NOON FORECAST

Press, 19 August 1982, Page 42

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A ridge of high pressure should extend across the Tasman Sea on to central New Zealand today, and in most 6 laces it should be fine; in le far south, strong westerly or south-westerly, winds and scattered showers are expected to spread further north into Fiordland and South Westland during the day. District forecasts: Canterbury: Light winds, fine, cool.

Marlborough: Light winds at first, but northerlies slowly freshening by evening; fine, cold. Nelson, Buller: Fine and cool with light winds. Westland: Mainly fine, but isolated showers likely in the south;, light winds; cool. Outlook: A few showers likely in Westland; elsewhere fine. ,

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1024.2 1025.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. . . 9 To date this year 213 To date last year 329 Average to date. . ... . 418 . Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948)... 5. Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 107 To date this year. . .... . 1334 To date last year 1172 Average for August . . . 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 37 Per cent at 6 p.m 64 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: i Maximum 12 deg, minimum 1 deg, grass —2 deg, rainfall 7 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 7.19 a.m., sets 5.48 p.m: Tomorrow: Rises 7.17 a.m., sets 5.49 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 7.31 a.m., sets 5.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 8.07 a.m., sets 6.56 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today; 3.52 a.m: and 4.21 pm. Tomorrow: 4.48 a.m. and 5.19 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min.; Port Levy, subtract 30min.; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min.; Kaikoura, add 17min.; Kaia- - poi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon New moon: Today, . 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: lldeg., rain. Wellington: 7deg., cloudy. Christchurch: Bdeg., fine.' Dunedin: 7deg., cloudy. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday, were: Adelaide, 6, 21; Brisbane, 12, 21; Canberra, I; 16; Darwin, 10, 31; Hobart, 4, 17; Melbourne, 4,18: Perth, 15, 21 (noon); Sydney, 9, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 16, 20; Athens, 23, 34; Bahrain, 31, 36: Bangkok, 27, 28 Barbados, 26, 30; Belgrade, 17, 32- Berlin, 13, 23; Bogota, 6, 19; Brussels, 13, 22; Buenos Aires, 10, 13; Cairo, 22, 35; Caracas, 26, 27; Chicago, 16, 29; Copenhagen, 17, 21; Dublin, 12, 19; Frankfurt, 15, 28; Geneva, 18, 28; Helsinki, 14, 17; Hong Kong, 24, 26; Honolulu, 24, 28; Jakarta, 23. 32; Jerusalem, 18 28 Kiev, 16, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 32; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 16, 26; London, 14, 21;. Los Angeles 16, 26; Madrid, 15, 33; Manila, 24, 33; Mexico City, 12, 26- Miami, 24, 30; Montreal, 16, 28; Moscow, 11; 14; Nassau, 24,33; New Delhi, 27, 35; New York, 19, 31; Nicosia, 23, 38; Oslo, 12, 21; Paris, 16, 24; Peking, 23, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 32; Rome, 18, 35; San Francisco, 13, 23; San Juan, 26, 32; Santiago, 5,19; Sao Paulo, 14,26; Seoul, 24,31; Singapore, 22, 31; Stockholm, 7, 20; Taipei, 26, 34; Tel Aviv, 23,31; Tokyo, 24,28; Toronto. 14,30; Vancouver, 12,21; Vienna. 20. 28. '