NOON FORECAST

Press, 21 August 1982, Page 64

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: ( The intense anti-cyclone in the Tasman Sea should remain slow-moving, with a I south-westerly • airstream persisting over most of New I Zealand. In most places the weather should be fine. A cold front should bring 1 showers later in the day to Fiordland, Southland, South Otago and Dunedin, with increasing cloud in Westland. 1 District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine; possibly some cloud or mist i areas night and morning; light winds, apart from

moderate south-westerlies along the coast today; cool days, frosty nights. Marlborough: Fine, frosts tonight; cool by day. Nelson: Fine and cool; southwesterlies, fresh and gusty at times. Buller: Mostly fine and cool with moderate south-west-erlies, but cloudy areas at first. Westland: Showers soon clearing and the weather becoming fine and cool; light winds; frosts tonight. Outlook: Fine in Canterbury. Marlborough and Nelson; cloudy elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1025.1 1025.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 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 422 Average for August ... 55 ■Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) . 5' Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 18 min To date this month. . . 126 To date this year 1353 To date last year 1179 Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent al noon 58 Per cent at 6 p.m 74 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. minimum 0 deg. grass -4 deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.16 a.m.; sets, 5.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.14 a.m.; sets. 5.50 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 8.39 a.m.; sets. B.oB' p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 9.06 a.m.: sets 9.18 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 5.49 a.m. and 6.19 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.51 a.m. and 7.19 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 30min). Phases of Moon First quarter: August 26,10 p.m. Full moon: September 4. midnight. Last quarter: September 11. 5 a.m.

New moon: September 18. midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13 deg., showers, S.W.. 18 knots. Wellington: 15 deg., fine. N.E., 3 knots. Christchurch: 12 deg:, partly cloudv. S.W.. 15 knots. Dunedin: 11 deg., cloudy, W.. 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 24: Brisbane. 12. 22; Canberra. 3. 19; Darwin. 21. 32; Hobart, 8. 21; Melbourne, 9. 22; Perth. 12, 17 (noon); Svdney, 9. 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in . the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 15, 20; Athens. 23. 36: Bahrain. 31. 37: Bangkok, 27. 29; Beirut, 21, 37; Belgrade. 15. 27: Berlin. 15, 20; Bogota. 7, 18: Brussels, 10, 20; Buenos Aires. 5, 13: Cairo, 21, 34; Caracas. 20, 28; Chicago. 11. 28: Copenhagen. 15. 18; Dublin, 7, 16: Frankfurt. 17, 27; Geneva. 12. 27; Havana, 23, 32; Helsinki. 13. 17; Hong Kong. 24, 27; Honolulu, 24. 29; Jakarta, 24, 33: Jerusalem. 17, 27; Kiev, 14. 23; Kuala Lumpur. 24, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon. 17, 29: London, 11, 20; Los Angeles. 16. 27; Madrid, 16, 35; Manila, 23, 33; Mexicd City, 12, 25; Miami. 22, 30; Montevideo, 8. 10; Montreal. 10. 24; Moscow, 13. 18: Nassau, 20, 31; New Delhi, 28. 37; New York. 20. 27; Nicosia, 22, 28; Oslo. 13, 18; Paris, 13, 22; Peking, 23. 30; Rio de Janeiro, 18. 28; Rome, 19, 33; San Francisco, 13. 15; San Juan, 24, 34; Santiago, 7. 17; Sad Paulo, 17, 27; Seoul,-24, 30: Singapore, 26, 31; Stockholm, 16, 18; Taipei. 26. 32: Tel Aviv. 21, 30; Tokyo. 25. 30: Toronto, 14. 24; Vancouver. 11. 24; Vienna. 16. 27.