Noon forecast

Press, 17 November 1981, Page 40

Noon forecast

General forecast: N Fine in the North Island, apart from a few showers in the north and west. Fine also in Nelson. Buller, Canterbury and North Otago, but scattered rain in other South Island districts. Cool south- E westerlies developing in Fiordland, Southland and southern parts of Otago. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh north- q easterlies gradually tending north-west inland: showers persisting about * the alps, but fine and warm elsewhere.

Nelson. Marlborough: Strong northerlies at first with occasional rain: fresh westerlies prevailing later, with some cloud persisting in the west: fine and mild elsewhere. Buller. Westland: .Fresh northerlies at first with rain, changing to westerlies. with the rain then easing to scattered showers and fair intervals. Outlook: Cool south-wester-lies developing in Canterbury. with scattered * showers, showers on the West Coast; mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 985.8 989.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Raintali: min. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m ml To date this month. ... 16 To dale this year 514 To date lasi year 605. Average to date 556 Average for November . 47 Wettest November (1952) 140 Driest November (1947) . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 54 mm To date this month. ... 87 To date this year 1720 To date last year. . . . 1818 Average tor November . 208 Humidity: . Per cent al noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 37 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.rn. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. minimum 13 deg. grass 12 deg. rainfall 1 SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun- - Today: Rises. 5.54 a.m.; sets. 8.36 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 5.53 a.m.;". sets. 8.37 p.m. Moon - Todav Rises. 1.12 a.m.: sets. 10.45 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 1-58 a.m.: sets 11.52 a.nt. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 9.57 a.m. and 10.25 p.m. Tomorrow: iit.s2 a.m. and 11.20 p.m (Lake Forsyth, subtract 6"min: Akaroa. subtract 4:>nun. Port Levy, subtract 30inin; Ashburton and

Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura. add 17min: Katapoi and Sumner, add 30tnin). 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: 18deg . cloudy. N. 14 knots. Wellington: 17deg.. cloudy. N.. 20 knots. Chrisi church: 20deg. partly clouay. N.E.. 15 knots Dunedin. 15deg.. cloudy. N.E.. I* knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 4. 9: Athens. 13. 17; Bangkok. 25. 29; Barbados. 2u. 30; Beirut; 10, 18: Belgrade. 2.2; Berlin. 2.5; Bogota, lu. 19; Brussels, 2.8; Buenos Aires. 18. 23: Cairo. 15. 20; Caracas. 17. 29; Chicago. -4.16: Copenhagen. -2.3: Frankfurt. 3, 10; Geneva. 4. 7: Havana. 21. 24; Hong Kong. 2. 26: Honolulu. 19. 28: Jakarta. 23/32. Jerusalem. 8. 18; Johannesburg. 14.'23: Kiev. -1. 1; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 34; Lima. 18. 22; Lisbon. 14. 20; London. 8. 10: Los Angeles. 15. 22; Madrid. 4. 5: Manila. 22. 29. Miami. 17. 24. Montevideo. 12. 20. Montreal. -2. 7: Moscow, -2. •»: Nassau. 17. 26: New Delhi. 13.25. New York: 7. 13; Nicosia, a. 19. Oslo. -6. 4; Paris. 3. 11- boo Francisco. 14. 18. San .Juan. 24 33; Santiago. 11. 3t‘.