Noon forecast

Press, 6 August 1981, Page 32

Noon forecast

General forecast: A few showers about the Marlborough coast; mainly fine over the rest of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: A few showers about the coast, otherwise fine and cold; light northwesterlies.

Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and frosty, with moderate easterlies. Marlborough: A few showers about the coast, otherwise fine and cold; south easterlies fresh at times. OutlookiMainly fine over the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1020.2 1021.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 8 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 To date this month. ... 6 To date this year 327 To date last year 529 Average to date. 396 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 6 min To date this month. ... 10 To date this year 1104 To date last year 1123 Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 72 Per cent at 6 p.m. 83 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg. minimum —2 deg, grass —4 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES S Un Today: Rises, 7.36 a.m; sets 5.35 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.35 a.m; sets 5.36 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, 10.49 a.m; sets 11.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.15 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Today: 9.29 a.m. and 9.48 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.16 a.m. and 10.34 pm. (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 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: 12 deg., partly cloudy, S„ 5 knots.

Wellington: 10 deg., cloudy, S., 16 knots. Christchurch: 7 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 5 knots. Dunedin: 8 deg., cloudy, N.E., 6 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main. Australian cities yesterday

were: Adelaide, 9. 17; Brisbane, 12. 23; Canberra, 1, 13; Darwin, 21, 31; Hobart, 3, 15; Melbourne, 6, 17; Perth, 10, 16 (noon); Sydney, 12, 18. Minimum' ana maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: . Amsterdam, 13, 27; Bahrain, .31, 40; Bangkok, 27, 30; Barbados, 25, 33; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade, 23, 36; Berlin, 14. 24; Bogota, 9, 18; Brussels. 13, 24; Buenos Aires, 16. 25; Cairo, 22, 36; Caracas, 18, 27; Chicago, 19, 28; Copenhagen, 13, 21; Dublin. 12, 22; Frankfurt, 16, 27; Geneva, 14, 28: Havana, 24, 32; Helsinki, 13. 22; Hong Kong, 27, 31;. Honolulu, 24, 30; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 19, 32; Johannesburg, 7. 18; Kiev. 15, 26; Lima,. 14, 19; Lisbon, 18, 33; London, 16, 22; Los Angeles, 19, 30; Madrid, 18, 27; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico'City, 11, 23; Miami, 23, 30; Montevideo, 16, 26; Montreal, 16, 29; Moscow, 16, 26; Nassau, 20, 27: New Delhi, 25, .31; New York, 21, 30; Nicosia, 24, 37; Oslo, 13, 20; Paris, 18, 28: Rio de ; Janeiro, 16, 32; Rome. 19, 37; San Francisco, 12, 17; San Juan, 26, 32; Santiago, 6, 12; Sao Paulo, 12, 27; Seoul, 25, 29; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 23, 26; Taipei, 24, 33; Tel Aviv; 23, 31; Tokyo, 25, 32; Toronto, 17, 27; Vancouver, 14, 23; Vienna, 21, 32.