Noon Forecast

Press, 11 February 1981, Page 38

Noon Forecast

A cold front is expected to lie from Buller to centra) Canterbury; ahead of the front, skies will be cloudy with areas of rain in western districts but dry weather in the east; behind the front, the rain should ease to showers and increasing fine intervals, with cooler southwest winds developing. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly moderate north-easterlies about the coast but strong north-westerlies inland spreading east at times; scattered rain in the Alps;

dry and warm elsewhere. Marlborough: variable high cloud; showers about the ranges, but mainly dry and warm elsewhere; fresh north-westerlies. Nelson: Mainly cloudy and mild, but rain .about the western ranges spreading east at times; fresh northerly winds. Buller, Westland: Cloudy and mild with some rain; fresh north-east winds. ...... Outlook: Some drizzle on the West Coast, elsewhere mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .. 1009.8 1010.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 36 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. . ■ Nil ~ To date this month 2 To date this year .. 16 To date last year .. 145 Average to date . ■ 64 Average for February 49 Wettest Feb. (1945) .. 144 Driest Feb. (1973) .. a Sunshine: hours Yesterday: 7hr 48min To date this month. . 92 To date this year .. 352 To date last year .. 285 Average for February 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 40 Per cent at 6 p.m. ,28 .Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday. Maximum 26deg. minimum 17 deg, grass 18deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.43 a.m.; sets, 8.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.45 a.m.; sets, 8.41 Moon— Today: Rises, 1.35 pjn. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.46 p.m., sets, 12.27 a.m. • High tide at Lyttelton—Today: S 10.51 a.m., and. 11.20 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.46 a.m. •_

Phases of Moon First quarter: Tomorrow, 7 a.m. Full moon: February 19, noon. Last quarter: February 27, 2 p.m, New moon: March 6. 11 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., overcast, E-, 14 knots. . Wellington: 20dcg., cloudy, N.W.; 20 knots. Christchurch: 30deg„ cloudy, N.W., 5 knots. Dunedin: 23deg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hour s were: Amsterdam. 5,9; Athens, 8, 16; Bahrain, 18, 25; Bangkok, 24, 33; Beirut, 10. 17; Belgrade, 5, 12; Berlin, 5,7; Brussels, 3,8; Buenos Aires, 13, 26; Cairo, 7, 17; Copenhagen. 2,8; Dublin, 4,8; Frankfurt, 6, 10; Geneva, 3,6; Helsinki, —5, 0; Hong Kong, 16, 22; Honolulu, 24. 26;. Jakarta, 24 30; Jerusalem, 3,8; Johannesburg, 12, 16: Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lisbon, 4, 17; London, 8,9; Los Angeles, 13. 17; Madrid, 0, 18; Manila, 18. 30; Montreal, —4, 2: Moscow, —l, 1; New Delhi, o, 21; New York, 0,8; Paris, 6, 11; Rio de Janeiro. 20; 35; Rome. 0, 17; San Francisco, 10, 12; San Juan, 23. 32: Seoul, —4 3; Singapore; 23, 32; Stockholm, —2, 0; Tel Aviv, 8, 14; Tokyo-. 2, 11; Toronto, —2, —2; Vancouver, —l, 5; Vienna, 7,13.