NOON FORECAST

Press, 10 March 1982, Page 42

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A ridge of high pressure extending across New Zea ; land from an intense anticyclone should bring fine weather to the North Island and to the north-east of the South Island. The cold front over the South Island should become slow-moving and much weaker, with scattered outbreaks of rain especially on the West Coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: North-westerlies, strong inland and often fresh and gusty about the coast; continuing fine and warm with increasing high cloud.

Nelson, Marlborough: Fine and warm, with fresh northerly or northwesterly winds. Buller: Cloudy and mild with scattered showers; moderate northerlies. Westland: Northerlies, fresh at times in exposed places; cloudy and mild with rain in the south and scattered falls elsewhere. Outlook: Showers in the far north of the North Island, on the West Coast, and in the 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 1013.1 1015.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 30 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 37 To date last year 46 Average to date 112 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1969). ... 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 18 min To date-this month. . 68 To date this year 542 To date last year 453 Average for March. ... 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon 25 Per cent at 6 p.m 32 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. minimum 11 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6:18 a.m.; sets, 6.59 p.m, Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 6.57 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 7.31 p.m.; sets, 6.06 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.58 p.m.; sets 7.14 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 4.33 a.m. and 4.59 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.28 a.m. and 5.27 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45mirr, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura. add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.). Phases of Moon Full moon: today, 9 a.m. Last quarter: March 18, 5 a m.

New moon: March 25, 10 p.m. First quarter: April 1, 5 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22 deg., cloudy, E., 12 knots. • Wellington: 20deg., cloudy, N„ 10 knots. Christchurch: 28deg., fine, N.W., 15 knots. Dunedin: 28deg., partly cloudy. N.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 20; Brisbane, 23, 31; Canberra, 10, 18; Darwin, 24, 32 (noon); Hobart, 8, 18; Melbourne, .11, 19; Perth, ’l4, 24 (noon); Sydney, 16, 18. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, ’ —3, 6; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok,.2B, 33; Beirut. 13, 22; Belgrade. 0, 7;,Berlin, -2, 9; Bogota, 7, 22; Buenos Aires, 19, 30; Cairo, 11, 23; Caracas,.ls, 27; Chicago, —ll, —6; Copenhagen, 0,5; Dublin, 2,9; Frankfurt, —2, 8; Geneva, —2, 5; Helsinki —2, 1; Hong Kong, 15, 15;’ Honolulu, 20, 26; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 7, 15; Johannesburg, 13,- 23; Kiev, — 5,0; Kuala Lumpilr, 23, 32; Lisbon, 10, 15; London, 2, 10; Los Angeles, 14, 25; Madrid, -1, 15; Manila, 21, 35; Miami, 25, 27; Montevideo, 19, 29; Montreal, —4, 0; Moscow, —lO. —1; Nassau, 24. 29; New Delhi, 7, 21; New York, 2,3; Nicosia, 9, 20; Oslo, —2, 3; Paris, 0,7; Rio, 19, 27; Rome. 5, 13; San. Francisco, 12, ; 15: San Juan, 23, 29; Santiago, 12, 25; Sao Paulo, 17, 24; Seoul, -5, 3; Singapore, 24. 31; Stockholm, —4, 6; Taipei, 14, 18; Tel Aviv, 10, 19; Tokyo, 3,7; Toronto, —4, —1; Vancouver) 1,8; Vienna, 4, 11.