FORECAST

Press, 13 December 1982, Page 48

FORECAST

General forecast: Mainly fine in the east of the North Island and about Cook Strait. Occasional showers in most other districts. Strong west to southwesterlies decreasing only slowly. District forecasts: Canterbury: South-westerlies freshening at times; occasional showers, sometimes with hail: cold. Nelson: Fresh or strong south-westerlies; cold and showery in the west, but

only scattered showers spreading elsewhere. Marlborough; Fresh southwesterlies on the Kaikoura coast, with occasional showers; mainly fine elsewhere. Buller, Westland: Cool southwesterlies, strong in exposed places, occasional showers. Outlook: Becoming fine in Canterbury; fine in Marlborough; some rain in the Nelson ranges; scattered showers in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken al the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer:. 6p.rn. 11 p.m. Millibars 989 8 994.2 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 pm, 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 pm 7.6 Saturday Trace To date this month To date this year. 37! To date last year 539 Average to dale ... 603 Average for December 52 Wettest December (1978 i 149 Driest Dr-ember <1943 • 5 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 3 hr 36 mm Yesterday 1 hr 06 mm To date this month 72 To date this year 2111 To date last year 1947 Average tor December 205 Humidity: Per cent al noon 59 Per cent al 6 p in 61 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday. Maximum 27 deg. minimum 5 deg. grass 5 deg. rainfall 13 SI N, MOON. AND TIDES Sun -Today: Rises, 5.45 am.: sets. 9.03 p.m. Tomorrow. Rises. 5.45 a m.; sets. 9.05 p.m. Moon-Today; Rises. 4.23 a.m.; sets. 6.49 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 4.53 a m.; sets 7.52 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today. 3.48 am. and 4.06 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.34 a.m. and 451 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min. Akaroa. subtract 45min. Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton’ and Hakaia. subtract 25 min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min.) Phases of Moon New moon: December 15.10 p.m.

First quarter: December 24. 3 a.m. Full moon: December 31,1 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., partly cloudy. W., 33 knots. Wellington: 1 Ideg., cloudy. S.E.. 7 knots. Christchurch: 13deg.. cloudy, S.W.. 13 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., recent showers. W„ 24 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 3. 7: Athens. 14. 18; Bahrain. 13. 16: Bangkok. 23. 31: Barbados. 23. 30; Beirut. 10. 18; Belgrade. 8. 12: Berlin. 1. 5: Bogota. 9. 20: Buenos Aires. 18. 33; Cairo. 8. 19; Calgary. 5. 16. Caracas. 18. 27: Chicago. —4. 1; Copenhagen. 5. 8: Dublin. -1. 5; Frankfurt. 3. 13: Geneva. 6. 11; Havana. 20, 26: Helsinki. 1. 3: Hong Kong. 18, 22; Honolulu. 18. 24; Jakarta. 24. 33; Jerusalem. 3. 11: Johannesburg. 13. 24; Kiev. 2. 7: Kuala Lumpur. 23. 32; Lima, 18. 24: Lisbon. 14,17; London. 2.7; Los Angeles. 14, 18; Madrid. 10. 16; Manila. 23. 32: Mexico City. 10, 23; Miami. 23, 26. Montevideo, 19, 31: Montreal. 7, 19; Moscow, —4. -4; Nassau. 16, 26: NewYork. —B. 1; Nicosia. 2, 18; Oslo. 1,2; Paris. 4. 9: Peking, —l, 10; Rio de Janeiro. 18, 28; Rome. 11. 17; San Francisco. 5. 14; San Juan. 21. 29; Sao Paulo. 17, 24; Seoul. 1. 4: Singapore. 24. 31; Stockholm, 2.5; Taipei. 17. 26: Tel Aviv, 8. 16; Tokyo. 5. 19; Toronto, 0, 10; Vancouver. 6. 13: Vienna. 7. 10. Temperatures • in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 22. 36; Brisbane. 18. 27; Canberra. 12. 26; Hobart, 12. 23; Melbourne. 13. 32; Perth. 15. 22 (noon): Svdnev. 16. 22.