Noon forecast

Press, 23 September 1981, Page 44

Noon forecast

General forecast: Showers in the south-west of the South Island; mainly fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine, but high cloud developing: winds tending north-westerly inland in the morning and north-westerly about the coast. Nelson: Moderate westerlies predominating: mainly fine, but cloudy for a time

this morning, with showers in the western ranges. Marlborough: Moderate north-westerlies; mainly fine, but cloudy periods this morning. Buller, Westland: Moderate northerlies: cloudy skies and scattered showers; period of rain likely this morning; cool. Outlook: Mainly fine east of the Main Divide; showers elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the'Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1005.7 1006.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 14 To date this year 436 To dale last year 554 Average to date 471 Average for September . • 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 00 min To date this month. ... 154 To date this year 1375 To date last year. .... 1412 Average for September . 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon 59 Per cent at 6 p.m 71 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. minimum —1 deg. grass —4 deg. rainfall nil SUN. MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6.17 a.m.; sets. 6.27 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.15 am.; sets. 6.28 p.m. Moon—Today; Rises, 3.28 a.m.; sets. 1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 4.15 a.m.; sets, 2.5 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.22 p.m. Tomorrow; 12.49 a.m. and 1.17 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akar’oa. subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura. add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon New moon; September 28, 4 p.m. First quarter: October 6. 8 p.m. Full moon; October 14. 1 a.m. Last quarter: October 20. 4 p.m.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., cloudy, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington: 14deg.. cloudy. N.W.. 5 knots. Christchurch: 11 deg., fine. S.. 12 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg.. showers, S.W., 15 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide. 7. 19; Brisbane. 15. 28; Canberra. 6. 19; Darwin. 24. 32: Hobart. 9. 15; Melbourne. 6. 19; Perth. 11. 14 (noon); Sydney. 15. 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam. 13. 20; Athens, 19. 31; Bahrain, 29. 37: Bangkok. 25. 30: Barbados, 26. 30; Beirut. 22. 28; Belgrade. 16. 28; Berlin. 16, 20: Bogota. 7. 19; Brussels, 13. 18; Buenos Aires. 7. 15; Cairo, 18, 31; Caracas, 18. 27; Chicago, 8, 20: Dublin. 9. 16; Frankfurt, 18, 24; Geneva. 17, 25; Havana, 26. 32; • Helsinki. 6. 13; Hong Kong, 27. 29; I Honolulu, 23. 30: Jakarta, 24. 33; Jerusalem. 16, 28; Johannesburg. 13, 28; Kiev, 9. 10; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 31; Lima. 14. 18; Lisbon. 18, . 23: London. 13. 19: Los Angeles. ■ 21, 31; Madrid. 15, 29; Manila, 15. I 28; Mexico City. 14. 23: Miami. : 24, 28; Montevideo, 12, 15; Mon- ■ treal. 4. 12; Moscow. 6. 7; Nassau, ■ 18. 30; New Delhi. 24. 33: New • York. 14. 24; Nicosia. 19. 33; Oslo, 9. 11; Paris. 15. 25: Rio de I Janiero; 18, 28; Rome, 17, 28: San , Francisco, 12. 22; San Juan. 25. 33; Santiago. 6. 20; Sao Paulo. 20. 28; Seoul. 17. 29; Singapore, 26. 31; Stockholm, .9. 12; Taipei. 24. 28; Tel Aviv. 19. 29- Tokvo. 24. 28; Toronto. 6. 14; Vancouver. 11, 16; Vienna. 12. 17.