Noon forecast

Press, 28 April 1981, Page 32

Noon forecast

General forecast: Mainly fine with moderate south-westerlies, a few showers likely in the southwest of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cooler moderate south-westerlies and a few showers at first, becoming fine again later today with light winds. Nelson: Fine, apart from a few showers about the western ranges at first,

moderate westerly winds, mild this afternoon. Marlborough: Fine with moderate westerly winds predominating, cool, moderate south-westerlies with isolated showers are likely . about the Kaikoura coast this morning. Buller, Westland: Fine with . moderate south-westerlies predominating, cool. Outlook: Mainly fine over the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office,- Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 pin. Millibars 1003.1 1004.9 Temperature: deg. . Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 mm. 9 a m. to 11 p.m. ..... nil ■ To date this month. . . . 39 To date this' year 109 To date last year 354 Average to date 201 Average for April 53 Wettest April (1968) .. . - 188 Driest April (1979) . ... t 8 Sunshine: & hrs Yesterday 7 hr 48 min jf To date this month. .. . T 161 To date this year 754 To date last year 675 Average for April. .... 142 Humidity: Per cent at noon 46 Per cent at 6 p.m 49 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg. minimum 5 deg, grass 1 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.4 a.m.; sets, 5.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.5 a.m.: sets 5.47 p.m. Moon—Today: Sets, 2.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 12.4 a.m.; sets 3.3 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Todav: 11.20 a.m. and 11.42 p.m. To-' morrow: 12.8 p.m. (Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton arid Rakaia, subtract 25min; Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min).

- PHASES OF MOON - New moon: May 4, 4 p.m. First quarter: lilay.il, 10 a.m. , Full moon: May 19, noon. Last quarter: May 27, 9 a.m. !• NOON WEATHER B Auckland: 18deg., partly cloudy, W., , 17 knots. 1 Wellington: 15deg., partly cloudy, i) N.W., 22 knots. rj Christchurch: 16deg., fine, cairn, j Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy, W, 7 knots. I ( WORLD WEATHER t Minimum and maximum tem--3 peratures in the. main Australian cities yesterday were: 5 Adelaide, 17, 21; Brisbane, 16, 27; . Canberra, 1, 20; Darwin, 23, 34; ! Hobart, 7, 16; Melbourne, 10, 23; : Perth, 17, 22 (noon); Sydney, 13, 25. ’ Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: > Amsterdam, —3, 8; Athens, 13, 26; I Bahrain, 23, 34; Bangkok, 26, 29; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 15, 19; Belgrade, 11, 20; Berlin, 5, 16; Brussels, —l, 8: Buenos Aires, 13, ’ 19; Cairo, 20, 36: Chicago, 0, 12; Copenhagen, 2,9; Dublin, 4, 11; Frankfurt, 6, 16; Geneva, 4. 18; , Helsinki, 0. 7; Hong Kong, 22, 25; > Honolulu, 22. 29; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem. 18, 23; Johannesburg, 11, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 14, 33; Lisbon, 8, ; 17; London, 2, 11; Los Angeles, 16, 24: Madrid, 16. 24; Manila, 24, 34; Montreal, 4. 10; Moscow, —l, 7; ■' New Delhi, 22, 39; New York, 7, 12; , Nicosia, 16, 33; Oslo, —4, 9; Paris. 5, 13; Rio. 20, 31; Rome, 10, 17: San Francisco, 9. 11: Sao Paulo, 18, 20; Seoul, 7, 19; ■ Singapore, 23, 33; Stockholm, 2,5: Tel Aviv, 15, 25; Tokyo, 11, 19; Toronto. 2,7; Vancouver, 3, 13; Vienna, 4, 9.