Noon Forecast

Press, 12 July 1980, Page 56

Noon Forecast

General forecast: A cold southerly flow should spread over most of the country during the day with wintry showers. Snow to low levels in the south and east of the South Island. However, the weather should be mainly fine in the west and north of. the South Island. , Canterbury: Southerlies becoming strong about coast. Very cold with wintry showers becoming frequent. Buller, Westland: Southerly winds, fresh at times. Fine, apart from a few showers about the ranges

with snow to low levels. Cold. Marlborough: South-west-erlies fresh or strong about the coast but with winds lighter inland. Cold with showers but long fine intervals inland with frosts. Nelson: Isolated showers but considerable fine periods. Southerlies . fresh in exposed places. Cold with frosts in sheltered areas.

Outlook: Fine in Buller, Westland and Nelson; cold and showery in Canterbury; coastal showers in Marlborough — otherwise fine.

CHKISTCHUKCH HEADINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 993.6 997.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 6 Rainfall: mm9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Trace To date this month 2 To date this year .. 486 To date last year .. 362 Average to date .. 354 Average for July .. 55 Wettest July (1977) .. 181 Driest July (1967) .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday 24min To date this month 36 To date this year .. 1002 To date last year .. 1080 Average for July .. 122 Humiditv: Per cent at noon .. 83 Per cent at 6 p.m. . 91 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 9deg, minimum 2deg, grass —2deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun —Today: Rises, 7.59 a.m.; sets. 5.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.58 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m Moon —Today: Rises, 7.28 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 8.18 a.m.; sets, 6.10 p.m. High tide at Lvttelton—Today: 3.59 a.m. and 4.28 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.51 a.m. and 5.20 p.m. Phases of Moon New moon: Today, 7 p.m. First quarter: July 20. 6 p.m. •

Full moon: July 28, 7 a.m. Last quarter: August 4, midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg. cloudy, W., 15 knots. Wellington: 7deg, showers, N.W., 15 knots. Christchurch: 4deg, drizzle, S.W., 2 knots. Dunedin: 6deg, partly cloudy, S.W., 3 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours "Adelaide, 7. 16; Amsterdam. 12. 17; Athens, 22, 34; Auckland, 7, 14; Bahrain. 30, 39; Bangkok, 28, 33; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade, 22, 30; Berlin. 14, 19; Bogota. 9, 18; Brisbane, 9. 20;. Brussels, 7, 16; Buenos Aires, 5, 14; Cairo, 22, 35; Canberra, —7. 7; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, 16, 26; Copenhagen. 15. 21; Dublin, 14, 17; Frankfurt, 13. 17; Geneva. 11, 16; Helsinki. 14, 20; Hong Kong, 29, 33; Honolulu. 24, 31; Jakarta, 24, 33: Jerusalem, 17, 28; Johannesburg, 1, 15; Kuala Lumpur. 23, 32; Lima. 15, 18; Lisbon, 14, 23; London, 11, 16; Los Angeles. 18, 30; Madrid, 7, 20; Manila, 22, 28: Melbourne, 6,8; Mexico City. 12, 24; Miami. 24, 30; Montreal. 14. 23: Moscow. 16, 24; New Delhi, 19, 25: New York, 20, 31; Nicosia, 21. 37; Oslo, 14, 22; Paris, 12, 16; Rio. 15. 31; Rome. 18. 27; San Francisco, 14, 19; Sao Paulo. 13, 25; Seoul. 21, 28; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, 13 19; Sydnev, 5. 12; Taipei, 26, 31; Tel Aviv, 22, 28; Tokyo, 21, 26; Toronto. 17, 23; Vancouver, 12. 19; Vienna, 16, 21.