Noon Forecast

Press, 31 March 1980, Page 34

Noon Forecast

General forecast:. > A strong north-west to west flow.; covering New Zealand . will . continue. .to bring cloudy skies and showers’’ to western areas. These showers will become more general for a time as a cold front moves north-east over the South Island. Some thunderstorms are likely on the West' Coast. Mainly fair, warm weather is expected in the east, but a few showers

may spread off the ranges at times. Strong gusty north-west to west winds in exposed places of the South Island and over the southern half of the North Island can be expected. Centre forecasts:

Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Mainly fair. Blenheim: Few showers. Nel-

son: Rain. Westport, Greymoufh, Hokitika: Rain.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1001.4 999.0 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 26 Rainfall':/ na ; 9 a.m to 11 p.m. .. 0 Saturday ■ - To date this month 1 25 To date this year .. 307 To date last year .. 221 Average to date .. 103 Average for March - 58 Wettest March (1979) J 7-, Driest March (1969) 8 Sunshine:- hours . Yesterday lOhr ISmin : Saturday 6hr 6min ... To date this month 160 To date this year •• =4a To date last year... 57a '. Average. for March 170 Humidity: ' ' ■ ■ ■ Per cent at noon .. ■ Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 40 ■Temperaures; and rainfall . for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 20deg, minimum 12deg. grass Bdeg. rainfall nil. sun; moon, and tides Sun—Today: Rises. 6.45. a.m.; sets.' 6.22 p.m. Tomorrow:, Rises. 6.46 a.m.; sets, 6.20 ; n m ‘ . | Moon—Todav: Rises, 6.25 p.m.ji sets 5.53 a.m. Tomorrow:; Rises, 6.52 p.m.; sets, 6.51 Y- a.m. ‘i Higr tide- at Lyttelton—Today: 1 4.8 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. To-'

morrow: 4.51 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. Phases of Moon Full moon: April 1, 3 p.m. Last quarter: April 9, midnight. New moon: April 15, 4 pun'. First quarter: April 22. 3 p.m. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main ;cities of the world in the last 24. hours were:— Adelaide 14, 20; Amsterdam 3, ,10- Athens 11, 20; Bangkok 29, 36; Beirut 11, 16; Belgrade 11, 22- Berlin 8, 14; Brisbane 21, 35; Brussels 4. 12; Buenos Aires 20, 35; Cairo 13, 24; Canberra 11, 22; Caracas 21, 32; Chicago 4,6; Copenhagen 3,5; Curitiba 18, 29; Denpasar 24, 32; Frankfurt 7, 17; Geneva 5, 12; Helsinki -1, 5; Hobart 7, 14; Hong Kong 19, 26; Honolulu 20. 26; Jakarta 24, 33; Jerusalem 4. 16; Johannesburg 13, 25; Kiev 0,2; Kuala Lumpur 24 33- Lima 22, 27; Lisbon 15, 17; London 3,9; Los Angeles 11, 2*; Madrid 9, 17; Manila 23, 31; Melbourne 12. 17; Mexico City 13, ?.9- Miami ?4-, 26; Montreal 3. 12; Moscow —2, 0: New York 4. 14: .Nicosia 10. 16; Oslo —2, —1; Pa-is 9. 17: Rio de Janeiro 20, 39- Home £ W San Francisco ill, 19; San Juan 24. 30: Sao Paulo 20, 31- Seoul 7. 18: Singapore 25. 32; ’ Stockholm 0. 2; Svdnev 18. 28: Tainei 16, 26; Tel Aviv 8. 18- Tokyo 8 18; Toronto 3. 10; Vancouver 6,9; Vienna 9, 14.