Noon Forecast

Press, 7 October 1980, Page 52

Noon Forecast

General forecast: Cloudy, with occasional showers in the north-east of the North Island from Northland to Gisborne; fine or becoming fine over the rest of the North Island and also in the north and east of the South Island; cloudy on the west coast of the South Island, with some, drizzle at times in Fiordland and southern Westland and cloudy in Southland. Canterbury: Fresh north-east winds along the coast but winds lighter inland; fine weather and mild during the day.

Marlborough, Nelson: Fine weather, with moderate variable winds; mild by day. Buller: Mainly fine but some cloudy periods; moderate variable winds; mild during the day. Westland: Cloudy . skies; occasional drizzle in the south; moderate variable winds. Outlook: Mainly fine in Marlborough, Nelson . and Canterbury; cloudy with some rain in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1024.1 1024.3 Temperatures; t deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 17 Rainfall': 9 ajn. to 11 p.m. .. Nil To date this month 3 To date this year .. 557 To date last year .. 535 Average to date .492 Average for October 46 Wettest October 1947 137 Driest October 1951 3 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: lOhr 36min To date this month 45 To date this year .. 1532 To date last year .. 1437 Average for October 192 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 59 <’ Per cent at 6 p.m. .. ■ 70 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday. —Maximum 13deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 4deg. rainfall niL SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun— Today: Rises, 5.52 a.m.; ■ ■ sets, 6.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 1 Rises, 5.51 am.; sets, 6.44 p.m. Moon— Today: Rises, 5.13 am.; sets, 4.44 pan. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.40 am.; sets, 5.42 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.58 am. and 3.16 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.39 am. and 3.56 pm. '

Phases of Moon New moon: October 9, 3 p.m. First quarter: October 17, 4 p.m. Full moon: October 24. 9 a.m. Last quarter: October 31, 6 am. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg, showers, E., 21 knots. Wellington: 15deg, fine, N.W., 16 knots. Christchurch: 16deg, fine,. N.E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 16deg, partly cloudy, variable, 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures In the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide 13, 18; Amsterdam 8, 14; Athens 24, 25; Bahrein 29, 37: Bangkok 28, 33; Beirut 17, 20; Belgrade 7. 19; Berlin 7, . 12; Bogota 9, 19; Brisbane 17, 25; Brussels 6. 17: Buenos Aires 10, 19; Cairo 15, 27; Canberra 7, 29; Caracas 21, 30; Chicago 2, 10; Copenhagen 10, 13; Frankfurt 6, 16; Helsinki 1, 12; Hobart 8, 12; Hong Kong 25, 28; Honolulu 21, 30; Jakarta 25, 34; Jerusalem 9, 21; Johannesburg 9, 25; Kiev 6, 12; Kuala Lumpur 23. 30; Lima 15, 18: Lisbon 19, 28; London 8. 17: Los Angeles 19, 28; Madrid 15, 25- Manila 23, 31; Melbourne 14, 17; Miami 23, 28; Montreal 7, 8; Moscow 2,9;. New. Delhi 23, 37;, New York 11, 18; Nicosia 15, 26; Oslo 10, 10; Paris 9. 21: Perth 7, 17; Rio’de Janeiro 17, 34; Rome 13, 26; San Francisco 14, 16; San Juan 25, 32; Sao Paulo 15, 27; Seoul 16. 18; Singapore 22, 30: Stockholm 5. 12: Sydney 14, 25; Taipei 23, . 32; Tel Aviv 16, 26: Tokvo 13. 24; Toronto 5, 12; Vancouver 10, 20; Vienna 4, 16.