NOON FORECAST

Press, 14 July 1982, Page 52

NOON FORECAST

General Forecast: A small weakening anticyclone lies to the north of New Zealand and is moving east-north-east and an intense anticyclone lies to the west of Tasmania; a west to south-west airstream covers New Zealand and a cold front lying to the south of the South Island and moving quickly north-east should have passed over much of the South Island this morning. A change to cold showery south-westerlies with some snow to quite low levels. District Forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh cold south-westerlies with wintery showers and some snow down to low levels.

Marlborough: Strong cold showery south-westerlies ■ developing. Nelson: Cool south-westerlies fresh at times; scattered/ showers mostly about the ranges but mainly fineelsewhere. Buller: Cold fresh south- ■ westerlies with scattered showers becoming more widespread for a time and some fresh snow on the .ranges; clearing. / "-. Westland: Fresh cold southwesterlies with scattered showers turning to general rain and with some snow . to low levels; clearing during the day. Outlook: Showers in Canterbury and Marlborough,, mainly fine and frosty elsewhere. '■ ./ * ' .

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1005.2 1001.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) - . 12 Rainfail: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m.. . . . .: — To date this month 4' To date this year 154 To date last year. .... 286 Average to date 355 Average for July 55 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967). . ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 64 To.date this, year 1139 To date last year. .... 1004 Average for July ..... 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 66 Per. cent at 6 p.m 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 14 deg. minimum -3 deg. grass —3 deg. raintali nil. SUN. MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today; Rises. 8 am.. sets.' 5.12. p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.59 a m ; sets. 5.13 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, midnight sets, 12.11 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 1.08 a.m.; sets 12.38 ' P-fh- '■ High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.30 a.m. and 10.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.21 a.m. and 11:42 p.m, (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60mtn; Akaroa, subtract ’4smin, Port Levy, subtract 3Umih: Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25mm: Kaikoura, add 17tnin: Kaia- „ poi.i and Sumner, add 30 min) Phases of Moon New moon: July 21. 7 a.m.

First quarter: July 28. 6 a.m. Full moon: August 5. 11 a.m. Last quarter: Todav, 4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., partly cloudy, W., 17 knots./ Wellington: lOdeg.'. cloudy, S.. 14 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., fine, S.W.. 3 knots Dunedifi: lOdeg 1 .. cloudy. N.W„ 5 , knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and; maximum ternperatures'ln the main' Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 15: Brisbane, 10. 21; Canberra. 3.12: Darwin. 19, 29: Hobart. 3,9; Melbourne. 8, 13; Perth, 13, 20 (noon); Sydney, 9, 15. - Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours ■■were: _ . / Amsterdam. 18. 27: Athens, 19. 30; Bahrain. 30. 37: Bangkok, 27, •. 31; Barbados. 23, 30; Beirut. 20, 25: Belgrade. 16, 20; Berlin. 16, 28; Bogota. 7, 18; Brussels, 16, 28; Buenos Aires, 7. 13; Cairo, 20. 33: Caracas. 20. 26: Chicago. 18. 25: Copenhagen. 14. 25: Dublin, 11.16; Frankfurt. 17, 32; Geneva. 20, 31; Havana. 25. 32; Helsinki. 15. 25; . Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 23, 31; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 27, 34; Johannesburg. 5, 17; Kiev, 15, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima. 16.19; Lisbon. 17. 24; London. 15. 22; Los Angeles, 18, 30; Madrid, 19. 32; Manila. 23. 32: Mexico City, 14, 26; Miami, 26, 30; Montevideo, 6. 10; Montreal. 18. 31; Moscow, 18. 29; Nassau, 24, 32; New Delhi; 31, 42: New York. 21. 27; Nicosia 19. 32: Oslo, 14, 23, Paris, 18, 32; Peking, 23, 33; Rio de Janeiro. 17, 29; Rome. 19. 32; San Francisco. 11. 15; San Juan, 25. 32: Santiago. 5. 16; Sao Paulo, 13. 24; Seoul. 22. 28: Singapore, 24. 32: Stockholm. 11. 27; Taipei. 25. 33. Tel Aviv. 19. 28; Tokyo. 23. 31; Toronto. 20. 29; Vancouver. 15. 23; Vienna 15. 22.