Noon Forecast

Press, 13 February 1981, Page 24

Noon Forecast

, General Forecast: ' An anticyclone spreading onto the South Island should bring clearing weather _ to eastern districts and mainly fine weather elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mostly cloudy at first with drizzle areas, mainly night and morning, but becoming fine by this afternoon. Moderate easterlies predominating about

the coast, light winds inland. . Nelson, Marlborough: Cloudy at first with scattered light rain but- skies clearing today and fine mild weather prevailing by afternoon. Light winds. Buller, Westland: Moderate variable winds,, with daytime sea breezes. Fine weather and mild. Outlook: Fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 P-™-Millibars .. 10-16.9 1030.4 Temperatures: , if Maximum (to 6 p.m.) "■Tl'i. w „ .. To date this month z To date this year ■■ I® To date last year .. I’7 Average to date .. Average _f or Feb. .. .. 49 Wettest Feb. (194’) . -1« Driest Feb. (1973) ■■ ’ Sunshine: . hours Yesterday: Nil. To date this month 93 . To date this year .. 3’’ TO date last. year . . 302 Average for Feb. 1“ 5 Tit at . g the 24 hours to 9 a - m -. s’ es^l^ a ? 4 ‘ —Maximum 34deg. mtaimum.l4 dec. grass 14deg. rainfall .trace. •'-.Temperatures in the main Austr Ad3aide 1e 32 30, 23 f Canberra, is. 15; Hobart *l, 10; Melbourne, 30. 14, Perth, 19, 18: Sydney, 24. 20. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES ; cim—Today: Rises. 6.46 ajn.; ? sets; 8.40 p.m. Tomornv Rises, 6.47 a.m.; set, 58.39 Ries, 3.55 jleon-Todav. . omorrow; Rises, 5 pmi.; set 1.50 a.m.

High tside at Lyttelton—Today : 12.16 a.m. and 12.42 p.m. To morrw: 1.13 ajn. and 1.38 p “phases of moon Full moon: February 19, noon. Last quarter: February 27, 2 p.m. New moon: March 6, 11 p.m. First quarter: March 13, 2 pan. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam,-.2, 6: Athens, 8, 20; Auckland, 20, 27; Bahrain, 17, 24; Bangkok, 23, 32; Beirut, 9, 16; Belgrade, 4,6; Berlin, —l, 1; Bogota, 9, 20; Brussels, 1,6; Buenos Aire, 19..27; Cairo, 8, 19: Caracas, 16, 29;. Chicago, —6, 1; Christchurch,- 18, 34; Copenhagen, —l, 2; Curitiba, 17, 19; Denpasar; 25, 31; Dublin, —2, 3; Frankfurt, 0,7; Geneva, 0,3; Helinki. —9, —4; Hong Kong, 16, 20; Honlulu, 15, 26; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem. 3, 12; Johannesburg, 11, 24;-Kiev, —2, 3; Kuala Lumpur, 22. 33; Lima, 17. 24; Lisbon, 7, 13; London, 0,6; Los Angeles, 15. 20; Madrid, 3,7; Manila, 20, 29; Miami, 21, 24; Montreal, —lO, 0; Moscow. —4, —2; New Delhi, 8, 22; New York, —2, 6; Nicosia. 5. 17; Oslo, —lO, —5; Paris, 1,."7; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 34; Rome, 8, 16: San Francisco, .10, 17; San Juan, 24, 30; Santiago, 12, 29: Sao Paulo, T 9, 29; Seoul, —6, 5; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm. —l, 2; Taipei, 14, 23; Tel Aviv, 7, 17; Tokyo, 2, 10; Toronto, —6, 0; Vancouver, —6,