Noon Forecast

Press, 26 March 1980, Page 36

Noon Forecast

General forecast: Showers will clear over the North Island during the morning from northern and western districts, but will be rather persistent in the east. Fine weather over the South Island is most places, apart from some rain at first in Marlborough and Canterbury,

and rain developing in Fiordland during the afternoon, later spreading to Southland. Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton: Clearing. Timaru: Fine. Nelson: Fine. Blenheim: Clearing. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1006.2 1011.6 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 18 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 P.m. .. 2 To date this month 121 To date this year .. 301 To date last year .. 214 Average to date • ■ 144 Average for March .. 08 Wettest March (1979) 173 Driest March (1969) 8| Sunshine: hours! ■ Yesterday: Ihr 12min To date this month 124 To date this year ... 509 To date last year ■■ 571 Average for March 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 80 Per cent at 6 p.m. . 83 Temperaures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum ' 17deg, minimum 11 deg. grass 12 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Todav: Rises, 6.39 a.m.; ! sets, 6.31 p.m. Tomorrow: : Rises, 6.40 a.m.; sets, 6.30 : p.m. : Moon— Today: Rises, 3.53 p.m.; 1 sets. 1.5 a.m. Tomorrow: J Rises, 4.29 p.m.; sets, 2.2 a.m. ; High tide at Lyttelton—Today: < 12.29 a.m. and 12.55 p.m. To- , morrow: 1.19 a.m. and 1.44 , p.m. J Phases of Moon ( Full moon: April 1, 3 p.m. i

e Last quarter: April 9, midnight. :- New moon: April 15, 4 pun. First quarter: April 22, 3 p.m. • NOON WEATHER 5 Auckland: 18deg, cloudy, s.w., 12 knots. J Wellington: 16deg, cloudy, N., 10 j knots. > Christchurch: ISdeg, partly [ cloudy, N.E., 5 knots. I Dunedin: lldeg, overcast, S.W., I 1 knot. ; WORLD WEATHER I Minimum and maximum terni|peratures in the main cities of lithe world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 12, 27; Amsterdam, : —5, 9; Athens, 14, 19; Bangkok, 26, 30; Beirut, 14, 22; Belgrade, 4, 13; Berlin, —2, 8; Bogota, 9, 20: Brisbane, 18, 29; Brussels, —3, 5; Buenos Aires, 20, 26; Cairo, 14, 34; Canberra, 11, 27; Caracas, 16, 29; Chicago, 0, 11; Copenhagen. —2, 3; Dublin, 1,6; Frankfurt, 2, 12; Geneva, 3,8; Helsinki, —ll, —3; Hong Kong, 16, 20; Honolulu, 22, 25; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem. 16, 25; Johannesburg, 12. 24: Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 22, 27; Lisbon, 5, 16; London, 5, 11; Los Angeles, 10, 20: Madrid, 0, 12; Manila, 25, 33: Melbourne, . 15, 21; Mexico City, 14, 27; Montreal, 2,9; Moscow. —l4, —4; New Delhi, 17, 32; New York, 1. 14: Nicosia, 3, 22; Oslo. —ll, 0; Paris, 2. 12: Rio, ' 20, 39: Rome. 8,9: San Francisco, , 11, 20; Seoul. —2, 8; Singapore, 24. 32: Stockholm. —7. —1; Sydney. 21, 26: Tokyo. 3. 12: Toronto. —2, 3: Vancouver, 5, 10; ; Vienna, —6, 0.