Noon Forecast

Press, 9 April 1980, Page 36

Noon Forecast

General forecast: . A complex slow-moving depression covers New Zealand and the east Tasman Sea. The associated cold front is expected to bring some fain to the North Island during the day, but clearing weather with a change to southwest winds is expected in lhe north later this morning. An intense anti-cyclone over Tasmania extends a ridge over the seas south of New Zealand. A moist easterly flow between this ridge and

the depression will bring extensive areas of mist and' drizzle to the east of the South Island, and these conditions may spread into the, Cook Strait area and south! Wairarapa. Mainly fair wea-l ther is expected on the West Coast of the South Island, apart from a few showers. Centre forecast: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Drizzle. Blenheim, Nelson: Light rain. Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika: Few showers.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christtaurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars ■ .. 1009.4 1011.6 temperatures: des. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 14 fcainfall: mm. 1 9 am. to 11 p.m. . 0 To date this'month 36, : To date this year .. 3461 To date last year .. 233 Average to date .. 169 ■ Average for April .. 531 Wettest April <1968) 1861 Driest April (1979) .. 8 tunshine: hours; <r. Yesterday: Nil I :■ To date this month • 25;To date this year .. 573; To date last year .. 6251 Average for April .. 142! tumidity: Per cent at noon .. 96 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 95; Temperatures and rainfall for he 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Ljlaximum 15deg. minimum 11 leg. grass Bdeg, rainfall > l2mm. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Ilin—Today: Rises, 6.55 a.m.; 6.7 p.m. Tomorrow: 'Rises. 6.56 a.m.; sets, 6.5 . ” p.m. (don —Today: 5et5,2.24 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.26 a.m.;> 'sets, 3.10 p.m. tjgh tide at Lyttelton—Today:; ■ 11.11 a.m. and 11.36 p.m. To- ' morrow: 12.2 p.m. Phases of Moon' jast quarter: Today, midnight, lew moon: April 15. 4 p.m. first quarter: April 22, 3 p.m. j fyll moon: April 30, 8 p.m. 1

' NOON WEATHER ’ Auckland: 18deg. cloudy, N.E., 11 knots. ; Wellington: 17deg, cloudy, N., 8 ’ knots. i Christchurch: 13deg, overcast, calm. I Dunedin: 13deg, overcast, S.E., 2 i! knots. • i I WORLD WEATHER il Minimum and maximum ternI peratures in the main cities of! lithe world in the last 24 hours! I were: — ' Adelaide, 12, 29;’ Amsterdam, 3,| 10: Athens, 8, 15: Bahrain, 23. 27; I Bangkok, 30, 35: Beirut, 18, 28;! ’(Belgrade, 4. 9; Berlin, I, 8; 80-i I gota. 10. 18; Brisbane. 17, 28;l ' Brussels. 3, 10; Buenos Aires, 19, . 27; Cairo. 18. 35; Canberra, 2, ’,22; Caracas. 18, 30; Chicago, 6. ! 19; Copenhagen, 3, 13: Dublin. 3. 14; Frankfurt, 0. 11; Geneva, 21. 7; Helsinki, 1. 9; Hong Kong, 21, 27; Honolulu, 18. 29; Jakarta, 25, 32; Jerusalem, 16, 21; Johannesburg, 11. 24; Kuala Lumpur 23, 32; Lima, 22. 28: Lisbon, 12, 21; London, 5, 11; Los Angeles, , 11, 22; Madrid, 1. 15; Manila. 22, 33: Melbourne. 7, 20; Mexico City, 15, 25; Miami, • 23, J 24; Montreal, —2, 6: MosIcow, —l. 6; Nandi. 24, 30; (New Delhi, 18, 36; New York, 8. 20; Oslo, —4. 11; Paris. 3, 13; Port Moresby. 23. 32; Rio. 20, 27; Rome. 6. 13; San Francisco, 11, 15; Seoul, 5. 13; Singapore,! 25. 33; Stockholm. —l, 10; Sydney, 14. 23; Tokyo, 13. 20; (Toronto, 3,8; Vancouver,. 5, 10;i I Vienna. 2,4, . !