Noon forecast

Press, 22 October 1981, Page 36

Noon forecast

General forecast: The anti-cyclone east of New Zealand' is moving slowlv away and should continue‘to give settled weather to most districts. Increasing cloud in the west of the South Island and rain spreading into Westland. District forecasts: Canterbury: North-east-erlies predominating, becoming fresh about Banks Peninsula: cloudy.

with some scattered rain developing about the alps. Nelson. Marlborough: Mainly fine but becoming cloudy in some areas. Buller, Westland: Fine at first, but cloud thickening and occasional rain developing late in the day. Outlook: Rain in the west and south of the South Island: fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Oilice. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 pin. 11 p.m. Millibars . . . . 1021.5 1020 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 ■ Rainfall: mm. 9 a m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 47 To date this year 484 To date last year 565 Average to dine ... . . 513 Average for October ... 46 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Vesterday 9hr 48 min • Tv dale this month. ... 128 To date this year 1553 To date last year 1637 Average tor October... 192 Humidity: Per cent at noon 63 Per cent at 6 p.m 70 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg. minimum 3 deg. grass 0 deg. rainfall nil. SUN. MOON. AND TIDES Sun-Todav: Rises. 5.26 a.m.: sets. ’7.2 p.m. Tofnorrow: Rises. 5.24 a.m.: sets. 7.3 p.m. Moon—Todav: Rises. 2.57 a.m.; sets. 1.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 3.32 a.m.: sets 2.8 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 12.3 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.32 a.m. and 12.58 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min: Akaroa. subtract 45 min: Port Levy, subtract 30mm; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura. add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon New moon: October 28. 9 a.m. First quarter: November 5. 2 p.m. Full moon: November 12.11 a.m. Last quarter: November 19. 4 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg.. partly cloudy, N.E.. 12 knots. Wellington: 15deg.. cloudy. N.E.. 9 knots. Christchurch:’ 13deg.. partly cloudy. S.. 5 knots. Dunedin: 15deg.. cloudy. E.. 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam 3. 8: Athens, 18. 28: Bahrain. 27. 31: Bangkok. 28, 32; Barbados. 25. 30: Beirut. 20. 27: Belgrade. 10. 18; Berlin, 5. 9: Bogota. 6. 19; Brussels, 3. 12; Buenos Aires. 13, 21; Cairo. 18. 31; Chicago. -2, 12; Copenhagen. 7,9; Dublin. 6. 14; Frankfurt.. 10. 12: Geneva. 7. 15; Havana. 21. 27; Helsinki. 3. 5; Hong Kong. 25. 26; Honolulu. 20. 30: Jakarta. 18. 34; Jerusalem. 14. 27: Johannesburg. 8. 14: Kiev. -3. 6: Kuala Lumpur, 23. 32: Lima. 14. 18: Lisbon. 15. 27; London. 11. 13; Los Angeles. 20. 36;-Madrid 8. 25: Manila. 23. 33; Mexico City. 10. 17; Miami. 22. 30: Montevideo. 11. 19: Montreal. 5. 6: Moscow. 1. 4; Nassau. 18. 29; New Delhi. 19. 35;. New York. 9. 11: Nicosia, 16. 31; Oslo. 1. 7: Paris. 11. 15. Rio de Janeiro. 14. 25; Rome. 15. 24; San Francisco. 11. 21: San Juan. 25. 34; Santiago. 9. 26; Sao Paulo. 13. 14; Seoul. 11. 18: Singapore. 25. 32: