 8.18 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.12 p.m.: sets, 3.15 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.52 p.m.; sets. 4.11 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Todav.; 2.46 a.m. and 3.8 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.34 a.m. and 3.54 p.m. Phases of Moon Full moon: March 2, 9 a.m. Last quarter: March 10. noon.

I New Moon: March 17, 7 a.m. First quarter: March 24, 1 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg, cloudy, S.W., 16 knots. Wellington: ISdeg, fine, N.W., 24 knots. , , Christchurch: 19deg, cloudy, N.W., 18 knots. Dunedin: 17deg, overcast, W,, 3 knots. WORLD WEATHER I Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of I the world in the last 24 hours I were:— , „ , I Adelaide, 14, 32; Amsterdam, 16 10; Athens, 0,5; Bahrain, 19, 128; Bangkok, 27. 33; Beirut, 10, ' 16; Belgrade, —l, 4; Berlin, —2, 13; Bogota. 4, 20; Brisbane, 22, 25; Brussels. 5. 12; Cairo, 10, 17; Canberra, 10, 26; Caracas, 16, 26; Chicago. —3, 3; Copenhagen, —2. —1; Curitiba. 18, 27; Denpasar, 23. 32; Dublin, 5,8; Frankfurt, —l, 11; Geneva, 1,7; Helsinki, -9, -2: Hong Kong, 15, 17; Honolulu, 21, 27; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 5. 9; Johannesburg, 16, 23; Kiev, —7, —4; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima. 22, 26; Lisbon. 11, 19; London, 3,8; Los Angeles. 11. 26; Madrid, 4, 16; Manila, 30 32: Melbourne, 11, 28; Mexico City, 9, 20: Miami, 21, 28; Montreal, —4. 2: Moscow, -5. —4; New Delhi, 14, 29; New York, 3 10: Nicosia, 9. 14: Osip, —l3. —2: Paris. 2,7: Rio de Janeiro. 21. 35: Rome. 0. 13; San Francisco. 11. 17* San Juan. 22, 2R; Sao Paulo. 19. 28: Seoul. 1, 12* Sin cr ano r e. 24. 31! Stockholm, —5 0; S"dnev. 18. 25: Taipei, 17, ’I; Tel Aviv. 12, 15: Tokyo. 3, 12; Toronto. 0. 3: Vancouver, 3' 14: Vienna, —3, 4.