Noon forecast

Press, 14 May 1981, Page 32

Noon forecast

General forecast: Mainly fine over the South Island with cool southerlies. District forecasts: Canterbury: Some showers about the coast, otherwise fine and cool, fresh south-westerlies decreasing slowly. .Nelson: Fine apart from isolated showers on the 1 ranges, cool, moderate southerly winds.

Marlborough: Fresh southerlies along the coast with showers, but light winds inland, mainly fine and cool. Buller, Westland: Mainly . fine, apart from isolated showers on the ranges, Ight winds, cool. Outlook: Some showers spreading up the east coast of the South Island, fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Ibservations taken at the mcteroogical Office, Christchurch Airicrt, yesterday. larometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1017.5 1020.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 12 tainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 2 To date this year 112 fo date last year. .... 392 Jtverage to date. ..... 238 Average for May ..... 76 Wettest (1959) 198 Driest (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs yesterday 8 hr 48 min To date this month. ... 70 To date this .year 831 To date last year 749 Average for May 126 HuipWtty: per cent at noon • • • • • 4. per cent at 6 p.m 5t Terriperatures and rainfall fo Hie 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday Maximum 17 deg. minimum 1 deg “IS -3 deg, rainfall 2mm. E SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Rises 7.35 a.m.; sets Sun 5J5 p m. Tomorrow. Rises 7.36 aVn" sets 5.14 p.m. .MoonTodayr Rises, 3.24 p.m.; sets 2.22 r ■•'m Tomorrow: .Rises 3.49 , S ets 3.22 a.m. High tide at tyfi-Today-’ 12-59 am - and

1.28 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.47 a.m. and 2.14 p.m. (Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min: Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add SOmin.)PHASES OF MOON Full moon; May 19, midday. Last quarter: May 27. 9 a m. New moon: June 3, midnight. First quarter: June 10. midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland; IQdeg., cloudy,. S.W., 14 knots. Wellington: Udeg., cloudy, S., 16 knots, Christchurch: lldeg., partly cloudv S.W., 9 knots; Dunedin: Bdeg., cloudy. S.W., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 7, 21; Brisbane, 15. 23; Canberra, 2, 18; Darwin, 23. 33; Hobart, 4, 15; Melbourne, 5, . 19; Perth, 14, 21 (noon); Sydney, 10. 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:'' . . Amsterdam, 23, 28; Athens, 16, 26; Bangkok, 27. 33; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut. 16. 20; Belgrade, 10, 18; Berlin. 15, 21; Brussels, 11, 19; Buenos Aires, 18. 21; Cairo, 22. 39;