Noon Forecast

Press, 28 March 1981, Page 64

Noon Forecast

General forecast: Showers in most districts, but. gradually clearing on the West Coast of the South Island. Fresh, rather cold, southerlies spreading north over the east of the South Island during Saturday. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh cool southerlies with areas of rain spreading north in the afternoon. Nelson: Showers becoming

scattered, with the winds , tending light southerly. Marlborough: Strong, cool ■ southerlies developing on , the Kaikoura coast; variable i skies with occasional showi ers. Buller, Westland: Showers becoming scattered, with the wind tending light southerly. Outlook: Showers in many districts, but mainly fine in the west and south of the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .. 1000. l 1006.0 Temperature: de S- ' Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 18 Rainfall: mm - 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. .. 7 To date this month 29 To date this' year .. 53 To date last year .. 304 Average to date .. 146 Average for March aa Wettest (1979) ... 173 Driest (1369) .. ■ - 8 Sunshine: hours Yesterday 2hr 48mln To date this month 100 To date this year .. 5b6 To date last year .. 517 Average for March .. Humidity: ■ „ Per cent at noon .. oj Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 66 Temperatures and rainfall tor the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. -Maximum 26deg, . minimum Bdeg; grass 3deg, ramfall nil. (Weather map is 6 am. prog nosis— midday map not avail nWe ) , NOON WEATHER

Auckland: 21deg, cloudy, N.W., partly cloudy. Christchurch: 17deg, cloudy, Dunedim 15des. partly cloudy. S.W., 15 knots. ' SUN, MOON, AND TIDES _ _ gun Todav: Rises, 6.40 a.m., sets, 6.29 P.m. Tom™: Rises, 6.41 a.m.: sets 6-8 pmiMoon Todav: Rises, 11 p.m., sets, 1.-23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.59 p.m.; sets, 2.16 p.m. __

High tide 'at Lyttelton—Today: 10.22 a.m. and 10.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.6 a.m. and 11.29 p.m. PHASES OF MOON Last quarter: Tomorrow- 8 a.m. New moon: April 5, 8 a.-.n. First quarter: April 11, 11 p.m. Full moon: April 19, 8 p.m. WORLD WEATHER

Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam. 10. 14; Athens, 11, 22: Bahrain. 23 , 23; Bangkok, 27, 34; Barbados, 24. 30; Beirut, 14. 16; Belgrade, 11, 22: Berlin, 5, 15; Bogota, 6, 21; Brussels, 4, 11; Buenos Aires, 17, 29; Cairo-, 12. 23; Caracas, 18, 30; Chicago, —4, 14; Copenhagen, 8. 8; Dublin, 7, 14; Frankfurt, 12. 20; Geneva, 9, 21; Havana, 17, 22; Helsinki, —3, 4; Hong Kong, 22 . 24; Honolulu, 22, 29; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 7, 16; Johannesburg, 14, 24; Kiev, 5, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 35; Lima, 20, 25; Lisbon, 11, 17; London, 10, 14; Los Angeles, 15, 20; Madrid, 8, 24; Manila, 20, 35; Mexico City, 12, 27; Miacrii, 11, 22; Montreal, —3, 9; .Moscow, 3, 8; Nassau. 15, 25; New Delhi, 15, 30; New York, 4, 12; Nicosia, 5, 18; Oslo, 0,4: Paris, 12, 23: Rio de Janeior, 20, 32; Rome, 6, 20; San Francisco, 12, 15: San Juan, 24, 30; Santiago, 11. 29; Sao Paulo, 18, 27; Seoul. 6,7; Singapore. 25, 34; Stockholm, 1,6; Ta’pei, 16. 23: Tel Aviv, 11. 20; Tokyo, 9, 21; Toronto. 1. 11; Vancouver, 7, 15; Vienna, 12, 19. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were:— Adelaide, 15. 24; Brisbane, 20, 28; Canberra. 8, 23; Hobart, 8, 1<; Melbourne. 11. 24; Perth, 20, 31 (noon); Sydney, 14, 24.