Noon Forecast.

Press, 10 April 1980, Page 38

Noon Forecast.

General forecast: The depression west of the. North Island is slowmoving and extends a trough over the North Island, and tomorrow a second centre is expected to form north-east of Gisborne. The weather over the northern half of the North Island will be showery, with possibly a few scattered thunderstorms. The anticyclone over Tas-1 mania extends a ridge over the seas south of New Zea-j land to another anticyclone) east of the Chatham Islands? CHRISTCHUK( Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p !Pk Millibars ■1012.3 1013.0 Temperatures: deg. .... Maximum (to. 6 p.m.) 16 Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. Trace ' To date this month 3/ ' To date this year .. 346 ’ To date last year .. 23a ■ Average .to date .. 1/1 Average for April...- ■ Wettest ‘ April (1968) 188, . Driest April (1979) 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday Ihr 12min To date this month 26 To date this year .-. 574 To date last year .. 630 Average for. April .. 142 Humidity: Per cent at noon 87 Per cent at 6 p.m. 94 Temperatures- and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 14deg. minimum lOdeg, grass TOdeg, rainfall trace. /SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: . Rises, 6.56 a.m.; ; ’1 sets, 6.5 p.m. Tomorrow: i Rises,"' 6.57 a.m.; sets, 6.4 P.m. Moon—Todav: Rises, 12.26 a.m.; i —sets, 3.16 p.m. Tomorrow: ! Rises, 1.34 a.m.; sets, 3.51 1 . p.m. High tide’, at Lyttelton—Today: I

i Between this ridge and the an easterly flow covers the South Island, and rain and drizzle will probably continue in the east al- • though the weather will be I fair on the West Coast. Fine l periods are expected to • develop in the south-west of i the North Island from TaraI naki to Manawatu. i Centre forecasts: . Christchurch, Ashburton, Ti- • I inaru: Rain. r Blenheim: Rain. Nelson: ■ j Becoming fine. J Westport. Grey mouth, Ho,l kitika: Fair. i:h readings 12.2 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.27 a.m. and 12.53 p.m. Phases of Moon New moon: April 15, 4 p.m. ' First quarter: April 22. 3 p.m. Full moon: April 30. 8 p.m. ' Last quarter: May 8. 9 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., partly cloudy. Wellington: I4deg., overcast and light rain. Christchurch: 15deg., cloudy. i Dunedin: 13deg., overcast. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of [the wond in lhe last 24 hours were.— Adelaide, 12, 28; Amsterdam, 6, 10; Athens, 9. 17: Bahrain, 21, 27; Bangkok, 29. 35; Belgrade. 14. 22: Berlin, 3. 6: Bogota, 9, 19; Brisbane, 17. 28; Brussels. 3, 11; Buenos Aires, 20. 25; Cairo, 15, 31; Canberra, 5, 21; Caracas. 18. 30; Chicago, 9, 22; Copenhagen. 4 8: Dublin, 3. 12; Frankfurt, 5. 14; Geneva, 4. 8; Helsinki, 1, 5: Hong Kong, 19, 27: Honolulu, 19, 27: Jakarta, 24, 33:. Jerusalem, 14. 19: Johannesburg. 14, 25; Kuala Lumpur. 24. 33; Lima, 21, 26; Lisbon. 9. 20; London. 5. 15;Los Angeles, 12, 27; Madrid. 4, 18: Manila, 24. 33; Melbourne, 9. 24; Mexico City,- 13. 25;