Noon forecast

Press, 20 April 1981, Page 22

Noon forecast

General forecast; I Showers are expected to continue in the west and I south of the South Island, elsewhere fine.. . ■/,. I District.'forescasts:..' . ! Canterbury; Mainly fine, but ‘ showers abut the Alps and high' cloud elsewher.e; a brief south-westerly change is expected to cross Canterbury - i i; fhis morning, bringing coastal showers. Nelson: Winds from the westerly quarter, fresh at

times; mainly . fine and mild by day. Marlborough: Strong north westerlies about the Sounds, but becoming generally moderate by this afternoon, isolated showers about the Kaikoiira Coast this morning; otherwise fine arid mild. Buller, Westland; Showers, mainly isolated, with cool westerly winds. vs , Outlook: Showers in the'west and ; south of the South Island; elsewhere fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. . Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. - Millibars 1013.5 1010.8 ■ Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 16 . Rainfall: ' - ram. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Saturday. Nil To date this month. ... . 39 To date this year. . . . . 109 To date last year. .... 354 Average to date. .. . .... 187 Average for April. . . . . 53 ■ .Wettest April (1968) . -f : 'lBB Driest April (1979) . . . . 8 Sunshine: > hrs Yesterday 9 hr 12 min r Saturday 9. hr 12 min To date this month....- . 102 . To.date this year..-. .. . • '695 To date last. year. . 613 Average for April 142 Humidity: . Per cent at noon ...... 56 Per cent at 6 p.m 'B3 Temperatures, arid - rainfall for -the 24 hours to'9-a.m. yesterday: Maximum 23 deg,’minimum 2 deg, grass —1 deg. rainfall nil ’. SUN. MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets; 5.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises; 7 a.m.; sets. 5.55 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.35 p.m.; sets, 7.27 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.4 ■p.m.; sets 8.26-a.m.. : High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 5.8 a.m. arid 5.34 p.m. Tofnorrow: 5.57 a.m. and. 6.24 p.m. (Akaroa, subtract, : ,45min; Port Levy, subtract 36minzAsht>urton and Rakaia; subtract Dornin; Lake Forsyth, ’' 'subtract ... 60min; Kaikoura, add-17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). ,

Phases, of Moan Last quarter. April 27, 10 p.m. New moon: May 4, ; 4 p.m. First quarter. May 11, 10 a.m Full moon: May 19, noon. " NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., cloudy, S., ■ 15 . knots.. Wellington: 18deg.; fine, E., 2 knots.' Christchurch: 16deg., cloudy, E., 21 . knots. Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, E., 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:—' Adelaide, 10, 27; Brisbane, 18, 27; Canberra, 4, 23;. Darwin, 25, 34; Hobart, 11, 14; Melbourne, 14, I'6; Perth, 17,-23; (noon); Sydney, 15, 27. Minimum and maximuin temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 4,15; Athens, 14, 23; Bahrain,. 20/31; Bangkok,. 26, 33b . Beirut; 15; 20; Belgrade, 0; 3; Berlin,: —l'7; Brussels, 7,17," Buenos Aires, 19, 24; Cairo, 12, 27; Chicago, 15, 28; Copenhagen, 3,8; Frankfurt, — 1,10; Geneva, 5,13; Helsinki; —2,4; HongKong, 24, '27; Honolulu, 20, 30; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 12, 21; Johannesburg, 12, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lisbon, 11, 20; London, 5, 12; Los Angeles, 15, 22; Madrid, 10, 14; Manila, 22. 35; Miami, 20, 24; Montreal; 3, 13; Moscow, —l, 4; New Delhi, 23, 37: New York, 11,T9; Nicosia,' 11, 27; Oslo, 1, 10; Paris, 3, 14; Rio, : 18,'26; Rome, 11, 14; San Francisco, 10, : 13; Seoul, 6, 18; Singapore; 24. 32; Stockholm, 1, 10; Tel Aviv, .13. 21; Tokyo, 9, 18; Toronto,,. 6, 15; Vancouver, 5, 13; Vienna, 1, 14.