Noon Forecast

Press, 1 September 1980, Page 38

Noon Forecast

General forecast: ■ A front over the Tasman Sea is expected to lie through Cook Strait by midday bringing rain to western 'districts of the North Island. A westerly flow following fche front is- expected to bring showers to the West iCoast. The weather should •be mainly fine in the east of both islands and cloudy with !a few showers in the north tof ’the North Island. Strong north-westerly winds ahead of .the front should moderate as it moves eastwards. District forecasts: ' Canterbury: North-westerly i winds, becoming strong in | many places; showers in the ’ western ranges but f mainly fine elsewhere.

Marlborough; North-westerly winds, strong in exposed places; mainly fine apart from some scattered rain this morning; cooler. Nelson: Fresh westerly to north-westerly winds; fine at first but rain spreading from the west this morning and easing to occasional showers later; cooler. Buller, Westland: Northwesterly winds, strong at times but mainly fresh; rain, heavy at times, with isolated thunderstorms, but easing to occasional showers this morning, cool. Outlook: Occasional showers on the West Coast; mainly fine elsewhere. "

I CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations- taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. r ■Millibars .. 1009.9 1009.8 Temperature: deg. ! Maximum (to 6 pan.) 16 Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 pm. .. 0 Saturday .. - • - To date this month 36 To date this.year ... 553 To date last year ■.. 515 Average to date .. 442 Average for August 55 Wettest Aug. (1975) 149 Driest Aug. (1948) 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: lOhr 30min , Saturday: 7hrs . : . " ■ To date this month 131 To date this year ... 1283 To date last year .. 1271 Average for August 146 Humidity: « Per cent at noon .. 43 .'.Per cent at 6 pm.... <0 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday.; Maximum 18deg, minimum 3 deg, grass —3deg, rainfall trace.

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES ; Sun—Today: Rises, 6.58 am.; sets, 6.2 pm.' Tomorrow: Rises. 6.56 a.m.; sets, 6.3 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises,' 12.6 a.m.; . sets, 10.38 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.14 am.; sets, 11.20 .. : a.m. High tide at Lyttelton.—Today: 9.40 a.m. and 10.6 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.36 a.m. and 11.2 p.m. Phases of Moon Last quarter: Tomorrow, 6 a.m. New moon: September 9, 10 p.m.

First quarter: September 18, 2 a,m. Full moon:. September 25, midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg, cloudy, ».w., 16 knots. Wellington; 16deg, fine, n.vr., 5. knots. • , „ , . Christchurch: 16deg, fine, ,calm. Dunedin; lOdeg, partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 11, 16; Amsterdam, 9 20: ■ Athens. 22, 32; Bangkok, 27. 30; Beirut. 22, 26; Belgrade, 17. 28;'Berlin, 10, 20; Bogota, 6, 18; Brisbane. 12, 28; Brussels, 13, 20; Buenos Aires. 6, 16; Cairo, 19. 34; Canberra. 9,. 11; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, " 24, 34; Copenhagen. 10. 17; Dublin. 10. 18; Frankfurt, 17, 25; Geneva, 18, 24; Helsinki. 11. 19; Hobart, 9, 12; HOng Kong, 26 30; Honolulu, 25 32; Jakarta, 24 32; Jerusalem, 17, 30; Johannesburg, 6, 19; Kuala Lumpur. 23, 33: Lima, 15, 18; Lisbon. 19, 33; London. 14, 21; Los Angeles, 19; 31; Madrid. 16, 34; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 14, 24; Miami. "28, 32; Montreal, 10, 23; Moscow, 12, 16; New Delhi, 27 35; New York. 21, 29; Nicosia. 21, 39; Oslo. 8. 18; Paris, 16. 20; Rio de Janeiro, 12, 26; Rome. 17. 26; San Francisco, 13, 17; San Juan. 25. 31; Seoul, 20, 27; Singapore. 23. 27; Stockholm, 11. 14; Sydney. 17, 25; Taipei, 25, 33; Tel Aviv, 20..30; Tokyo. 23, 28; Toronto, 19. 24; Vancouver, 8. 18; Vienna, 17, 20-