Noon forecast

Press, 27 May 1981, Page 44

Noon forecast

General forecast: Patches of fog or low cloud this morning, otherwise fine and cool over the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine, apart from areas of fog or low cloud this morning; moderate north-easterlies about the

coast, otherwise light winds; cool. Nelson, Marlborough: Fine apart from areas of mist or low cloud this morning, cool; light winds. Buller, Westland: Fine and cool; light winds. Outlook: Mainly fine over the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the meterological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1029.0 1029.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.nil To date this month. ... ; 27 To date this year ■■ 137 To date last year. .... 398 Average .to date 270 Average for May 76 Wettest (1959) 198 Driest (1960) . 13 Sunshine: .. hrs Yesterday 8 hr 06 min To date this month. . . . 106 To date this year 867 To date last year 809 Average for May 126 Humidity: «' Per cent at noon 70 Per cent at 6 p.m 80 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum -1 deg, grass -3 deg. rainfall nil. SDN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.48 a.m.; sets, 5.5 p.m. Tomorrow: ‘ Rises. 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.4 p.m. Moon—Today: Sets, 1.37 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.42 a.m.; sets, 2.9 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.51 a.m. and 11.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.41 a.m. (Akaroa, subtract, 45min; ■ Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, sub-' tract 25min, Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Kaikoiira, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). PHASES OF MOON Last quarter: Today, 9 a.m. New. moon: June 3, midnight. First quartern June 10, midnight. Full moon: June 18’, 3 a.m.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., fine, S.E., 5 knots. Wellington: 14deg., fine, S.E., 2 knots. Christchurch: 9deg., fine, calm. Dunedin: lOdeg., partly cloudy, N.E.. 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 17; Brisbane, 10, 22; Canberra, 9, 12; Darwin, 22, 32; Hobart, 12. 14; Melbourne, 13, 17; Perth, 8,12’(noon); Svdnev, 12, 17. ' ' " Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 9, 14; Athens, 14, 26; Bahrain. 29, 34; Bangkok, 26, i 27; Beirut, 14. 21; Belgrade, 16, 25; Berlin, 8, 18; Brussels, 5, 15; Buenos Aires, 14,19; Cairo, 17, 32; Caracas; 21, 29; Chicago, 18, 25; Copenhagen, 9, 17: Dublin, 9, 15; Frankfurt, 9, 18; Geneva, 11, 20; Havana, 21, 25; Helsinki, 14, 22; Hong Kong, 24, 27; Honolulu, 21, 30; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 10, 24; Johannesburg, 8, 18; Kiev, 10, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 16, 21; Lisbon, 13, 20; London, 9, 14; Los Angeles, 18, 25; Madrid, 9, 26; Manila, 24, 35; Mexico City, 14, 25; Miami, 24, 26; Montevideo, 20, 26; Montreal. 6, 26; .Moscow, 13, 24; Nassau, 17, 24; New Delhi, 27, 41; New York. 14. 30; Nicosia, 13, 29; Oslo, 12, 21; Paris. 10, 14; Rio, 14, 29; Rome. 12, 26; San Francisco, 11. 15; San Juan, 25, 31; Santiago, 6. 19; Sao Paulo, 13, 22; Seoul, 16, 2fr Singapore. 23, 31; Stockholm, 12, 19; Taipei, 20, 30; | I’ei Aviv, 26. 24; Tokyo. I'4, 26; g Toronto, 12. 25; Vancouver, 14,19; 3 Vienna, 9. 22. p