Noon Forecast

Press, 29 December 1980, Page 26

Noon Forecast

General forecast: ; Mainly fine over the South Island but;, some cloudy areas and. morning drizzle patches in, the; east; southerly winds; still strong about ’Cook Strait.; . District forecasts: Canterbury: .Cool southerlies decreasing today; cloudy areas’ about the coast with some' morning drizzle but mainly fine inland. Marlborough: Southerly

winds, strong about exposed coasts decreasing a little today; cloudy about the coast with a few showers but fine and mild inland. Nelson: Fresh south-easter-lies predominating but afternoon sea breezes about the coasts; fine and mild. Westland, Bullen Fine and warm. Light winds with afternoon sea breezes. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHUKCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 pan. Millibars .. : 10143 1016.8 Temperatures: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 18 Rainfell:. mm9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 3 Saturday • • Nil To date this month 18 To date this year .. 649 To date last year .. 760 Average to date .. 635 Average for Dec. .. o2 Wettest Dec. (1978) .. 149 Driest Dec. (1943) .. 5 Sunshine: h m Yesterday: 6hr 30min Saturday: 6hr 12min To 'date this month 168 To date this year .. 2114 To date last year .. 2027 Average' for Dec. .. 205 Humidity: ’ Per cent at noon .. 94 Per cent at 6 pun. .. 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a-m. yesterday. —Maximum 21deg, minimum -12 deg, grass 12deg, rainfall 4mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-r-Today: Rises, 5.50- a.m.; sets, 9.12 pun. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.51 ajn.; sets, 9.12 pan. ■' - - • Moon—Today: Rises, sets. 1.4 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.43 ami.; sets, 2.13 pan. ; . High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.35 aan. Tomorrow: 12.2 aan, and, 1231 • pan. :

Phssts of Moon Last quarter: Today, 7 p.m. New moon: January 6, 8 pjn. First quarter: January 13,11 p.m. Full moon: January 20, 9 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg. cloudy, variable, 5 knots. . ' Wellington: 14deg, cloudy, S., 21 knots. Christchurch: 12deg, cloudy, S„ 10 knots. Dunedin: 13deg, overcast, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum tem : peratures in the last 24 hours in the main centres of the world were: Adelaide, 20, 26; Amsterdam, 0, 4; Athens, 9. 14; Bahrain, 15, 21; Bangkok, 21. 32; Belgrade, 1,3; Berlin, —2, 3; Brisbane, 22, 25; Brussels, 0,7; Buenos Aires, 19. 32; Cairo, 11. 17; Canberra, 16, 33; Copenhagen, 0,5; Dublin, —2, 4; Frankfurt, 0,6; Geneva, —l, 2; Helsinki, —l, 2; Hobart, 11. 26; Hong Kong, 15, 19; Honolulu, 18. 27; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 7, 15; Johannesburg, 13. 26; Lisbon, 9, 15; London. 1. 5; Los Angeles, 15. 30; Madrid, 0, 12; Manila, 19, 28; Melbourne, 19, 26;- Mexico Qty, 7, 20; Montreal, —3l. —10; Moscow. 0,3; New Delhi. 12, 20; New York, —l3, —5; Oslo, —7, —2; Paris, —2, 5; Rio, 20, 31; Rome. 5,8; San Francisco, 10, 12; Seoul, —l2, -$; Singapore, 23, 31;. Stockholm, —l, 2; Sydney, 20, 31; Tokyo, 3,11; Toronto, —ll, , —rs; Vancouver, 11, 15; Vienna. ’l, 4. ' ' -- < '" ■