Noon Forecast

Press, 27 March 1980, Page 38

Noon Forecast

General forecast: A slow-moving anti-cy-clone covers most of the Tasman Sea, with a southwest airstream over the North Island. Some showers are likely to persist in Gisborne and northern Hawke’s Bay, but mainly fair weather elsewhere. A depression lying to the far south-west of the South Island is moving south-east, and a weak cold front over southern

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1010.7 1011.2 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 15 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. . Trace To date this month 123 To date this year .. 304 To date last year .. 214 Average to date .. 140 Average for March .. 58 Wettest March (1979) 173 Driest March (1969) 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 7hr 24min To date this month 132 To date this year .. 517 To date last year .. 573 Average for March 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 64! Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 63 Temperaures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. I —Maximum 17deg. minimum 7 deg- t graass 6deg, rainfall 3mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6.40 a.m.: sets. 6 30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.41 a.m.; sets, 6.28 p.m. .Moon—Today: Rises, 4.29 p.m.; sets. 2.2 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 5.2 p.m.: sets, 3 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: ! 1.19 a.m. and 1.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.6 a.m. and 2.28 ': p m. Phases of Moon Full moon:'April 1, 3 p.m. Last quarter: April 9. midnight, c

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

New Zealand is moving i slowly east. Some showers [are likely in the south and j south-west of the South Island, but mainly fair weath:er is expected elsewhere. Centre forecasts: Christchurch. Ashburton, Timaru: Mainly fine. Blenheim: Mainly fair. Nelson: Mainly fine. Westport. Greymouth, Hokitika: Mainly fair.

|New moon: April 15, 4 p.m. First quarter: April 22, 3 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg. cloudy, S.W., 20 knots. Wellington: 12deg, cloudy and showers, S., 14 knots. Christchurch: 14deg, partly cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 13deg, cloudy, S.W., 12 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the World in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 15. 29: Amsterdam. —2. 20; ■ Athens, 15, 20; Bahrain, 23. 29: Bangkok, ;27. 34; Beirut, 12, 19; Belgrade. 16 14; Berlin. —l, 5; Bogota. 11. [l9; Brisbane. 22. 31: Brussels, 2. 8; Cairo, 20. 29; Canberra. 11. 26; Caracas. 16, 29: Chicago. 0. 2; Copenhagen. —l, 3; Dublin-. 4. 10; Frankfurt. 3. 9; Geneva. 4. 10; Helsinki. —lO. 0; Hong' Kong. 17. 22; Honolulu, 21. 26; I Jakarta, 23. 33; Jerusalem. 14. 24: Johannesburg, 11. 22; Kuala Lumpur. 22. 33: Lima. 22. 27: Lisbon. 5. 16; London. 6. 11; Los Angeles. 13. 19: Madrid. 0. 15: Manila, 22, 25: Melbourne. 12. 23; Miami. 22. 25: Montreal. 0. 9: Moscow. —8 0: Nandi. 20. 26: New Delhi. 18. 28: New York. 4. 12: Nicosia. 12. 22; Oslo. —lO. 0; Paris. 2. 15: Rio. 22. 37: Rome. 4,8: San Francisco. 10. 17; Seoul. 1. 9; Singapore. 24. 33; Stockholm, —6; 2: Svffnev, 21. 26: Tel Aviv. 16. ?6: Tnkvo. 3. 11: Vancouver. 2. 10; Vienna. 1. 4.