NOON FORECAST

Press, 8 March 1982, Page 34

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A large anticyclone is moving slowly east and should continue to maintain fine weather over much of New Zealand today. A moist north-easterly airstream flows on to the north of the North Island, accompanied by drizzle, and this airstream should bring heavier showers this afternoon. A disturbed northerly airstream over the Tasman Sea may bring rain to Fiordland during the day and possibly to South Westland later. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine apart from variable high cloud; moderate northeasterlies about the coast,

with overnight cloud; warm north-westerlies inland. Nelson, Marlborough: Fine, except- for variable skies; light or moderate northerlies predominating; warm this afternoon. Buller: Fine at first, but cloud increasing today; light or moderate northerlies; mild. Westland: Fine at first, but cloud increasing with scattered rain spreading from the south to reach Fox Glacier by evening; northerlies; mild. Outlook:Rain in the southwest of the South Island and a few showers in the north of the North Island; mainly fine elsewhere

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1023.8 1024.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Saturday Nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 37 To date last year 30 Average to date 108 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979 ). . 173 Driest March (1969 ;. . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 9 hr 54 min Yesterday 10 hr 00 min To date this month. ... 49 To date this year 524 To date last year 452 Average for March. ... 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m 73 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg. minimum 14 deg, grass 11 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.16 a.m; sets, 7.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.17 a.m.; sets, 7.1 p.m. Moon-Today; Rises, 6.29 a.m.; sets, 3.45 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.2 a.m.; sets, 4.56 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.47 am. and 3.12 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.39 a.m. and 4.4 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: March 10, 9 a.m. Last quarter: March 18, 5 a.m. New moon: March 25, 16 p.m. First quarter; April 1, 5 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, N.E. sk. Wellington: 20deg., cloudy, N.E. 3k. Christchurch: 21deg., partly cloudy, N.E. 10k. Dunedin: 19deg., partly cloudy, N.E. 13k. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 21, 34; Brisbane. 24, 31; Canberra, 15. 31; Hobart. 15, 30; Melbourne, 17, 27; Perth, 15, 22 (noon); Sydney. 20. 27. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in main centres of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 0,9; Athens, 10, 18; Bahrain, 15, 20, Bangkok, 28, 33; Barbados, 22, 28; Beirut, 12, 20; Belgrade, 3,5; Berlin, 1,6; Bogota, 10, 20; Brussels, -2, 8; Buenos Aires, 20,38; Cairo, 11,22; Caracas, 18, 28; Copenhagen, -2, 5; Dublin, 7,9; Frankfurt, -3, 8; Geneva, 1,7; Helsinki, -5, 0; Johannesburg, 11, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 8, 16; London, 4, 10; Los Angeles, 11, 25; Madrid, 0, 13; Manila, 20. 34; Mexico City, 9, 25; Montevideo, 18,26; Montreal, -9, - 2; Moscow, 0. 6; Nassau, 21, 28; New Delhi, 12, 17; New York, 2, 11; Nicosia, 7, 17; Oslo, -8, -7; Paris, 1, 11; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 32; Rome, 9,14; San Francisco, 9, 18; Santiago, 12, 28; Seoul, -1, 10; Singapore, 23,27; Stockholm, 2,6; Taipei, 17, 22; Tel Aviv, 8, 19, Vancouver, 1,8; Vienna, 5, 11.