Noon Forecast

Press, 2 March 1981, Page 30

Noon Forecast

General forecast: A warm and humid north-easterly airstream is expected to give cloudy skies in' many parts of -the country. Morning fog and drizzle patches are ex- : pected over the South Island ■ and scattered ; shbwers may develop in many districts during the day. <* ’ District forecasts: . 1 ’ Canterbury: Mainly; cloudy skies with fog about, the ■ coast this morning r and afternoon showers in the alps; light winds inland ' but moderate north-easter-1 lies on the coat. Nelson: Mainly cloudy with drizzle this morning and . isolated afternoon show-

i ers; light winds, except r for day time seabreezes; ; warm in the afternoon. ' 5 Marlborough: Low cloud or ; fog on the Kaikoura Coast, skies often cloudy 1 at times elsewhere with 7 isolated afternoon showers > about the high country; light winds, apart from afternoon seabreezes; mild. Buller, Westland: Cloudy ' skies with some fog this ■ morning and afternoon I showers about the ranges; 1 light winds, except for 1 afternoon seabreezes; mild. • Outlook: Cloudy with morning. drizzle,, in Canterbury, fine in Marlborough apajrt I from coastal drizzle; mainly fine elsewhere. ? ?

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at ' the Meteorological Office, Christchurcn Alport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1016.3 1016.9 Temperature: . deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 0 Saturday .. .. Trace To date this month .. 0 To date this year .. 23 • To date . last year .. 175 Average to date . .. 97 Average for March 58 Wettest (1979) 173 Driest (1969) .. .. 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday: shr. Saturday .. ■■ 0 To date this month 5 To date this year ...: 442 To date last year .. 385 Average for March .. ..170 Humidity:.- _ 'Per cent at noon. .. 67 . Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 81 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 20deg, minimum 14 deg. grass 12deg. rainfall 0. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23 deg, cloudy, N.E., .20 knots. •• Wellington: 21 deg, fine, S.E., 9 ■ knots. „ ■ Christchurch:; 21 deg, partly , cloudy, calm." _ Dunedin: 18 deg, partly cloudy, . . S.E., 5 knots. - ■< SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Suri —Today: rises, 6.9 a.m.; sets, r.- 7.12 -pun.,-Tomorrow: Rises, U •_ 6.10 a.m.; sets 7.11 p.m. 1

Moon —Today: Rises,. I.9'' am.; sets, 4.25’ p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.4 a.m.; sets; 5.13 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.50 a.m. and 1.11 p.m; Tomorrow: i. 35 a.m. and T. 55 P “pHASES OF. MOON f’ New moon: March 6, 11 a.m. First quarter: March 13, 2 p.m. ' Full moon: March 21, 3 a.m. \ • Last quarter: March 29, 8 a.m,: ! WORLD WEATHER > Minimum: and maximum tem--1 peratures in the main cities of , the world, in the .last 24 hours ' were:— , / . Amsterdam, 1,7; Athens, 4,10; Bahrain, 17, 22; Bangkok. 24, 33; ! Beirut, 13, 18;. Belgrade, —2, 5; Berlin, —4,. 1; Brussels, !,’• 6; Buenos Aites, 28, 34; Cairo, 10, 22; Chicago, —l, 10; Copenhagen, —3;. 3; Frankfurt, —3»; 8; Geneva, 0,5; Helsinki,—l2,;—2; Hong Kong, 12, 15; Jakarta; .23, 31; Jerusalem, 8, T 3; Johannesburg, 15, 25;' Kuala Lumpur, ; 23, 32; London, 5,9;: Los. Angelesj 9, 21; Madrid, 6, 16; Manila, Mexico City, 10, 24; Montreal, —6,’ 5; Moscow, —l3,■ —3; New Delhi, 15, 26; New York, 3)>12; Oslo, —6, —2; Paris, 5, 10; Rio, 20, 37; Rome, 3- 8; Seoul, —By 4;'' Singapore, 22, 28; 0; Tel Aviv,.ll, 19; Tokyo, —lj‘7; Toronto, —2, 5; Vancouver, 2i ;ll; Vienna, —6,3.. . . .i.- . f’i Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide,j,l3, ; 19; Brisbane. 22. 29: Canberra,?l2, 29; Hobart, 17, 25; Melbourne, 20, ’ i 34; Perth, 15, 25 (noon);. Sydney, 17,25. . . ■ -- . ?" J