NOON FORECAST

Press, 16 August 1982, Page 36

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Mainly fine over much of New Zealand. but scattered showers in the north of the North Island and in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay. Freshening north-westerlies may also bring showers to the south-w-est of the South Island. District forecasts. Canterbury: Light winds, north-east-

erlies predominating about the coast; some cloudy periods, otherwise fine and cool. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and cool, light to moderate winds, south-easterly in Marlborough. Outlook: Fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1025.7 1026.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to ,6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday nil To date this month. ... ‘3 To date this year. . 206 To date last year. . 329 Average to date 411 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975)s . 149 Driest August (1948) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 6 min Saturday 4hrs 6min To date this month. . . 82 To date this year. . . 1310 To date last year 1153 Average for August . .' 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 50 Per cent at 6 p.m 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. minimum 3 deg, grass -1 deg. rainfall 2' SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises. 7.24 a.m; sets 5.45' p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.22 a.m; sets, 5.46 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises. 4.53 a.m: sets. 2.06' p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.55 a.m:- sets, 3.12 p.m. High Tide at Lyttelton — today: 1.11 am; and 1.41 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.05 a.m; and 2.34 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). 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: No report. Wellington: 9 deg., cloudy, S., 13 knots. Christchurch: 9 deg., fine. S.. 6 knots. Dunedin: 5 deg., cloudy, S.W.. 7 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 14; Brisbane, 14. 23: Canberra, 2, 14: Darwin. 21. 31; Hobart. 5,14: Melbourne 6, 14; Perth, 8. 12; Sydney, 8. 19. Minimum arid maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 12. 19; Athens, 23. 33; Bahrain, 32. 37; Bangkok, 28, 32; Barbados, 25. 30: Belgrade, 16, 31; Berlin. 15, 21; Brussels, 18, 26: Buenos Aires, 15,23; Cairo, 23, 34; Chicago. 24, 31; Copenhagen, 15. 20; Dublin, 10. 18; Frankfurt, 16, 27: Geneva. 16.27: Havana, 24, 34: Helsinki, 14, 19; Hong Kong, 28. 33; Honolulu, 24, 31; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 19, 31; Johannesburg, 8, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 17, 26; London. 11, 21; Los Angeles, 19, 25;'Madrid. 17, 36; Manila, 24, 31; Mexico City, 14, 26; Miami, 25. 30: Montreal. 13. 21; Moscow, 12, 22; Nassau, 27, 33; New Delhi, 27. 34; New York, 17, 26; Oslo, 7. 19 Paris. 16, 23; Peking, 25, 35; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 25; Rome, 18, 34: San Francisco, 13.19; Santiago. 3. 14; Seoul. 24. 26: Singapore. 25, 31: Stockholm. 17. 23; Taipei, 26, 33. Tel Aviv, 22, 30: Tokyo. 24. 31; Toronto. 11. 22: Vancouver. 13.19; Vienna, 18. 31.