Noon forecast

Press, 28 May 1981, Page 28

Noon forecast

General forecast: Fine and cool over the northern. half of the South Island, but moderate southerlies. with cloudy skies and a few showers spreading from the south during the day .in the east. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine, with light winds;, moderate southerlies, spreading north during the day. with skies becoming cloudy; a few showers.

Nelson: Fine, apart from : areas of mist this morning; : light winds. Marlborough: Mainly fine, with light winds, but moderate southerlies developing about the coast later today, with increas--4 ing ■ cloud and a few ’ showers; cool. Buller, Westland: Fine, apart from areas of mist in the morning; light winds. Outlook:Mainly fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. . . fiarometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. , Millibars 1024 6 1025.8 •Temperature: deg. J Maximum (to ’6 p.m.) . . 12 Rainfall: * mm. | 9 am. to 11 p.m...... nil : To date this month; ... i 27 ITo date this year. . ... 137 ■ To date last year. .... 407 I Average to date. 272 I Average for Mav 76 I Wettest May (1959).... i 198 I Driest May (1960) : 13 Sunshine: . . hrs i Yesterday 8 hr 54min ' I To date this month. . .115 1 To date this.year 876 JTo date last year. .... 809 ; Average for May 126 Humidity: , Per cent at noon . . ~ 70 I Per cent at 6 p.m..... 87 ' Temperatures and rainfall for [he 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 12deg. minimum -Ideg. crass -4 deg. rainfall Nil ’ SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun—Todavr, Rises, 7.49 a.m.; !<:. sets, 5.4 p.m. Tomorrow: i: Rises, 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises,. 12.42 a.m.; I : sets, 2.9 p.m. Tomorrow: ] . Rises, 1.52 a.m.; sets, 2.39 ; i•' p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: i 11.41 a.m. Tomorrow; 12.4 a m. and 12.33 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 • 30min). ’ , . . PHASES OF MOON Newmoon: June 3, midnight. FlrStquarter: June 1(1, midnight ?..

Full moon: June 18, 3 a.m. Last quarter: June 25, 4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg., cloudy, S.E., 15 knots. Wellington: 14deg., fine, S.E., 5 knots. Christchurch: 9deg.. fine, calm. Dunedin: 9deg., fine, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 17; Brisbane, 11, 21; Canberra, 7, 13; Darwin, 22, 30; Hobart, 11. 16; Melbourne, 9, 14; Perth, 10, 15 (noon); Sydney, 12,20. • ) Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 8, 15; Athens, 15, 27; Bahrain, 29, 35; Bangkok, 26,32; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, 18, 29; Berlin, 12. 16; Bogota, 9, 18, Brussels) 5; 17; Buenos Aires, 11, 15; Cairo, 15, 31; Caracas, 21, 29; Chicago, 9, 27; Copenhagen, 12, 17; Frankfurt, 10, 14; Geneva, 10, 13; Helsinki, 10, 21; Hong Kong, 25, 28; Honolulu, 21, 31; Jakarta, 25, 33; Jerusalem, 10, 24; Johannesburg, 8,17; Kiev, 10,24;-Kuala Lumpur, 23, 30; Lima, 16, 21; Lisbon,l2,lB; London, 8,11; Los Angeles, 19, 23; Madrid, 11, 17;. Manila, 24, 36; Mexico City, 14, 25; Miami, 25, 27; Montevideo, 14, 17; Montreal, 16, 22; Moscow, 11,' 26; New Delhi, 30, 42; New York, 19, 31; Nicosia, 13, 30; Oslo. 9, 16; Paris, 10,16; Perth, 8.12; Rio, 15, 30; Rome, 12, 27; San Francisco, 12, 19; San Juan, 27, 31; Santiago, 8.16: Sao Paulo; 13, 25; Seoul, 13, 25; Singapore, 25, 29; Stockholm, 10,18; Taipei, 20. 30; Tel Aviv, 14, 24: Tokyo, 16, 26; Toronto, 17 22;. Vancouver) 12,18; Vienna, 13, 21.