NOON FORECAST

Press, 14 January 1982, Page 24

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A cold front is expected to move north-east over the South Island during the day bringing cooler south-west winds and isolated coastal showers to eastern districts but soon clearing again; fine or becoming fine in Otago, Southland, and Fiordland. However, cloud with scattered rain is expected in Westland and Buller. Mainly fine in Nelson and central Marlborough. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cool. fresh

southerlies becoming general with scattered light rain but winds decreasing during the day and fine intervals increasing. Marlborough: Cooler southerly winds spreading north with some rain about the coast; becoming fine and mild with light winds. Nelson: Fine and mild with south-westerlies predominating. fresh at times. Buller, Westland: Cloud increasing with scattered rain likely; moderate northerlies predominating. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1005.4 1011.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 36 Rainfall: mm. ft a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 6 To date this year 6 To date last year. ... 1 Average to dale 20 Average tor January. 47 Wettest January <1980;. . 13ft Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Vesterday 13 hr 06 mm To date this month. . . 10ft To date this year. . . . 109 To date last year. ... 124 Average tor January. 211 Humidity: Per cent at noon 13 Per cent at 6 p m . 22 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to ft a.m. yesterday: Maximum 2ft deg. minimum 14 deg. grass 14 deg. rainfall Nil SUN. MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6.5 a.m.; sets. 9.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.6 a.m.; sets. 9.10 p.m. Moon—Today: sets. 10.40 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.7 a.m.; sets 11.46 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 9.15 a.m. and 9.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.9 a.m. and 10.36 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 6Umin: Akaroa. subtract 45min: Pon Levy, subtract 30mm: .-ishnurton and Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura. add 17min. Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon Last quarter: January 17. 1 p.m. New moon: January 25, 6 p.m. First quarter: February 2, 3 a m. Full moon: February 8, 9 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg.. partly cloudy. N.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 19deg.. cloudy, N.. 20 knots. Christchurch: 34deg., partlycioudly. N.W.. 10 knots. Dunedin: 25deg., partly cloudy. S.W'., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 14. 25: Brisbane. 22. 31: Canberra. 20. 29; Hobart. 11. 19; Melbourne, 16. 20; Sydney. 22. 28. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 Hours were: Amsterdam, —9. -4: Athens. 11. 18: Bahrain. 16. 20; Bangkok. 20. 32. Beirut. 11, 18; Belgrade. 2. 7; Berlin. —lO. —7; Brussels, —7. -3; Buenos Aires. 16. 26; Cairo, 7. 20; Copenhagen. —B, I; Dublin, - 7. —1; Frankfurt, —6. Geneva. 3. 6; Helsinki, -15, - in. Hong Kong, 18. 22; Honolulu, 23. 29; Jakarta. 23. 29; Jerusalem, 4. 15: Johannesburg, 15, 28; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33; Lima, 18 24 Lisbon. 10, 12; London, -2, 2; Los Angeles. 15, 20; Madrid, 6, in. Manila. 19, 30; Mexico Citv. 6. 20 Montreal. —23. -22; Moscow. -8. -5; New Delhi, 10. 20. New York. —l5. —8; Nicosia. 5. 14. Oslo. —l3. —2; Paris, —6, 1; Rio. 21. 35: Rome, 6. 16; San Francisco, 7. 14; Seoul, —2, 7; Singapore. 23 29: Stockholm, -8. 6. Tokyo. 5. 16: Toronto —2O. - 15. Vancouver, 1. 3; Vienna -14 8.