Noon forecast

Press, 6 May 1981, Page 46

Noon forecast

GeneraL forecast: Cloudy with areas of drizzle in the east of the South Island, elsewhere mainlv fine: District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly cloudy with mist and drizzle, but sunny intervals. this afternoon, especially inland, light north-easter-lies, mild this afternoon. Nelson: Fine apart from early morning mist patches, light winds, and

mild this afternoon. Marlborough: Winds light or moderate, cloudy about the coast with some drizzle patches, other-, wise mainly fine and mild. Buller, Westland: Fine apart from early morning mist patches, light winds, and mild this afternoon. Outlook: Some drizzle in eastern districts, elsewhere in the South Island, fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ..... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1029.8 1030.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) , ' 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m , Nil To date this month. . . 1 Trace To date this year. .... 110 To,date last year. .... 392 Average to date 218 . Average for May ..... 76 Wettest May (1959) .... 198 Driest May (1960).... . 13 Sunshine: 4 hrs Yesterday Nil hr min * To date this month. ... 28 To date this year. .... 792 To date last year. .... 706 Average for May ..... 126 Humidity: $ Per cent at noon ..... 89 Per cent at 6 p.m.; ... 88 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday; Maximum 15 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall nil SDN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.11 a.m.; sets,. 5.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.12 a.m.; sets. 5.38 p.m. Moon—Today; Rises, 9.21 a.m.; sets. 7.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises,' 10.33 a m.; sets, 8.9 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton: Today: 5.56 a.m. and 6.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.1 a.m. and 7.32 p.m. (Akaroa, subtract 30min; Port Levy.subtract 30min; Ashburton arid Rakaia, subtract 25min; Lake Forsyth, subtract 60rhin; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi, and Sumner, add 30min).

OHASES OF MOON ■ First quarter: May 11, 10 a.m. Full moon: May 19, midday. Last quarter: May 27, 9 a.m. j New moon: June'3. midnight. NOON WEATHER ; Auckland: 18 deg., cloudy, E., 10 knots. , ..Wellington: 13 deg., overcast, S.E. ? 16 knots. • . ■ .Christchurch: 13 > deg;; overcast, i , -.calm. Dunedin: ?. 12 ; deg.;- partly cloudy, calm: , WORLD WEATHER . Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13,23: Brisbane, 15, 26; Canberra; 4, 19; Darwin, 24, 33; Hobart, 5, 18: Melbourne, 10, 25; Perth, 11,' .19(noon); Svdnev. 13, 22. ij; < Minimum and maimum temperatures in the main cities of the -world for the last‘24 hours were: Amsterdam: 7,13; Athens, 12, 24; Bahrain, 23, 29; Bangkok, 27, 33; ■ Barbadoes, 26, 29; Beirut, 14, 18; /Belgrade, 9, 15; Berlin, 1, 13; Bogota, 9, 18; Brussels, 2,8; Buenos . Aires, 14. 24; Cairo, 18, 32; Caracas, /< 19, 24; Chicago, 9; 24; Copenhagen, i 4. 9; Dublin, 4,12; Frnakfurt, 4, 10; Geneva, 5,9; .Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, 0, S': Hong .Kong, 19, 20; .Honolulu, 20, Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, J 3, 24; Johannesburg, 5, . J 18; Kiev, 7, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 24, .s' ; ;30; Lima. 18, 23; Lisbon, 10. 18;V London, 6. 12; Los Angeles) 16, 23; i .Madrid, 7, 23; Manila, 24, 34; f'Mexico city, 10, 27: Miami, 23, 24; . Montreal, '3, 17; Moscow, 1, 12; ■ Nassau, 19, 27; New Delhi, 26, 41; I New York, 10. 21; Nicosia, 12, 20; paris, 6, 11; Rio. 19. 32; Rome. 14, ;■ 19, San Francisco, 9, 17; San Juan, i. .25, 32; Santiago, 12, 1,8; Sao Paulo, 16. 27;.5e0b1, 6,14; Singapore, 24. 32;