Noon Forecast

Press, 24 December 1980, Page 26

Noon Forecast

General forecast: Cloudy with outbreaks of rain over the north of the South Island, the rain sometimes heavy in eastern districts; fine on the West Coast and about Otago and Southland, but mainly cloudy elsewhere. ’

District forecast: Canterbury: Moderate easterlies; fine at times inland, but mainly cloudy and

cool elsewhere. Marlborough: South-easter-

lies, gale force through the • straits, and often strong elsewhere; cloudy and cool with periods of rain. Nelson: Fresh south-easter-lies; cloudy, mild weather with occasional rain. Buller, Westland: Fine and mild with moderate variable winds. Outlook: Cloudy in Canterbury, mainly fine elsewhere.

CHKISTCHUKCH HEADINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 P-™. Millibars ..1017.8 1018.6

Temperatures: Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 1< Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 To date this month 13 To date this year .. 644 To date last year .. 750 Average to date .. 626 Average for Dec. 52 Wettest Dec. (1978) 149 Driest Dec. (1943) : .5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday shr 45min 'To date this month 149 To date this year .. 2086 To date last year .. 1997 Average for Dec. .. ■ 205 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. ‘ 60 Per eent at 6 p.m. .. 66 Temperatures” and rainfall for the 24 -hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 17deg, minimum lldeg, grass 9deg, rainfall trace.

SUN, MOON, ANO TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.47 a.m.; sets, -9.12' p.m. ‘Tomorrow: Rises, 5.47 sun.; sets, 9.12 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 11.8 pun.: sets. 8.3 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises,. 11.47 p.m.; sets, 9.7 • ■ s High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.17 aan. and 7.45 pan. Tomorrow: 8.15 a.m. and 8.43 om.

PHASES OF MOON Last Quarter: December 29, 7 New moon: January 6. 8 p.m. First quarter: January 13, II pan Full moon: January 20, 9 pan. >.OON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, E., 10 knots. , „ Wellington: lldeg., light rain, S., 24 knots. , - Christchurch: 15deg., cloudy, S.W., 5 knots. Dunedin: ]4deg.» overcast, N.E., 9 knots, world Weather Minimum and maximum temperatures m the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours W Adelaide, .13. 28; Amsterdam, 1,6; Athens, 10, 14; Bangkok, 21. 31; Beirut. 13, 18; Belgrade, 4,6; Berlin, 1,2; Brisbane, 19, 29- Brussels, 1,8; Buenos Aires, 19, 29; Cairo, 8. 21; Canberra, 16. 35; Copenhagen, 2,3; Dublin, 7. 11; Frankfurt, 3,4; Geneva, 2, 5; Helsinki, 1,2; Hong Kong, 16, 18; Honolulu, 23, 28; Jakarta, 2j. 31- Jerusalem, 8, 16; Johannesburg, 16, 26; Lisbon, 12, 15; London, 5, 11; Los Angeles. 14, 22: Madrid, 11, 17; Manila. 28:? Melbourne, 16, 19; Mexico City 4, 16; Montreal, -24,-18: Moscow, 0. 0; New Delhi, 7, 29; New York, —9. —3; Oslo, 1.0. Paris, 4,8; Rome, 3,9; San Francisco, 10, 12; Seoul, —7, 1, Singapore. 23, 29; Stockholm, 0, 3: Sydney, 21. 27; Tokyo. 1, 10; Toronto. —B, —6; Vienna, 2, 5.