Noon Forecast

Press, 18 April 1980, Page 24

Noon Forecast

General forecast: Over the North Island there will be mainly fine weather, but with cool southerlies spreading north during the day and some showers Ebout Cook Strait, and on the east coast. Some • showers filso in Northland, with fresh easterlies. Over the South Island it will be mainly fine |n the west and far south,

but with showers elsewhere, clearing slowly from the south during the day. Cool southerly winds, fresh in exposed places, decreasing slowly. Centre forecasts: Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru: Showers clearing. Nelson, Blenheim: Mainly fine. Hokitika, Greymouth, Westport: Mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1022.5 1020. b Temperature: Maximum (to 6 p.m.) la Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 9 To date this month 44 To date this year .. 3a4 To date last year .. 4.(7 Average to date • • IBa Average for April . jw Wettest April' <1968) 188 • Driest April (19791 .. 8 lunshine: hours Yesterday Ohr 6min To date this month To date this year ..' “10 ■ To date last year .. “8a Average for April .. 14♦lumidity: Per cent at noon .. 94 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 93 Temperatures and rainfall for pie 24 hours to a a m. yesterday. {-Maximum . 19deg. minimum raeg. grass 3deg. rainfall nil. SUN MOON AND TIDES fun—Todav: Rises, 7.6 a.m.; sets, 5.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.7 a.m.; sets. 5.50 p.m. ' Joon -Todav; Rises. 10.12 a.m.; sets. 8.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 11.17 a.m.; sets; 9.7 . p.m fcgh tide pt r.-if-ifw-Tod-v; 17.4 a.m. and 7.35 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.5 a.m. and 3.34 p.m Phases of Moon

First quarter: April 22. 3 p.m. Full moon: April 30, 8 p.m. Last quarter: May 8, 9 a.m. New moon: May 15. midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg. fine, N.E., 5 knots. Wellington: 15deg, cloudy, N., 8 knots. ; Christchurch: 14deg, cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 17deg, fine, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: — Adelaide. 15. 30; Amsterdam, 8. 21; Athens, 11. 23; Bahrain, 23 31; Bangkok, 30. 34: Beirut, Io: 16; Belgrade. 8, 22: Berlin, 7. 22: Bogota. 9. 19; Brisbane, 17 29; Brussels. 8, 20; Buenos Aires. 8. 20: Cairo. 11. 23; Canberra. 12. 23; Caracas. 16. 29; Chicago 1. 7; Copenhagen 3, 17; Dublin. 10. 22: Frankfurt. 5, 22: Helsinki, 6. 12: Hong Kong, 17. 23; Honolulu. 21.-27: Jakarta, 24. 33; Jerusalem, 3. 15; Johannesburg 7, 24: Kiev, 2,9; Kuala Lumpur. 24. 32: Lima, 20. 23; Lisbon. 8. 15: London. 12, A o- Tos Angeles. 13. 27: Madrid, 5~ 13: Manila. 23. 34: Melbourne, 16. 29: Mexico City. 12. 25: Miami, 19 22; Montreal. 6. 11; Moscow, _4 0- New Delhi. 24. 38: New York. 13. 18: Nicosia. 6. lr. nslo. —l, 13; Paris. 13, 18: Port Mnresbv. 23. 33; Rio. 20. 32; Romo. 6. 16; San Francisco. 11, 20- Seoul 3. TO: Singapore. 24, ot- SiirWoN. 5. 15- Sydnev, 18, •»3- Tpinei. 14. 24: Tel Aviv. 11, on: Tok VO. 7- .1: Toronto, 4,5; Vancouver, 10. 14: Vienna. 5. !<■