Noon Forecast

Press, 9 August 1980, Page 56

Noon Forecast

General forecast: The strong, cold southerlies over the North Island will decrease slowly. The remaining showers will become confined to eastern districts between Cook Strait and Gisborne, with snow falls about the central high country becoming less frequent. It will be mainly fine elsewhere, with widespread frosts. District forecasts:

Canterbury: Isolated , showers in {he north, otherwise

mainly fine; fresh coastal south-westerlies becoming light and variable; cold, with frosts. ’

Marlborough: A few coastal showers; . fine inland; strong coastal southerlies moderating, light winds inland; cold.

Nelson: Fine; moderate southerlies decreasing; cold.

Buller, Westland: Fine; moderate southerlies decreasing; cold. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. .. Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 9 Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. • Trace To date this month 18 ;■ To date this year .. 530 fe ’’ To date last year .. 478 s's Average to. date -■ 403 r Average: for August 55 Wettest August (1975) 149 Driest August (1948). 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: Shr 24min :To date this month 42 To date this-year -• 1143 ■ To .‘date last ; year .. 1192 Average for August 146 •Humidity: -Per cent at-noon »•, Per cent at 6 p.m. .• , •> Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to & a.m. yesterday. —Maximum Bdeg, minimum 3 deg, grass'ldeg, rainfall smm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.37 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.32 a.m.; sets, 5.38 p.m. , Moon—Today: Rises, 6.12 a.m.; sets, 4 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.57 ami.; sets,. 5 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: * 2.53’a.m. and 3.19 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.41 a.m, and 4.6 •,p.m.

Phases of Moon New moon: August 11, 7 a.m. First quarter: August 19, 10 a.m. Full moon: August, 26. 4 p.m. Last quarter: September 2, 6 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland:. 12deg, fine, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington: Sdeg, showers, S.W., 25 knots. ■ Christchurch: Bdeg, partly cloudy, S.W., 15 knots: Dunedin: Bdeg, cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:—•'• ■ Amsterdam, 17,‘ 22; Athens,. 25, 37; Bahrain, 31, 39; Bangkok, 28, 34; Beirut, 23, 28; Belgrade, 20, 32; Berlin, 15, 25; Bogota, 4, 19; Brussels, 10, 20; Buenos Aires, 5, 18; Caracas. 19, 28; Chicago, 22, 30; Copenhagen,. 15, 19; Dublin, 13, 18;, Frankfurt, 10, 22; Geneva, 14, 26; Helsinki, 14, 21; Hong Kong, 25, 28; ’Honolulu; 21, 31; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 21, 31; Johannesburg, 5, 17; Kuala ‘Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 19, 31; London, 17, 23; Los Angeles, 19, 30; Madrid; 23, 39; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 12, 22; Moscow. 16. 25; New Delhi. 26, 33; New York, 24, 34; Nicosia, 24, 38; Oslo, 14, 25; Rome, 22, 36; San Francisco, 13, 16; Seoul, 18, 24: Singapore, 22, 28; Stockholm. 16, 19; Tokyo, 20, 26; Toronto, 23.’31; Vancouver, 13, 21; Vienna, 21, 30.