Noon Forecast

Press, 13 August 1980, Page 36

Noon Forecast

General forecast: Cloud in the west continuing, with rain on the West Coast. Fine and mild in most eastern districts. Galeforce north-westerlies are still expected about Cook Strait, and strong northwesterlies in exposed places of central and southern New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine; strong gusty north-west- , erlies inland, reaching the

coast; mild. Marlborough: Mainly fine; north-westerlies strong in exposed places; mild. Nelson: Mainly fine; westerlies fresh at times; cool. Buller, Westland; Overcast with periods of rain, heavy late in the day; strong north-westerlies decreasing and turning westerly; cool. Outlook: Rain on the West Coast, mainly fine elsewhere. ■ ■■ :

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 P-Bi. Millibars .. 1003.6 1002.5 -Temperatures: _ deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 20 Rainfall: nun9 a.m. to 11 pan. .. 0 To date this month 18 To date this year .. 53a ! To date last year .. 486 Average to date .. . 410 Average for August 5a Wettest August (1975) 149 . Driest August (1948) 5 Sunshine: =; hours Yesterday: 3hr ,24mln To date this month 66 To date this year .. 1167 To date last year .. 1225 Average for August 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 43

Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 49 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday. —Maximum 17deg, minimum 7 deg, grass 3deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES

Sun— Today: .Rises, 7.28 a.m.; sets, 5.42 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.27 a.m.; sets, 5.43 ••p.m. ■■ - - ■ Moon—Today: Rises, 8.39 a.m.; sets, 8.1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.7 azm.; sets, 8.59 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 6.9 a.m. and 6.34 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.2 a.m. and 7.24 p.m. . ; , Phases of Moon First quarter: August 19, 10 a.m.

Full moon: August 26, 4 P-m. Last quarter: September 3, 6 a.m. New moon: September 9,-10 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 12deg, cloudy, N.W., 9 knots. Wellington: lldeg, showers, N., 17 knots.' ' , . Christchurch: 16deg, cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: 9deg, overcast, calm.

WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main .cities of the world in the last 34 hours W Adelaide, 12, 15} Amsterdam, 14, 21; Athens. 25,-35; Bahrain, 30, 40; Bangkok, 28, 32; Beirut, 24, 31; Belgrade, 15. 27; Berlin, 8, 22; Bogota, 3, 18; Brisbane. 13, 26; Brussels, 13, 23; Buenos Aires, 11 19; Cairo, 22, 35; Canberra, 0, 15; Caracas, 19, 27; Chicago, 20, 25; Copenhagen, 10, 18; Dublin, 12, 18;' Frankfurt, 11. 23; Geneva, 16, 27: Helsinki. 14, 18; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 21, 32; Jerusalem, 18. 30; Johannesburg, 5, 19; Lima, 15, 18; London, 16, 18; Los Angeles, 22, 33; Madrid, 15, 34; Manila, 23, 34; Melbourne, 8, 15; Mexico City, 14, 24; Miami, 25," 29; Montreal, 15, 24; Moscow, 15, 22; New Delhi, 26, 35: New York, 25, 30; Nicosia, 25, 40; Oslo, 11, -19; Paris, 18. 25; Rome, 18, 30; San Francisco, 10, 15; Singapore, 25, 30; Stockholm, 12. 17; Sydney, 10, 22; Tokyo, 18, 29: Toronto, 17, 23; Vancouver, 15, 22; Vienna, 15. 25. .