Noon Forecast

Press, 1 April 1980, Page 32

Noon Forecast

General forecast: As a trough of low pressure moves away to the east, a 'south-west flow will become established over the country. It will be fair in the east of the North Island at first, but showers will develop from the south with the south westerlies. Elsewhere, it will be cold with showers

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday., Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m! ■ Millibars .. 591.7 993.6 Temperatures: .. deg. Maximum (to 6 pan.) 22 Rainfall: nun 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 2 To date this month 126 To date this year .. 307 To date last year .. .230 Average to date .. 155 Average for March .. 58 Wettest March (1979) 173 Driest March (1969) - 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 3hr 12min To date this month 163 To date this' year :. 548 To date last year .. 57/ ■: Average for March 1/0 Humidity: Per cent at noon ■ 55 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 89 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 25deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 12deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Bun—-Today: Rises, 6.46 a.m.; ■ sets, 6.20 p.m. ' ; Tomorrow: Rises," 6.47 a.m.; sets, 6.18 —p tn' " '■ ■ '■■■ '■ * ' " Moon— Today: Rises, 6.52 p.m.; sets, 6.51 a.m. Tomorrow: ’ Rises,' 7.20 p.m,; sets, J 7.49 : a.m. ■ ■■■.■; ■ Bigi tide at Lyttelton—Today: ■ 4.51 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. Tor morrow: 5.38 a.m. and 6.5 •' p.m ' ‘ ■. . . \ Phases of Moon Full moon Today, 3 pjn. -

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

in most . places, and ■ some snow on the South Island mountains. Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Showers. Blenheim, Nelson; Showers. Greymouth, Hokitika, Westport: Showers.

Last quarter: April; 9, midnight. New moon: April . 15, 4 pun. First quarter: April 22, 3 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland:. 21deg, cloudy, N., 10 knots. Wellington: 16deg, overcast, raining, N., 25 knots. Christchurch: 20deg, cloudy, N.E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 12deg, overcast, raining, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, W> 21; Amsterdam, 4, 11; Athens, 9. 16; Bahrain, 23, 29; Bangkok, 28, 34; Beirut, 11, 16; Belgrade, 11, 15; Beriin, 6,7; Bogota 10,' 18; Brisbane,-19, 32; Brussels, 5, 12; Buenos Aires, 16, 23: Cairo, 13,' 26: Canberra, 5, 20; Caracas, 21, 34; Chicago, 1, 7; Copenhagen, 3, 10; Dublin, 6, 11- Frankfurt, 5, 12; Geneva, 6, 14; Helsinki, 0,3; Hong Kong, 21. 24; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 6, 16; Johannesburg, 13, 25; Kiev, —7, 5; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 24, 27; Lisbon, 14, 17; London. 5, 12; Los Angeles 11, 26; Madrid, 10, 17; Manila, 22, 32; Melbourne, 13, 19; Miami, 24, 28; Moscow, -1, 5: New Delhi, 20, 29; New York. 7, 10; Nicosia, 10, 19; Oslo. —l. 2: Paris, 6, 11; Rio deJaneiro, 21. 39: Rome, 11, 16; San Francisco. 10, 21; Seoul 4, 18:' Singapore, 24, 22; Stockholm, 0 2: Sydnev, 16, 23; Taipei, 18, 27; Tel. Aviv, 11, 18: Toronto, 3, 7: Vancouver, 1, n.a.; Vienna, 9, 17.