Noon Forecast

Press, 12 August 1980, Page 32

Noon Forecast

General forecast: The cold front over the south Tasman Sea is moving east, bringing rain to areas of the South Island about and west of the main divide; a few falls are expected further east in Otago and Southland; fine mild weather is expected east of the main ranges from Bay of Plenty to Canterbury. It will be cloudy in western and northern parts of the North Island; strong, north-westerlies are expected to persist over most of the South Island

. District Forecasts: Canterbury: North-westerlies strong and gusty in exposed places, especially inland, mainly fine apart from high cloud, but rain developing in the Alps tomorrow; mild by day.

Marlborough: Strong, gusty n o r t h-westerlies predominating, cloudy at times, otherwise fine; mild in the afternoon. Nelson: Westerlies . predominating, fresh in exposed places, cloudy with occasional showers about the western ranges, but mainly fine elsewhere. Buller: Northerlies freshening; cloudy and cool with occasional drizzle at first, but more persistent rain developing tomorrow. Westland: Rain in the south spreading to the. whole district overnight; cold with strong northerlies. Outlook: Some rain in western districts and in Southland; mainly fine east of the main ranges.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6p.m. llpan. Millibars .. 1014.1 1012.9 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 pjn.) 17 Rainfall: mm.

9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month. IS To date this year .. 535 To date last year .. 486 Average to date - - 408 Average for August 55 Wettest August (1975) 149 Driest August (1948) 5 Sunshine: . hours Yesterday 3hr 42min To date this month 63 To date this year .. 1164 To date last year .. 1216 Average for August 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 38 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 48 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum lOdeg. minimum —3deg, grass —sdeg, rainfall ml. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES S un —Today: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets. 5.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.42 p.m. Moon— Today: Rises. 8.9 a.m.; sets, 7.1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.39 a.m.; sets, 8.1 High* at Lyttelton—Today: 5.18 a.m. and 5.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.9 a.m. and 6-34

Phases of Moon First quarter: August 19, 10 a.m. Full moon: August 26. 4 pun. Last quarter: September 2, 6 Nev/ 1 moon: September 9. 10 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckand: 13deg., cloudy, S.W., 16 knots. . Wellington: lOdeg., partly cloudy. N._ 20 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. Dunedin: 17dgg.. partly cloudy, calm.

WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 ■ hours W Adelaide, 13, 16; Amsterdam, 19, 24; Athens, 24. 36; Bangkok, 28, 34; Belgrade, 17 27: Berlin, 15. 20; Brisbane, 12, 24; Brussels, 20, 26; Buenos Aires, 7. 18; Cairo. 22 38; Chicago, 21 32; Canberra, —3, 17; Copenhagen, 16 19; Darwin. 21. 31; Dublin, 13. 18; Frankfurt. 14, 23; Geneva. 1_ 4 - Helsinki. 14, 19; Hobart, 7, 15, Hong Kong. 25. 30; Honolulu, 23, 32: Jakarta, 23. 32; Jerusalem, 16, 29; Johannesburg, 5. 20; Lisbon. 15. 26; London. 16, 22; Los Angeles, 21, 35; Madrid, 17, 33- Manila, 23. 33;- Melbourne, 11 16; Montreal. 20, 28; Moscow, 141 21; New Delhi, 26. 33; New York. 27. 35: Oslo, .11 16; Pans, 17 25; Perth 8. 16; San Francis'co. 11. 16; Singapore, 21, 27; Stockholm, 11. 15; Sydney, 9. 28; Tokyo 19. 27; Toronto, 19. 23; Vaneouver, 13. 24; Vienna, 17, 28.