Noon forecast

Press, 20 October 1981, Page 36

Noon forecast

General forecast: An anti-cyclone covers most of New Zealand and settled weather should be maintained in most districts. However, considerable cloudy periods are expected on eastern coasts. Cool along eastern coasts but mild in the afternoon elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Light winds in-

land with fine weather; moderate, cool north-east-erlies about the coast with sunny intervals. Nelson’ Buller, Westland: Light winds apart from afternoon sea breezes; fine. Marlborough: Light or moderate variable winds: mainly fine today. Outlook: Settled, with areas of coastal cloud.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 pin. 11 p.m. Millibars ... J. 1022.5 1023.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 35 To dale this year. .... 484 To dale last year. . ■ . . 565 Average to dale 511) Average for October... 46 Wettest October 11947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday. 1 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 115 To date this year 1540 ■To dale last year 1613 Average for October. . . 192 Humidity: Per cent at noon 67 Per cent at 6 p.m 71 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 13 deg. minimum 6 deg. grass 4 deg. rainfall trace ■ SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 5.29 a.m.; sets, 6.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.27 a.m.; sets, 7 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises. 1.25 a.m.; sets. 10.53 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.15 a.m.; sets 11.57 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.12 a.m. and 10.39 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.7 a.m. and 11.36 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min: Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura,

add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon Last quarter: Today, 4 p.m. New moon: October 28. 9 a.m. First quarter: November 5. 2 p.m. Full moon: November 12, 11 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., partly cloudy. N.. 10 knots. Wellington: 11 deg., cloudy. S., 14 knots. Christchurch: 13 deg., overcast. N.E.. 3 knots. Dunedin: 11 deg., cloudy. S.. 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER .Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 3. 10; Athens. 18. 29; Bangkok. 25. 32; Beirut. 20. 27; Belgrade. 10. 23: Berlin. 5. 9; Bogota. 9. 19; Brussels. 6. 11; Buenos Aires. 6. 15; Caracas. 18. 29; Chicago. 6. 17; Copenhagen. 2. 10: Dublin. 3. 12: Frankfurt. 6. 9; Geneva. 6.16: Helsinki. 3. 6: Hong Kong. 25. 30; Honolulu. 21. 31: Jakarta. 23. 33: Jerusalem. 15. 30; Johannesburg. 13. 26; Kiev. -2. 10; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33; Lima. 15. 19; Lisbon. 17. 22: London. 8. 13: Los Angeles. 14. 28: Madrid. 13. 15: Manila. 22. 32; Miami. 21. 26; Montevideo. 8. 12: Montreal, 10. 13: Moscow. 0. 7: New Delhi. 21. 35; New York. 7. 19: Oslo. -2. 9; Paris. 13. 20; Rio de Janeiro. 17. 26: Rome'. 13. 26: San Francisco. 12. 20: San Juan. 25. 33: Santiago. 5. 18; Sao Paulo. 14.19; Seoul. 13. 23: Singapore. 23. 31; Stockholm. 5. 7; Taipei. 24. 28: Tel Aviv. 18. 29; Tokyo. 13. 22; Toronto. -1. 11; Vancouver. 8. 10: Vienna. 7. 11.