NOOM FORECAST

Press, 30 December 1982, Page 22

NOOM FORECAST

General forecast: Fine over much of New Zealand. A cold front moving on to the south of the South Island is expected to bring rain to Fiordland, Southland, and South Otago. District Forecasts: Canterbury: South-westerlies dying out; cold and showery at first but becoming fine and milder. Nelson: South-westerlies,

fresh at times; mainly fine and cool. Marlborough: A few coastal showers at first otherwise fine. Buller, Westland: South-west-lerlies fresh at times; mainly fine, but some cloudy periods. Outlook:Mainly fine in Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough showers in Buller . and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ..... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1003.1 1003.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 To date this month. ... 49 To date this year 401 To date last year 549 Average to date 635 Average for December . 52 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 2.6 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 227 To date this year 2267 To date last year 2008 Average for December . 205 Humidity: Per cent at noon 69 Per cent at 6 p.m 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. minimum 9 deg, grass 3 deg. rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises. 5.50 a.m.: sets, 9.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.51 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 9.01 p.m.; sets, 5.08 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.05 p.m.; sets, 6.06 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — today: 4.38 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.33 a.m. and 5.58 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa, subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min, Ashburton and Rakaia subtract 25 min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min.) Phases of Moon Full moon: Tomorrow, 1 a.m.

New moon: January 14. 6.08 p.m. First quarter: January 22, 6.33 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., recent showers, s.w. 14 knots. ■ Wellington: 15deg., cloudy, n.w.. 16 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., rain s., 14 knots. Dunedin: 12deg.. partly cloudy, w„ 23 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 3,7; Athens. 5, 14; Bahrain, 13, 19: Bangkok, 15. 28; Barbados, 23, 28; Beirut, 14, 20: Belgrade, 3,7; Berlin. 2.3: Bogota, 9. 18: Brussels, 1. 6; Buenos Aires, 24, 33; Cairo. 10.17; Calgary, -14. 5; Caracas, 20. 28; Chicago, 5,8; Copenhagen, 2,7; Dublin, 6. 9; Frankfurt, 4,7; Geneva. -4. 3; Havana. 22. 28: Helsinki, 0. 4: Hong Kong. 11. 17: Honolulu, 20. 27: Jakarta, 22. 30; Jerusalem. 7, 12; Johannesburg. 23, 29; Kiev. -1. 1; Kuala Lumpur, 24. 32: Lima, 20. 26; Lisbon. 6. 9: London, 4. 9; Los Angeles, 7, 16; Madrid, -1, 15; Manila, 23, - 30. Mexico City, 8. 20; Miami, 23. 25: Montevideo. 21, 32: Montreal, 7. 3; Moscow, -2, 0; Nassau. 21, 26; New Delhi, 6. 21; New York. 4,9; Nicosa, 7,18; Oslo, -5, -1; Paris, 4, 10; Peking, -3, 5; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 32; Rome, 2, 13; San Francisco, 8, 12; San Juan, 24, 29; Santiago, 15, 30; Sao Paulo, 17, 28; Seoul, -3. 7; Singapore, 24. 30; Stockholm, 1, .2; Taipei, 11. 14; Tel Aviv, 12, 18; Tokyo, 6, 12; Toronto, 3,5; Vancouver, -4, 5; Vienna. 4, 6. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 22, 34: Brisbane, 21. 28; Canberra, 16. 26; Hobart. 12. 28; Melbourne. 16. 31; Perth. 14, ■26 (noon); Sydney 21. 24.