Noon forecast

Press, 2 September 1981, Page 40

Noon forecast

General forecast: Mainly fine weather over the South Island but a few showers are likely in Fiordland and Southland.

Because of computer difficulties at the Meteorological - Office in Wellington, no district forecasts were avail- . able at the time of going to press.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: . . 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1010.0 1010.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.l . 10.4 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... nil To date this year 422 To date last year 553 Average to date 442 Average for September . 43 Wettest September (1946), 120 mm Driest September (1980;. 2mm Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 24 min To date this month. . . 10 To date this year. . . . 1232 To date last year 1283 Average tor September . 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon . . 65 Per cent at 6 p.m.... 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday; Maximum 10 deg. minimum —4 deg. grass —7 deg. rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.54 a.m.; sets, 64 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.52 a.m.; sets 6.5 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, 8.50 a.m.; sets. 9.37’ p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 9.16 a.m.; sets 10.37 p.m. High tide at Lvttelton — Today: 7.16 a.m. and 7.39 p.m. Tomorrow. 8.8 a.m. and 8.29 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 6tfmin. Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura. add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) PHASES OF MOON_ First quarter: September 7. 1 a.m. Full moon: September 14. 3 p.m.

Last quarter: September 21. 8 a.m. New moon: September 28, 4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., partly cloudy, N.. 3 knots. Wellington: 9 deg., cloudy. S., 11 knots. Christchurch: 9 deg., partly cloudy, N.E.. 5 knots. Dunedin: 9 deg., fine. calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 9, 21; Athens, 22. 32; Bahrain, 31, 37; Bangkok, 27, 33; Beirut. 22, 28; Belgrade. 13, 24; Berlin. .7, 17; Bogota. 2, 19; Brussels, 12, 21; Buenos Aires, 4, 12; Cairo. 19, 32; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago. 17, 29; Copenhagen. 12. 17; Dublin. 12, 20; Frankfurt, 7. 20; Geneva, 9. 26: Helsinki. 10, 14; Hong Kong, 25, 31; Honolulu, 22, 31; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 15, 19; Johannesburg, 6. 16; Kiev, 9, 17; Kuala Lumpur. 23, 33; Lima, 14. 18; Lisbon. 17, 24; London. 15. 21; Los Angeles, 19, 31; Madrid, 18. 31; Manila. 25. 32: Mexico City. 12. 24; Miami, 26, 32; Montevideo. 8, 10; Montreal , 19, 27; Moscpw, 10.15; New Delhi. 28. 37; New York. 22. 27; Nicosia. 11, 35; Oslo. 10. 17; Paris, 14, 24: Rio de Janeiro, 16, 28; Rome. 17. 29; San Francisco. 12. 19: San Juan. 25. 32: Santiago. 7. 17; Sao Paulo. 16. 26; Seoul. 22. 26: Singapore 27. 31. Stockholm. 9. 15: Taipei. 26. 30: Tel Aviv. 21. 30: Tokyo. 27. 34: Toronto. 18. 27: Vancouver. 13. 20. Vienna. 14. 22. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were Adelaide. 9. 14; Brisbane. 10. 22: Canberra. —l. 13; Hubart. 9. 15. Melbourne. 8. 16; Perth 9. 21 (noont: Svdnev 8. 18.