Noon Forecast

Press, 14 July 1980, Page 32

Noon Forecast

General forecast: The depression near the Chathams is slow moving, and the strong cold southweserly airstream over New Zealand is expected to persist, producing showers about the Auckland peninsula and the south and east of the South Island, but mainly fine weather elsewhere. The cold front south of New Zealand is moving quickly north-east, and strong southerlies and more frequent showers are expected in eastern districts during the day.

Canterbury: Fresh south or

south-west winds about the coast, with occasional showers; lighter winds inland mainly cloudy skies; cold.

Marlborough: Fresh south or south-west winds about the coast, cloudy, occasional coastal showers; lighter winds inland; cold. Nelson: Moderate southwesterlies; fine; cold, some frosts. Buller, Westland: Fresh so u t h-westerlies; fine; cold, frosts in many places. Outlook: Scattered showers in Canterbury, fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars . • 1003.0 1002.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 5 Saturday .. -• 1 To date this month 4 To date this year .. 488 To date last year .. 362 Average to date .. 357 Average for July .. 55 Wettest July (1977) .. 181 Driest July (1967) .. 5 lunshine: hours Yesterday: Nil. Saturday: Ihr 18min ' To date this month 37 To date this year .. 1004 To date last year .. , 1093 Average for July .. 122 Humiditv: Per cent at noon .. 87 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 87

Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 9deg, minimum 2deg, grass Odeg, rainfall o.2mm.

SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun —Today: Rises, 7.58 a.m.; sets, 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.57 a.m.; sets, 5.13 p.m Moon—Today: Rises, 9 a.m.; sets, 7.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.37 a.m.; sets, 8.12 p.m. High tide at Lvttelton—Today: . 5.46 a.m. and 6.14 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.42 a.m, and 7,8 p.m.

Phases of Moon First quarter: July 20, 6 p.m. Full moon: July 28. 7 a.m. Last quarter: August 4, midnight. New moon: August 11, 7 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg, showery, S.W., 16 knots. Wellington: lOdeg, showers, S., 12 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg, showers. S.W., 20 knots. Dunedin: Bdeg, heavy rain, S., 8 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 11, 17; Amsterdam, 12 18; Athens, 27, 40; Bangkok. 27, 31; Beirut, 22, 28: Belgrade, 15, 20; Berlin. 12, 15: Brisbane, 9, 12; Brussels, 8, 18; Buenos Aires, 5, 14; Cairo, 21, 36; Canberra, —3, 12; Copenhagen, 13, 21; Dublin. 10. 17; Geneva. 11, 15; Helsinki, 12. 19; Hong Kong, 25, 29; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 28, 34; Johannesburg, 6, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; London, 13, 18; Los Angeles, 21, 33; Madrid, 10, 25; Manila, 24, 33: Melbourne, 9, 13; Moscow, 14, 22; New Delhi, 27. 32; New York, 21. 33; Oslo, 14, 24; Paris, 13, 17; Rio, 16, 28; Rome, 13, 25; San Francisco, 12, 17; Singapore, 27. 32; Stockholm, 13, 22; Svdney, 6, 17; Tokyo, 21, 32; Toronto. 19, 31; Vancouver, 13, 18.