NOON FORECAST

Press, 14 August 1982, Page 60

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A cold front is expected to cross the North Island with a band of rain, followed by fresh westerly winds; in the South Island, scattered showers are expected in the west and far south,' with fresh westerly or south-. westerly, winds; fine in the east from Nelson to North Otago.

District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Mainly fine, with fresh westerly winds; scattered showers near the Alps. Buller, Westland: Fresh westerly to south-westerly winds; variable skies with scattered showers; cool. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: ...... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1009.6 1005.7 Temperature: ■ • deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m...... Nil To date this month. ! . . 1 To date this year. . ... 204 To date last year/. ... 329 Average to date 409 Average for August . . 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 70 To date this year. . . . 1297 To date last year. .. . . 1140 ' Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 76 Per cent al 6 p.m 44 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. minimum 0 deg. grass 0 deg. rainfall trace SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.27 a.m.; sets 5.42 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.26 a.m.; sets 5.43 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 2.32 a.m.; sets. 12'21 p.m. Tomorrow: ■ Rises. 3.44 a.m.; sets, 1.08 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.53 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.1’7 a.m. and 12.48 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 30 min.) Phases of Moon New moon: August 19. 3 p.m. First quarter: August 26.10 p.m.

Full moon: September 4, midnight. Last quarter: September 11, 5 a.m. NOON WEATHER. Auckland: 14deg., showers, N.E., 11 knots. Wellington: lOdeg., showers, N„ 14 knots. Chfistchurch: 9deg.. cloudy, N.E.. 3 knots. Dunedin: Bdeg., cloudy, calm. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 7. 17: Brisbane, 11, 27; Canberra, 0. 13; Darwin, 23. 31; Hobart. 7. 13; Melbourne. 9. 14; Perth. 9, 15; Sydney. 9, 18. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 12. 21; Bahrain, 31. 39; Bangkok. 27/31; Barbados, 25. 30; Belgrade. 17, 28; Berlin. 14. 28; Brussels, 15,’ 28; Buenos Aires, 9, 16; Cairo, 20. 36; Caracas, 20. 28; Chicago. 8. 25; Copenhagen. 45, 21; Dublin, 10. 19; Frankfurt, 15. 27;- Geneva, 14, 26: Havana, 15, 30; Helsinki, 10, 19; . Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 25, 32; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 19. 31; Johannesburg, 10, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima. 14. 19; Lisbon, 19, 37; London, 17, 23; Los Angeles, 19, 24; Madrid. 18, 32; Manila, 24, 32; Mexico City, 13, 25; Miami, 28. 30; Montrea’l, 14. 21; Moscow. 11, 21; Nassau, 24, 32; New Delhi, 25. 34; New York, 17. 24: Oslo. 11. 23; Peking. 24. 30; Rio de Janeiro. 17,. 26; Rome. 18. 33; San Francisco. 13, 18; Santiago, 8. 19; Seoul. 25, 34; Singapore. 24. 28; Stockholm. 12. 22: Taipei. 25. 32; Tel Aviv, 23. 33; Tokvo. 24. 28: Toronto. 13. 21: Vancouver. 13.21; Vienna, 18.25.