Noon forecast

Press, 9 November 1981, Page 32

Noon forecast

General forecast: Fine east of the ranges in the North Island. Scattered showers and fine intervals elsewhere in the North Island and north of Christchurch and Greymouth. Rain in the southern half of the South Island this morning but an improvement in South Canterbury and South Westland is likely this afternoon. District forecasts: Canterbury:. Cloudy and cool with rain spreading slowly south: some fine intervals in the north: moderate north-easterly winds.

Westland: Easterly winds, fresh at times; cloudy with periods of rain easing in the north, some fine intervals. Marlborough: Moderate northerlies, scattered showers, long fine intervals, becoming milder. Nelson. Buller: Moderate northerlies, showers, fine intervals, becoming milder. Outlook: Mainly fine in Canterbury, scattered showers elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars' 1012.0 1013.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 8 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m..... 9 Saturday trace To date’ this month. ... 2 To' date this year 500 To date last year 578 Average to date. . . . : . 542 Average for November . 47 Wettest November (1952) I'4o Driest November (1947 ) ' 8 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 0 hr 0 min Yesterday 0 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 42 To date this year 1675 To date last year 1763 Average for November . 208 Humidity: Per cent at noon 94 Per cent at 6 p.m 90 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg. minimum 7 deg, grass 6 deg. rainfall 2mm. SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 6.1 a.m., sets 8.25 p.ni. Tomorrow: Rises 6 а. sets 8.27 p.m. Moon—Today. Rises 4.49 p.m., sets 4.42 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. б. p.m., sets 5.12 a.m. High tide: at Lyttelton—Today: • 2.25 a.m. and 2.48 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.15 a.m. and 3.37 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 Full moon: November 12.11 a.m.

Last quarter: November 19. 4 a.m. New moon: November 27. 4 a.m. First quarter: December 5, 5 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg.. cloudy, N.E., 18 knots. Wellington: 9deg.. rain, S.. 22 knots. Christchurch: 7deg.. rain. calm. Dunedin: 13deg.. cloudy. N.E.,’13 knots. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 19. 29: Brisbane, 18. 23; Canberra. 9. 24; Hobart, 8. 15; Melbourne. 10. 25; Perth. 13. 20; Sydney. 14, 21. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 4. 12: Athens. 13. 18; Bahrain. 24. 33; Bangkok. 25. 27; Barbados. 25, 31; Beirut. 12, 21; Belgrade, 2, 10; Berlin. 0,6; Bogota, 6, 22; Brussels, 2,9; Buenos Aires, 17, 22; Cairo. 15, 26; Caracas, 20, 29; Copenhagen, 0,7; Dublin. 3. 13; Frankfurt, 5, 10; Geneva, 6. 10; Havana, 25. 26; Hong Kong, 20, 21; Honolulu, 21. 29; Jakarta, 24. 31; Jerusalem. 10, 21; Johannesburg, 23, 32; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 14, 20; Lisbon. 12, 24; London. 5,9; Los Angeles. 16, 21; Madrid, 4. 23; Manila. 23. 32; Mexico City. 10, 22; Miami, .22, 27; Montevideo, 14, 17; Montreal. 7, 11; Moscow, 2,4; Nassau. 12, 30; New Delhi, 13, 27; New York, 11. 18; Nicosia, 6, 21; Oslo, -1, 6: Paris, 4. 11; Perth, 14, 20; Rio de Janeiro. 17, 33; Rome, 12, 17; San Francisco, 13. 17; San Juan, 25. 34; Santiago. 10. 28; Sao Paulo, 17, 29; Seoul. 0. 9; Singapore. 23, 31: Tel Aviv, 13, 23; Tokyo, 7,9: Toronto. 7, 8.