Noon forecast

Press, 3 August 1981, Page 30

Noon forecast

General forecast: A small depression , near Westland should move northeast across the southern half of the North Island, bringing with it some rain followed by clearing weather. A ridge in the .Tasman Sea is spreading bn to the south. of New Zealand, bringing fine weather to the west and increasing fine intervals about-and east of the Alps. District forecasts: Canterbury: Southerly winds, occasionally, fresh in exi 'posed: places; snow down to - 700m and rain easing to scattered showers overnight, with increasing fine intervals; cold. Nelson: Moderate south-

easterly winds prevailing; cloud clearing from the south this morning; cool. Marlborough; Moderate south-easterly winds prevailing, with fresh southerlies about the Kaikoura coast at times; rain easing to coastal showers this morning and cloud clearing from central Marlborough by this afternoon; cool. Buller, Westland: Moderate south-easterly winds prevailing; cloud clearing from the south overnight and this morning; cool. Outlook: Clearing in Canterbury and Marlborough; mainly fine in Nelson, Buller, and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken al the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: ..... 6p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1009.0 1010.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 07 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 2 S’antt'ddyy 1 To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 322 To date last year 517 Average to date. ..... 391 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975 ). . 149 Driest August (1948 ). . . 5

Sunshine: hrs Saturday nil hr nil min Yesterday — hr 12 min To date this month. . . . —l2 To date this year 1093 To date last year 1102 Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 91 Per cent at 6 p.m 90 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 09 deg.' minimum 03 deg, grass 02 deg, rainfall 1 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun.—Today: Rises, 7.39 a.m.; sets. 5.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.38 a.m.; sets, 5.32 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.29 a.m.; sets, .8.45 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 9.58 a.m.; sets, 9.48 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton.—Today: 6.49 a.m., and 7.16 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.46 a.m., and 8.11 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akarpa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and

Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.). PHASES OF MOON First quarter: August 8. 7 a.m. Full moon: August 16, 5 a.m. Last quarter: August 23, 2 a.m. New moon: August 30, 3 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland, cloudy, 3deg., S.W., llknots. Wellington, cloudy, lOdeg., S.. 12knots. Christchurch, rain, sdeg.. W., 9 knots. Dunedin, cloudy, 7deg., W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world reported in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 12, 24: Athens, 31, 22; Bahrain, 31, 41; Bangkok, 28, 32; Beirut, 23. 31; Belgrade. 18, 32; Berlin, 14, 21; Bogota, 10, 17; Brussels, 17, 24; Buenos Aires, 10, 13; Caracas. 20, 28; Copenhagen, 12. 18; Frankfurt, 16, 25; Geneva, 11, 28; Helsinki, 16, 20; Hong Kong, 28, 30; Honolulu. 23, 30; Jakarta, 24, 29; Jerusalem, 17, 26; Johannesburg, 3. 16; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 14. 17; Lisbon, 17, 22; London, 12, 21; Los Angeles, 19, 28; Madrid, 21. 34; Manila, 25, 35; Montevideo, 12,' 12; Montreal. 15, 29: Moscow, 20, 31; New Delhi, 32, 37; New York, 20, 29; Nicosia. 20. 36; Oslo. 8, 24; Paris, 18, 32; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 30; Rome, 15. 31; San Francisco, 11, 14: Santiago, 4, 17; Seoul, 26, 35; Singapore, 26, 31; Stockholm, 17, 24; Taipei. 24. 30: Tel Aviv, 24, 28; Tokyo, 25, 32; Vancouver, 14. 22; Vienna, 16, 26.