Noon forecast

Press, 19 August 1981, Page 46

Noon forecast

General forecast: . Scattered showers in most districts of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain about the western ranges and a few falls further east; moderate north-easterlies about the coast; north-westerlies, fresh at times inland. Nelson: Northerlies, fresh at times; cloudy and cool, with occasional rain.

Marlborough: Northerly or north-westerly winds, strong about Cook Strait and often fresh elsewhere; cloudy, with occasional rain." Buller, Westland: Periods of rain and occasional thunderstorms: fresh northerlies; cool. Outlook: Mainly fine in eastern districts of the South Island; unsettled elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ..... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 993.4 992.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 18 To date this year -339 • To date last year 550 Average to date 418 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday shr 54min To date this month. . 79 To date this year. . . 1172 To date last year. . . 1187 Average for August . . 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon .... 70 Per cent at 6 p.m 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum lldeg, minimum 3deg. grass Ideg, rainfall trace.

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 7.18 a.m.; sets 5.48 p.m." Tomorrow: Rises. 7.16 a.m.; sets, 5.49 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.42 p.m.; sets. 9.18" p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 10.54 p.m.; sets 9.49 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today; 7.4 a.m. and 7.31 p.m. Tomorrow: 8 a.m. and 8.26 p.m. (Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port' Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract25min; Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Kaikoura, l7min; Kaiapoi . and Sumner,' add 30min). Phases of Moon

Last quarter: August 23. 2 a.m. New moon: August 30,- 3 a.m.

First quarter: Sepiemuer 7. 1 a.m. Full moon: September 14. 3 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13 deg., cloudy, N.E.. 9 knots. Wellington: 11 deg., showers. N.W.. 14 knots. Christchurch: 12 deg., partly cloudy, N.E.. 8 knots. Dunedin: 10 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8," 15: Brisbane, 15. 24; Canberra. 5. 10: Darwin, 23. 31; Hobart, 4.10; Melbourne 8.14; Perth. 12. 15 (noon): Sydney, 12. 18.

Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:

Amsterdam. 17, 21; Athens, 24, 31; Bahrain. 30, 38; Bangkok. 28, 31; Beirut. 24. 31: Bogota, 7. 19; Brussels, 15. 24; Buenos Aires, 13, 23: Cairo, 23, 36; Caracas, 17, 29; Chicago,- 17, 21; Dublin, 8, 19; Frankfurt, 8. 25; Geneva, 14, 30; Helsinki, 14, 19; Hong Kong, 29. 32; Honolulu, 22. 30; Jakarta. 24. 29; Jerusalem, 17, 30; Johannesburg, -4, 16; Kiev, 16. 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima; 14, 18; Lisbon, 17, 27; London. 13, 22; Los Angeles. 20, 29; Madrid. 19. 33; Manila. 24, 30; Mexico City, 13, 26; Miami. 25. 29; Montevideo, 14. 20; Moscow, 15. 24; New Delhi, 27, 34; New York. 24. 32; Nicosia, 21, 36; Oslo. 11,18; Paris. 11, 22; Rio, 14, 26; Rome, 17; 32; San Francisco. 13, 15; .San Juan, 25, 32; Santiago. 3, 21; Sao Paulo, 11, 22; Seoul, 21, 31; Singapore, 27. ?2; Stockholm, 15, 21; Taipei, 27, 36; Tel Aviv, 23. 32; Tokyo, 20, 28; Toronto, 12,24; Vancouver, 15, 24; Vienna, 16. 34.