Noon forecast

Press, 4 August 1981, Page 30

Noon forecast

General forecast: Remaining showers slowly clearing from eastern districts of the South Island, fine in the west. District forecasts: Canterbury: Changeable and cold with occasional showers, but increasing fine periods, moderate southerlies. Nelson: Moderate easterlies, becoming mainly fine and cold.

Marlborough: Cold and showery with some hail, south-easterlies fresh in exposed places. Buller: A few isolated showers at first, but becoming mainly fine and cold, moderate south-east-erlies. Westland: Fine and cold with moderate south-easterlies predominating. Outlook: Showers in Marlborough. mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 pin. 11 p.m. Millibars 1009.6 1011.8 Temperature: deg. ’ Maximum Ho 6 p.m.) 8 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m.. - 3 To date this month. 3 To date this year. 324 To dale last year. - 517 Average to dale 393 Average tor August . . 55 Wettest August (1975> 149 Driest August (1948) - 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterdav 3 hr 42 min To date this month. . 4 To date this year. . . 1007 To date last year. . . . 1109 Average for August . 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon . Per cent at 6 p.m 87 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 7 deg. minimum 1 deg. grass - 1 deg. rainfall 2mm. SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun-Todav: Rises. 7.38 a.m.: sets. 5.32 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.37 a.m.: sets. 5.34 p.m. Moon—Todav: Rises. 9.58 a.m.; sets 9.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.23 a.m.; sets 10.50 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.46 a.m. and 8.11 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.40 a.m. and 9.1 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 30mim.

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: lOdeg., cloudy, calm. Wellington: sdeg.. showers. S.. 10 knots. Christchurch: 7deg.. overcast. S.W.. 9 knots. Dunedin: 7deg.. rain. S.W.. 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities, yesterday were: Adelaide. 11. 15: Brisbane. 10. 25: Canberra. 1. 11; Darwin. 20. 30; Hobart. 5. 13: Melbourne. 10. 15: Perth. 12. 17 (noon); Sydney. 8. 14. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 10. 18; Athens, 22. 33; Bahrain. 31. 39; Bangkok. 27. 32; Barbados, 26. 30; Beirut, 24. 28;. Belgrade. 19. 34; Berlin. 16. 19; Brussels. 14. 25; Buenos Aires. 11, 15: Cairo. 20. 33; Dublin. 13, 22; Frankfurt. 16. 26; Geneva. 12, 29; Helsinki, 16, 21; Hong Kong. 27. 28; Honolulu. 24, 31; Jakarta. 23. 33: Jerusalem. 19. 29; Lima. 14. 17; Lisbon. 16, 22; London, 11, 21: Los Angeles. 18. 29: Madrid. 16. 27: Manila, 25.34; Montevideo. 12. 18; Montreal. 16. 29; Moscow. 19. 29; Nassau. 24. 32; New Delhi. 26, 32: New York. 20. 31; Nicosia, 21. 37; Oslo. 10. 20; Paris. 18. 26: Rio. 14. 31; Rome. 16. 33; San Francisco, 11, 17; San Juan, 26, 33; Santiago, 6, 14; Sao Paulo, 11, 25: Seoul, 27. 30; Singapore. 23, 31; Stockholm. 15. 20; Tel Aviv. 23. 30: Tokyo. 26, 33; Toronto. 17. 27; Vancouver. 14. 23: Vienna. 16, 26.