NOON FORECAST

Press, 17 March 1982, Page 52

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Scattered showers are expected in eastern Northland, Gisborne, and northern Hawke's Bay with east to south-east winds, some showers may also develop in Fiordland with increasing north-westerlies there; over the rest of the country a fine day is expected with variable cloud and it should be rather mild by afternoon. District forecasts:' Canterbury; Moderate northeasterlies predominating about coasts, cloudy areas chiefly night and morning with some early morning fog patches, otherwise mainly fine. Nelson. Buller; Moderate variable winds with day-

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteoro- P logical Office. Christchurch Air-’ F port, yesterday. Barometer: 6 pm. 11 p.m. Millibars 1028.0 1028.0 Temperature: deg ' Maximum ito 6 p.m.) . . 18 Rainfall: mm 9 am. to 11 p.m...... nil r ' To date this month. ... 4 To date this year 40 To date last year 46 Average to date 125 Average for March. ... 58 I Wettest March 11979). . . 173 ' Driest March (1969). ... 8 Sunshine: hrs f Yesterday 11 hr 6 min “ To date this month. ... 110 ‘ To date this year 585 * To dale last year 521 Average for March. .. . 170 f Humidity: 1 Per cent at noon 58 ' Per cent at 6 p.m 64 Temperatures and rainfall for j the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday, j Maximum 17 deg. minimum 7 deg, ! grass 4 deg. rainfall nil ; SUN, MOON, AND TIDES . ( ■! Sun-Today: Rises, 6.29 a.m.; I sets, 647 p.m. Tomorrow: ( Rises, 6.30 a.m.; sets, 6.45 I p.m. I Moon-Today: Rises, 10.58 p.m.; L sets. 1.27 p.m. Tomorrow: ] Rises. 11.41 p.m.; sets, 2.21 1 p.m. 1 High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 1 10.31 ’ a.m. and 10.54 p.m. ; Tomorrow: 11.15 a.m. and i 11.38 p.m (Lake Forsyth, 1 • subtract 60min: Akaroa. sub- I tract 45min; Port Levy, sub- ( tract 30min: Ashburton and j Rakaia. subtract 25min; ] Katkoura. add 17min; Kaia- ] poi and Sumner, add 30min.) | Phases of Moon Full moon: April 8, 10 p.m. Last quarter: Tomorrow. 5 a.m. (

time sea breezes, a tew cloudy areas and morning mist patches otherwise fine; mild by day. Marlborough: Moderate southerlies about the Sounds dying out, otherwise light winds tending moderate northerly, cloudy areas, mainly fine. Westland: Light winds apart from daytime sea . breezes, some cloudy areas and early morning mist patches, otherwise fine, mild by afternoon. Outlook: A few showers in eastern Northland and possibly Gisborne, and also some showers in Fiordland, over the rest of New Zealand mainly fine.

New moon: March 25, 10p.m. First quarter: April 1, 5 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., fine, N.E., 8 knots. Wellington: 16deg., cloudy, S., 11 knots. Christchurch: 17deg„ fine, N.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., partly cloudy, S.E.. 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of Australia yesterday were: Adelaide, 17. 30; Brisbane, 18. 28: Canberra. 15. 27; Darwin, 26. 34; Hobart, 17, 19; .Melbourne, 22, 27; Perth, 15, 27 (noon); Sydney, 20. 26. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 0, 10; Athens. 8, 15; Bahrain. 16. 26: Bangkok. 28. 33; Beirut. 7. 16; Belgrade. 2,7; Berlin. 5. 11; Bogota, 10, 19; Brussels. 0. 9; Buenos Aires. 20. 24; Cairo, 10, 22; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 1, 10; Copenhagen, 5. 5; Dublin. 1. 9; Frankfurt, 1,9; Geneva. -3, 7: Havana. 25 . 30; Helsinki. 2.4: Hong Kong, 19. 25; Honolulu. 24. 28: Jakarta, 23, 31; Jersusalem, 5, 11; Johannesburg, 14. 27; Kiev, -1, 6; Kuala Lumpur, 22. 34; Lisbon, 8, 20, London, 9. 9; Los Angeles, 13.18; Madrid. 5,16, Manila, 20, 34; Mexico City. 14, 28; Miami. 24. 27; Montevideo, 17, 23; Montreal. 1. 2: Moscow. 1. 2; Nassau, 18, 28: New Delhi, 12. 26; New York, 6. 14: Nicosia. 8, 16; Oslo. -1. 3; Paris. 3. 13; Rio. 19, 29; Rome, 3, 13: San Francisco. 10. 14; Santiago. 11. 28; Sao Paulo. 17, 23; Seoul. 6. 15: Singapore. 25. 33; Stockholm. 0. 3; Taipei, 19, 28; Tel Aviv, 7, 19; Tokyo, 8, 16; Toronto. 3. 5; Vancouver 2.8: Vienna. 4. 7.