Noon Forecast

Press, 20 September 1980, Page 60

Noon Forecast

General forecast: The . westerly airstream over New Zealand will bring showers to the West Coast of the South Island, but it will be mainly fine and mild in the east. District forecasts:

Canterbury: Showers about

the ranges, otherwise fine; fresh westerlies; mild. Marlborough, Nelson: Mainly fine; fresh westerlies; mild. Buller, Westland: Occasional ■ showers, fresh westerlies;

cool. Outlook: Occasional showers on the West Coast, mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday.

Barometer. 6 p.m. 11 P.m. Millibars .. 994.9 996.7 Temperatures: degMaximum (to 6 p.m.) 17 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 1 To date this month. 2 To date this year .. 5*4 To date last year .. 526 Average to date .. 468 Average for Sept .. 43. Wettest Sept. (1946) 120 Driest Sept. (1949) .. 5 Sunshine: „ . hours Yesterday 2hr 18min To date this month 121 T.O date this year- .. 1403 To date last year.. .. 1336 • Average for Sept. -.. 164 Humidity: „ Per cent at noon .. 71 Per cent at 6 p.m. 41 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 14deg, minimum Bdeg, grass Bdeg, rainfall trace. ' SUN, MOON, AND TIDES

Sun—Today: Rises, 6.23 a.m.; sets, 6.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.21 a.m. ; sets, 6.24 ' . p.m. ■.. .

Moon—Today: Rises,’ 1.13 p.m.; sets, 323 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.18 p.m.; sets, 4.10 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.9 a.m. and 12.34 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.57 a.m. and 1.23 p.m. -

Phases of Moon Full moon: September 25, midnight: Last quarter: October 1, 3 p.m. New moon: October 9, 3 p.m. First quarter: October 17, 4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg, cloudy, N.E., 18 knots. Wellington: 12deg, light rain, N.E., 15 knots. Christchurch: 12deg, cloudy, N.E., 15 knots. Dunedin: 13deg, cloudy, N.E., 17 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in main cities of the world reported in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide 11, 16; Amsterdam 13, 18: Athens 19, 28; Bahrain 28, 36; Bangkok 26, 32; Beirut 21, 29; Belgrade 9, 24; Berlin 8, 16; Brisbane 12, 23; Brussels 10. 22; Buenos Aires 6, 12; Cairo 20, 30; Canberra 6, 13; Chicago 10, 16; Copenhagen 10, 15; Dublin 10, 15; Frankfurt 11, 21; Geneva 11, 21; Helsinki 11, 16; Hobart 9, 15; Hong Kong 25, 31; Honolulu 23, 31; Jakarta 24, 33; Jerusalem 12, 26; Johannesburg 8, 24: Kuala Lumpur 23, 32; Luna 15, 18, Lisbon 18, 28; London 14. 19, Los Angeles 21. 34; Madrid 16, 31; Manila 24, 30; Melbourne 10, 17; Mexico City 1?, 2o; Moscow 11, 21; New Delhi 26 3a, New York 16, 23; Nicosia 19, 33 7, 12; Paris 12, 21; Rome 13, 30, San Francisco 13, 22; Seoul 13, 25* Singapore 25, 32; Stockholm 9 *l4’ Sydney 10, 23; Tokyo 20, 25; Toronto 17, 20; Vancouver 10, 10; Vienna 9, 18.