Noon forecast

Press, 3 November 1981, Page 28

Noon forecast

General forecast: The large anti-cyclone over the Tasman Sea is moving only slowly eastward. The strong west to southwest flow is expected to persist over most of New Zealand, maintaining fine weather in most eastern districts and about Cook Strait, with mild afternoons. Mainly cloudy and cool elsewhere with some showers in the west and south of the South Island. West or southwest winds still fresh or strong in exposed, places. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine but with

variable high cloud, moderate north-easterlies about the coast, light inland but north-westerlies may freshen; mild. ’Marlborough: Moderate .to fresh north-westerlies predominating; fine and mild. Nelson: Fine apart from isolated showers in the west; fresh or strong south-west-erlies; mild. Buller, Westland: Fresh gusty south-westerlies; cloudy and cool with a few showers. Outlook: Showers in Buller and Westland, fine elswhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1006.6 1008.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m...... trace To date this month. ... nil To date this'year 508 To date last year 566 Average to date. ..... 531 Average for November . 47 Wettest (1952) .140 Driest-(1947) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday — hr 30 min To date this month. . . . lOhr To date this year 1643 To date last year 1739 Average for November . 208 Humidity: Per cent at noon 62 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 68 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass -1 deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.9 a.m.; sets, 8.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.8 a.m; sets, 8.18 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 10.23 a.m.; sets, 1.1 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.17 a.m.; sets 1.47 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.10 a.m. and 10.32 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.52 a.m. and 11.15 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60 min; Akaroa,. subtract 45 min; Port Levy, subtract 30 min; Ashburton ■ and Rakaia, subtract 25 min; Kaikoura. add 17 min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min).

PHASES OF MOON First quarter: November 5. 2 p.m. Full moon: November 12,11 a.m. Last quarter: November 19, 4 a.m. New moon: November 27, 4 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg, showers, S.W., 20 knots. Wellington: 14deg, cloudy, N., 13 knots. Christchurch: 14deg. overcast, N.E., 9 knots. Dunedin: 13deg, cloudy, W.. 24 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 18, 30; Brisbane, 17. 19; Canberra, 11, 16; Hobart, 8, 23; Melbourne, 11, 26; Sydney, 16, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 8. 10; Athens, 16, 23; Bahrain, 23. 30; Bangkok, 28, 33; Barbados, 25, 33; Belgrade, 11, 20; Berlin, 4,12; Buenos Aires, 19, 26; Cairo, 15, 25; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 12, 22; Copenhagen, 6, 10; Dublin, 5, 15; Frankfurt, 6, 17; Geneva, .10; 16; Havana, 21, 29; Hong Kong, 24, 25; Honolulu, 21, 29; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 15, 20; Johannesburg, 11, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 20; Lisbon, 10, 22; London, 10, 16; Los Angeles, 12, 31; Madrid, 4, 23; •Manila, 23, 31; Montreal. -2. 10; Moscow, 5,8; New Delhi, 14. 30; New York, 9, 11; Oslo, -3, 1; Paris, 14, 16; Rio, 17, 30; Rome, 10, 21; San Francisco, 14, 2’-