Noon forecast

Press, 12 November 1981, Page 36

Noon forecast

General forecast: The ridge of high pressure over New Zealand is moving slowly eastwards, but will continue to bring fine weather in the east from Gisborne to Southland during today. The cold front in the eastern Tasman Sea is weakening as it moves eastwards but will bring cloudy skies to the rest of New Zealand during the day, with showers on the West Coast of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine, but considerable high cloud at times and scattered rain about the Alps this morning; northerlies, fresh at times on the

coast and moderate inland; cool. Nelson: Cloudy and cooler, with scattered rain about the western ranges; moderate northerlies. Marlborough; Mainly fine, but cloudy at times; northerlies' predominating, fresh about the Sounds and moderate elsewhere; mild. Buller, Westland: Cloudy with rain easing to scattered showers later this morning; moderate northerlies; cool. Outlook: Rain over most of the North Island and in the west and far south of the South Island; mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11 p.m Millibars 1009.5 1009.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month ... 11 To date this year 509 To date last year 602 Average to date 547 Average for Nov 47 Wettest (1952) 148 Driest (1947) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 60 To date this year 1693 To date last year 1788 Average for Nov 208 Humidity: Per cent at noon 76 Per cent at 6 p.m 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. vesterday: Maximum 16 deg. minimum 7 deg. grass 4 deg. rainfall o.omm SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises. 5.57 a.m.; sets, 8.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 8.31 p.m. Moon—Today; Rises, 8.40 p.m.; sets. 6.18 am. Tomorrow: Rises. 9.58 p.m.; sets, 6.59 a:m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today; 4.58 a.m. and 5.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.56 a.m. and 6.23 p.m.

Phases of the Moon Full.moon: Today, 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: 17deg., partly cloudy. W., 13 knots. Wellington: 15deg.. fine. W., 2 knots. Christchurch: 13deg.. cloudy, E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 18; Brisbane, 20. 33; Canberra, 9, 17; Darwin, 27, 31 (noon); Hobart, 12.15; Melbourne. 11. 18; Perth. 18. 23 (noon); Sydney. 16, 26. Minimum and maximum temperature in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were. Athens. 8. 12; Bahrain, 21, 27; Bangkok, 22, 27; Barbados, 24. 30; Beirut. 11. 16; Belgrade, 0,3; Berlin. -1. 4; Bogota. 9, 19; Brussels, -2. 8; Buenos Aires, 17, 30; Cairo. 14. 25; Caracas. 18. 29; Chicago, 0. 8: Dublin. 7, 11; Frankfurt, -6. 4; Geneva, -2, 4; Havana. 20, 30; Helsinki. -2, 3; Hong Kong. 13. 19; Honolulu, 20, 29; Jakarta, 24. 33; Jerusalem, 10, 20; Johannesburg, 13. 28; Kiev, O. 2; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 14. 19; Lisbon, 13, 20; London, 5, 10; Los Angeles, 15. 29; Madrid. 6. 16; Manila. 22. 32;