Noon forecast

Press, 5 August 1981, Page 40

Noon forecast

General forecast: Showers slowly clearing from the Kaikoura coast, otherwise fine and cool over the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Showers slowly clearing, otherwise fine and cold; moderate southerlies predominating.

Nelson. Buller. Westland: Fine and cold, with light winds; frosts. Marlborough: A few showers about the Kaikoura coast, otherwise mainly fine and cold: frosts inland. Outlook: Mainly fine over the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meleoroluitieal Office. Christchurch Airpurl, yesterday. Barometer: . . ti pm. 11 pm. Millibars . . UJl4.lt 11116.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum Ho 6 p in i . 8 Rainfall: mm 9 a.in. to 11 p in. Trace Tn date tins month. . . 6 To date this vear 327 To date last year 5211 Average Io date 394 Average lor August . . . 55 Wettest August il!)75l . . 149 Driest August (l!M8l ... 5 Sunshine: ltrs Yesterday 3 hr 24 min Tn date this month. ... 7 To date this year 11111 To date last year 1116 Average tor August . 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 82 Per cent at 6 foil 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg. minimum 2 deg. grass ii deg. rainfall 3mm. SUN. MOON. AND TIDES Sun . - Today: Rises. 7.37 a.m.; sets. 5.34 p.tn. Tomorrow: Rises: 7.36 a.m.; sets. 5.35 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises. 10.23 a.m: sets. 10.5(1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 10.49 a.m.: sets 11.50 p.m. - High tide at Lvttellon -- Today: 8.40 a.m. and 9.1 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.29 a.m. and 9.48 p.m. (Akaroa, subtract 45min. Port Levy, subtract 30min. Ashburton and Rakaia. subract 25min. Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min: Kaikoura. add 17rhin: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). PHASES OF MOON o First quarter: August 8, 7 a.m.

Full union: August 16. 5 a.m. Last quarter: August 23. 2 a.m New moon: August 30. 3 a.m.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 9deg: fine. S.. 5 knots. Wellington: 6deg.. cloudy. S.. 20

knots. Christchurch: 6 deg., partly

cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 6deg., partly cloudy. \V 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER

Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: . Adelaide. B.' 14; Brisbane. 12. 28: Canberra. 7. 15: Darwin. 22, 29: Hobart. 12. 12; Melbourne. 10. 15; Perth. 12. 16 (noon): Sydnev. 111. 2(1. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:

Amsterdam. 16. 23; Athens. 24. 35: Bahrain. 31. 40; Bangkok. 26. 32; Barbados. 25. 30; Beirut. 22. 28; Belgrade. 22. 37: Berlin. 16. 21; Bogota. 10. 18; Brussels. 10. 20; Buenos Aires. 15, 27: Cairo. 21. 34; Caracas. 20. 28: Chicago. 18. 31; Frankfurt. 17. 29: Geneva, 16, 25; Havana, 23. 34: Helsinki, 16. 20; Hong Kong, 25. 26; Honolulu. 24. 30; Jakarta. 24. 32; Johannesburg. 7. 19; Kiev. 14, 26; Lima, 14. 18: Lisbon, 16. 28; London. 13. 25; Los Angeles. 19. 30; Madrid, 16, 30: Manila, 24, 34;, Mexico City. .12. 24; Miami, 22. 29; Montreal, 18. 29; Moscow. 17,'26; Nassau. 21. 32; New Delhi. 25, 31; New York. 20. 30; Nicosia, 21. 37; Oslo. 11. 19; Paris. 16. 25; Rio. 13. 31; Rome. 17. 35; San Francisco. 11. 18; San Juan,. 26. 31; Santiago. 8, 15; Sao Paulo, 10. 25: Seoul. 25. 30; Singapore. 26. 31; Stockholm. 14. 20: Taipei. 24. 33; Tokyo. 25. 31; Toronto. 18. 27; Vancouver. 12. 19; Vienna. 19. 32. ;