Noon forecast

Press, 13 November 1981, Page 26

Noon forecast

General Forecast: The ridge of high pressure to the north and east of New Zealand is moving slowly away. The deep depression in the south Tasman Sea is moving slowly east. Between these two systems a moist north-westerly airstream covers New Zealand, bringing further rain to the west coast of the South Island today and scattered showers to the west of the North Island, but mainly dry weather in the east from Gisborne to Southland. However, a frontal zone could bring widespread rain to the west of the North Island and to Southland.

District forecasts: Canterbury: Occasional rain about the western ranges; cloudy elsewhere, with patches of drizzle at first; moderate cool north-east-erlies on the coast, but. warm north-westerlies gradually freshening inland. Marlborough, Nelson: Fresh northerlies; cloudy and mild with scattered light showers, • but general rain spreading from the west late this afternoon. Buller, Westland: Cloudy, with periods of rain; moderate north-easterlies. Outlook: Showers in Canterbury, Marlborough and Nelson; clearing weather in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1004.4 1004.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 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 549 Average for Nov 47 Wettest Nov. (1952). ... 140 Driest Nov. (1947, 8 Sunshine: , hrs Yesterday 1 hr min To date this month. 61 To date this year. 1694 To date last year 1794 Average for Mpv 208 Humidity: Per cent at noon . 81 Per cent at 6 p.m 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 8.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 8.32 p.m. Moon — Today: rises, 9.58 p.m.; sets 6.59 a.m. TomorrowRises, 11.11 p.m.; sets 7.44 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today. 5.56 a.m. and 6.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.57 a.m. and 7.26 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60 mini 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 Last quarter; November 19. 4 a.m. New moon: November 27.4 a m.

First quarter. December 5, 5 a.m. Full moon: December 11.10 p.m NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17 deg., cloudy, W., 9 knots. Wellington: 12 deg., drizzle, overcast, N., 7 knots. Christchurch: 14 deg., overcast, calm. Dunedin: 14 deg., cloudy. N.E.. 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities in the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. -1. 5; Athens. 7, 11: Bahrain, 24. 32: Bangkok. 23, 28; Barbados. 22, 31: Beirut, 16. 23; Belgrade, -2. 4: Berlin, -2, 5; Bogota. 9, 18: Brussels, -1, 9: Buenos Aires, 17, 22; Cairo, 14, 25: Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, -5, 10; Copenhagen, 4,5; Dublin, 5, 10; Frankfurt. -3, 4; Geneva -2, 4; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, 0,4: Hong Kong, 15, 21; Honolulu. 24, 29; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 20; Johannesburg, 9, 23; Kiev, -1, 0: Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 14, 20; Lisbon, 12, 21; London, 7, 12; Los Angeles, 15, 26; Madrid, 2. 18; Manila, 22, 32; Mexico City, 7. 20; Miami, 25, 26: Montevideo, 17 20; Montreal, -5, 4; Moscow, -4, -1; Nassau, 19, 28; New Delhi, 14, 29: New York, 4,6; Nicosia, 15, 21; Oslo. 5,7; Paris, 2,8; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 28; Rome, 1, 11; San Francisco, 15, 20; San Juan, 24 30; Santiago, 9, 26; Sao Paulo. 19 23; Seoul, -1. 7; Singapore, 23. 31 Stockholm, 3,5; Taipei, 15. 22 Tel Aviv, 18. 25: Tokyo, 5. 15 Toronto. -3. 3; Vancouver, 2, 13. Vienna. 0, 3. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 11. 20: Brisbane, 20, 30; Canberra, 8, 17; Hobart, 11, 17; Melbourne, 11, 16; Perth, 14, 21 (noon); Sydney, 14, 23.