Noon Forecast

Press, 29 March 1980, Page 60

Noon Forecast

General foresca-t: An anti-cyclone centred northeast of the North Island and an associated ridge of high pressure between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands are both moving eastwards. A slow-moving frontal zone lying west to east across central New Zealand is accompanied by areas of rain. A depression in the Tasman Sea west of central New Zealand is expected to move south-east to be passing across the northern parts of the South Island today. The cold front of

this system should pass across much of the North Island by the afternoon, accompanied by a belt of rain and following by scattered showers in most western areas. The depression itself is expected to give some further rain in the northern half of the South Island. Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Some rain. Nelson, Blenheim: Show ers. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Some rain.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at tiie Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1011.1 1009.8 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 17 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 6 -To date this . month 123 To date this year.'.. 304 To date last year .. 214 Average to date .. 149 Average for March .. 58 Wettest March (1979) 173 Driest March (1969) 8 Sunshine: hours j Yesterday 3hr 48min To date . this month 144To date this year ■■ 529 To date last year 575 Average for March 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 63 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 83 Temperaures. and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m.’ yesterday. —Maximum ISdeg, minimum Ipdeg, grass 7deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun— Today: Rises, 6.43 a.m.; sets, 6.26 p.m.' Tomorrow: Rises, 6.44 a.m.; sets. 6.24 - . pan Moon— Today: Rises, 5.31 p.m.; sets,'3-58 a.m. Tomorrow:Rises, 5.59 p.m.; sets, 4.56 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.48 a.m. and 3.10 pan. Tomorrow: 3.28 a.m. and 3.49 p.m. Phases of Moon Full moon: April 1, 3 pun.

qLast quarter: April 9, midnight. •iNew moon: April 15, 4 pun. I First quarter: April 22, 3 p.m. .1 NOON WEATHER ’ Auckland: 18deg, overcast, calm. ; Wellington: 16deg, cloudy, ealm. i Christchurch: 17deg, partly | cloudy, E„ 5 knots. i Dunedin: 13deg, cloudy, S.E., 4 ; knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam 2, 10; Athens 14, 19; Bahrain 22, n/a; Bangkok 28, 35; Beirut 14, 24; Belgrade 6, 17; Berlin 1, 10; Bogota 10, 19; Brussels 5, 13; Buenos Aires 17, 28; Cairo 18, 29; Caracas 22, 33; ChiIcago —2. 7; Copenhagen —l, 1: Dublin 5. 10; Frankfurt 4, 12; Geneva 7, 13; Helsinki —4, 2; Hong Kong 16, 21; Honolulu 21, 27; Jakarta 24, 33; Jerusalem 14, 19: Johannesburg 13, 25; Kiev —l, 1- Kuala Lumpur 23. 33: Lima 21, 25; Lisbon 13, 18; London 5 14; Los Angeles 7. 23; Madrid 8, 15; Manila 24. 33; Mexico City 12, 25; Miami 22. 27: Montreal 1. 8; Moscow —6. —2; Nandi 21. 31; New Delhi 18, 28; New York 4,9: Nicosia 12. 25; Oslo —7. 2; Paris 7. 14; Port Moresby 22. 32; Rio 22. 38; Rome 6, 15; San Francisco 9. 16; San Juan 24, 31; Sao Paulo 21, 29; Seoul 0. 15; Singapore 25, 33: Stockholm —2, 1; Tainei 14, 19; Tel Aviv 17. 24; Tokyo 7. 16: Toronto 1. 6; Vancouver 5,6; Vienna' : 4, 9.