Noon Forecast

Press, 24 September 1980, Page 40

Noon Forecast

General forecast: A fresh to strong westerly airstream, is expected to continue to flow over New Zealand, with occasional showers turning to rain this morning, in the south and west of the South Island. A front over Tasmania is expected to move rapidly eastwards, bringing colder, showery south-westerlies to the south and west of the South Island this afternoon and evening, with fine weather continuing in eastern districts from Canterbury north. District forecasts:

Canterbury: Westerly winds, often strong and gusty; a few showers about the coast at first and some

rain developing about the Alps but otherwise mainly fine; mild. Marlborough: Fresh westerly winds; fine; mild.

Nelson: Fresh south-westerly winds predominating; fine at first apart from showers about the western ranges, the showers turning to more general rain later today and showers developing elsewhere; cool.

Buller, Westland: Fresh westerly winds; cloudy, with occasional showers turning to more general

rain this morning; cool.

Outlook: Showers in coastal Marlborough, western Nelson, Buller, and Westland; mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

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

Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars . .. 1000.6 1008.4 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 pjn.) 23 Rainfall: nun. . 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month 2 To date this year .. 554 To date last year ... 528 Average to date .. 474 Average for Sept .. 43 Wettest Sept. (1946) 120 Driest Sept. (1949) .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: lOhr 18min. To date this month ' 157 To date this year .. 1439 To date last year .. 1361 .Average for Slept. .. 164 Humidity:

Per cent at noon 29 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 55 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 18deg, minimum 3deg, grass —sdeg, rainfall nil.

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.16 a.m.; sets 6.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.14 a;m.; sets, 6.29 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6 p.m.; sets, 6.10 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.16 p.m.; sets, 6.45 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 3.25 a.m. and 3.51 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.19 a.m.. and. 4.47 p.m. . Phases of Moon

Full moon: Tomorrow, 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: 12deg, partly cloudy, s.w., 24 knots. Wellington: 14deg, fine, n.w., 29 knots. Christchurch: 21deg, fine, n.w., 9 knots. Dunedin: 13deg, cloudy, s.w., 25 knots. WORLD WEATHER

Minimum and maximum temperatures in main cities of the world reported in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 8, 25; Amsterdam, 17, 21; Athens, 19, 31; Bahrain, 29, 35;- Bangkok, 24, 28; Beirut, 20, 24; Belgrade, 11, 26; Berlin, 11, 22; Brisbane, 15, 28; Brussels, 12, 25; Buenos Aires, 7, 17; Cairo. 18, 31; Canberra, 4, 22; Caracas. 20, 29; Chicago, 15, 20; Copenhagen, 12, 21; Darwin, 23, 32; Dublin, 14, 17; Frankfurt, 15, 25; Geneva. 15, 20; Helsinki, 7, 14; Hobart. 12, 19; Hong Kong, 26, 30; Honolulu, 25, 31; Jakarta, 24. 33; Jerusalem, 14, 28; Johannesburg, 10, 24;’ Kiev, 7, 18; Kuala Lumpur .23. 31; Lima, 15, 18; Lisbon, 15, 22; London, 13, 20; Los Angeles. 19, . 25; Madrid,: 13, 22; Manila, 24, 28; Melbourne, 11, 22; Mexico City. 13, 27; Miami, 23, 28; Montreal, 7. 18; Moscow. 6, 11; New York, 21, 29; Nicosia, 19, 29; Oslo, 10, 14; Paris, 14, 20; Perth, 14, 19; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 31; Rome, 11, 30; San Francisco, 13. 18; San Juan. 25, 33; Sao Paulo, 16, 22; Seoul, 11, 20; Singapore. 24. 31; Stockholm, TO, 15: Sydney. 3, 26; Taipei, 24, 32; Tel Aviv, 20. 30; Tokyo, 31. 28; Toronto, 17, 25; Vancouver, 10, 16; Vienna, 13, 17.