Noon Forecast

Press, 17 July 1980, Page 26

Noon Forecast

' General- forecast: • • i ;In : eastern districts from ; Banks Peninsula to Gisborne: cloudy with occasional ' showers; but the- weather i should clear during the day j over South Island areas. ■ Elsewhere the weather is ex- ! pected to be fine, although I cold. Strong southerlies in j some exposed east coast ; North Island areas should de- ■ crease during the day, and I moderate winds are expected I elsewhere. Fine weather is ■ expected in most- districts tomorrow, but a few showers > are still likely in Gisborne. I Canterbury: Variable skies j with scattered showers, ! but becoming .fine slowly

from the south; southwesterly winds; still fresh in exposed coastal places, but continuing to decrease; cold with some inland frosts.. Marlborough: Fine inland with widespread frosts, and light winds; fresh southerlies about the coast decreasing slowly with cold showery weather, but increasing fine intervals. Nelson: Fine with frosts, v severe in some areas, and little wind. Buller; Westland, and Fiordland: Fine with frosts, severe in some areas, and little wind. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

I - CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

i ’ Observations taken at -the I Meteorological ' Office, ChristI church Airport, yesterday. I Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. 1 . ' * Millibars .. 1026.5 1029.1 i Temperature: deg. ' • Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 8 j Rainfall: . mm9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ... 4 To date this month 23 i ■ To date this, year .: 507 i ■ To date last year ■■ 401 ! Average to date .. 363 Average for-July 55 I ■ Wettest July (1977) 181 J Driest July (1967) ... 5 Sunshine: hours j • Yesterday: Ihr 24min i . To date this month 48 , To date this year •• 1015 To date last year .. 1098 • ■ Average for July .. 122 < Humidity: ■ . Per cent at noon ..- 84 ! ‘ 1 -Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 91 Temperatures and rainfall for 1 the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. • —Maximum 6deg, minimum —3 •deg, grass —3deg, rainfall, 15 f. min.

■ SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.56 a.m.; sets, 5.15 p:m. Tomorrow: I ■ Rises, 7.55 a.m.; sets, 5.16 ; . ■ ” .p.m. \ ’ Moon —Today: Rises, 10.38 a.m.; sets, 10.11 pjn. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.5 ami.;' sets,' 11.10 t - p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: ' 8.28.• aan., and 8.47 . p.m.. Toj J’: morrow: 9.14 a.m. and 9.32 ■’ . P4h, , ■ . - i - • T ■ . Phase* of' Moon - I Fijrst 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: lOdeg, fine. Wellington: lOdeg, cloudy. Christchurch: 7deg, overcast. . Dunedin: 7deg, cloudy. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the .main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 9, 18; Amsterdam, 12, 18; Athens, 24, 35; Bahrain, 30, 41; Bangkok, 27, 33; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade., 18, 29: Berlin, 12, 20; Bogota, 6, 19; Brisbane, 13, 23; Brussels, 9, 19; Buenos Aires, 3,9;. Cairo, 21, 34; Canberra, —2. 13; Caracas, 21, 28; Chicago, 22, 36; Copenhagen, 11, 17; Darwin, 22, 33; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 10, 17; Frankfurt, 13, 17; Geneva. 15, 20; Hobart, 6, 15; Hong Kong, 26, 31; Honolulu, 25, 31; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 17, 28: Johannesburg, 1, 18; Kiev, 12, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 15, 18; Lisbon. 19, 28; London, 11, 18; Los Angeles, 17, 30; Madrid, 13. 33: Manila. 23, 32; Melbourne, 9. 17; Mexico City, 12, 25; Miami, 27. 34; Montreal, 17, 30; Moscow, 12, 14; New Delhi. 24, 30; New York, 20, 33; Nicosia, 21. 39; Oslo, 13. 20; Paris. 14, 20; Perth, 12. 15; Rome, 13, 28; San Francisco. 12. 18; San Juan, 26, 34; Seoul, 19, 27; Singapore, 24, 30;'Stockholm, 14, 20- Sydney. IL 19; Taipei, 27, 35;. Tel Aviv, 23, 28; Tokyo. 24, 33; Toronto. 17, 28: .Vancouver, 13, 21; Vienna, 12, 21.