Noon forecast

Press, 30 May 1981, Page 60

Noon forecast

General forecast: Fine over the South Island, apart from a few . morning I fog and cloud patches, with a north-westerly airstream bringing cloud to western districts. District'forecasts: < Canterbury, Buller, Westland: Fine, apart from a few

cloudy areas and morning fog patches; light winds. Nelson, Marlborough: A few cloudy areas, and morning fog patches, otherwise fine, with light winds. Outlook: Fine, ' but with scattered rain in the southwest of the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological ' Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 pin. 11 p.m. . Millibars 1013.9 1014.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 0 To date this month. ... 27 To-date this year. . . .'. 137 ' To date last year 408 Average to date 277 Average for Mav 76 Wettest May (19159).... 198 Driest May (I 960 13 Sunshine: hrs ■ Yesterday 9 hr OOmin To date this month. . . . 133 To date this year 894 To date last year 823 Average for May 126 Humidity: Per cent at noon 67 Per cent at 6 p.m.. ... 76 Temperatures and rainfall for lhe 24 hours to' 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum —4 deg, grass —7 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Todav: Rises, 7.50 atm.;, sets, 5.2 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.51 a’.m; sets. 5.2 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 3.5 am.; sets, 3.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.20 a.m.; sets, 3.44 - pm. -? ' ■ ‘ : High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 12.56 a.m and 1.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.48 a.m. and 2.18 p.m. (Akaroa, subtract :>4smin; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25rnln; Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; , Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi dnd Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon New moon: June 3, midnight. First quarter: June 10, midnight..

Full moon: June 18. 3 a.ni. Last quarter:-June 25. 4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy, variable winds, 3 knots. Wellington: lldeg., cloudy,- N.W., 6 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg., fine, calm. Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy, W., 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11. 17: Brisbane, 12, 24; Canberra, 7. 16; Darwin, 24, 32; Hobart, 7, 16; Melbourne, 11, 17; Perth, 14, 17 (noon); Sydney, 15. 20. Minimum and maximum tempe.atures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours J were: ' • • ■ ; . • Amsterdam, 8, 16; Bahrain, 29, 38; Bangkok, 28, 33; Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 14. 20:. Belgrade, 16, 24: Berlin. 8, 20; Brussels, 7, 15; Buenos Aires, 11,16; Cairo, 16, 32; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 14, 19; Copenhagen, 10, 13; Frankfurt, 7, 15: Geneva, 7, 14; Havana, 24, 32; Helsinki, 11, 20: Hong Kong, 27, 30; Honolulu, 19, 30; Jakarta, 25, 33; Jerusalem. 15, 29; Johannesburg. 9; 18; Kiev, 15, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 10, 20; London, 9, 16; Los Angeles, 17, 23: Madrid, 8, 20; Manila, 24, 36; Mexico City, 13, 23; Miami, 21, 27; Montevideo, 6, 16; Montreal, 13. 21; Moscow, 17, 27; Nassau, 20, 31; New Delhi, 25, 41; New York. 23. 30; Nicosia. 15, 31; Oslo, 9, 19: Paris, 9, 14; Rio, 15, 29; San Francisco, 11, 16; San Juan, 24; 32; Santiago, 9, 20; Sao Paulo, 13, 23; Seoul, 17, 29; Singapore,-25, 33: Stockholm, 8, .16; Taipei, 23. 27; Tel Aviv, 18,28; Tokyo, 15, 21; Toronto, 14, 18; Vancouver, 11,18; Vienna, 18,27.