NOON FORECAST

Press, 26 February 1983, Page 64

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: The weak trough is expected to have moved off the North Island by this morning and the anti-cyclone over the south Tasman Sea will move east to cover New Zealand during the week-end. with fine weather and light winds in most places. forecasts: Canterbury: Light or moderate variable winds, north-easterlies predominating about the coast;

areas oi morning cloud and a few fog patches, otherwise fine. Nelson, Buller: A few cloudy areas, but mainly fine and warm. Marlborough: Some cloudy areas, but mainly fine; warm inland. Westland: Light winds, apart from afternoon sea breezes; areas of morning cloud with a few fog patches, but otherwise fine and mild. Outlook: Fine in all areas.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 pm. 11pm. Millibars ... . 1023.7 1025.8 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month . . 12 To date this year 27 To date last year. ... 34 Average to date 90 Average for February 49 Wettest February (1945>. 144 Driest February <19731. 5 Evapotranspiration . » 3.2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 30 min To date this month. 145 To date this year 416 To date last year 468 Average for February 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon 57 Per eent at 6 p.m. . 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday. Maximum 25 deg. minimum 11 deg. erass 9 deg. rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Todav: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets. 8.25 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises) 7.01 a.m.: sets, 8.22 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 8.01 p.m.; sets, 4.50’ am. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.37 p.m.; sets 6.08 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 3.57 a.m. and 4.21 p.m. Tomorrow. 4.51 a.m. and 5.17 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min. Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min: Kaikoura add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, dd 30min.) Phases of Moon Full moon: Tomorrow. 9.58 p.m. Last quarter. March 7, 1.16 a.m. New moon: March 15. 5.43 a m.

First quarter: March 22. 2.25 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21 deg., partly cloudy. S.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 17 deg., cloudy. S.. 10 knots. Christchurch: 19 deg., fine. S.W.. 3 knots. Dunedin: 14 deg., fine, S.E.. 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 0. 6: Athens. 0. 4: Bahrain. 12. 17; Bangkok. 27. 32: Barbados. 23. 30; Beirut. 8. 12. Belgrade. -6. J; Berlin. -5. 5; Bogota. 12. 20. Brussels. I. 4: Buenos Aires. 20. 28; Cairo. 5. 18: Calgary. -7. 11; Caracas. 20. 30. Chicago. 1. 10; Copenhagen. -2. 4: Dublin. 2.5; Frankfurt. -7. 3: Geneva. -6. 3. Helsinki. -5. 4; Hong Kong. 14. 18: Honolulu. 19. 29; Jakarta. 23. 32; Jerusalem. 4. 13; Johannesburg. 17. 29; Kiev. ■ 12. -7; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 35: Lima. 24. 29; Lisbon. ,14. 17: London. 4. 7; Los Angeles. 16, 20. Madrid. 8. 17; Manila, 20. 31; Mexico City. 7, 23; Miami. 21. 26; Montevideo. 19, 29; Montreal, -4, 2; Moscow, -7, -6; Nassau. 19. 27; New Delhi, 11. 24; New York. 5. 10; Nicosia. 2, 16; Oslo. -10. -4; Paris. 5. 9; Peking. -2, 5; Rio de Janeiro. 22. 37; Rome. 0. 9; San Francisco. 12. 15; San Juan. 22. 28; Santiago. 12. 27; San Paulo. 20. 31; Seoul. -4, 6; Singapore. 24. 34; Stockholm. -4. 2; Taipei. 13. 17; Tel Aviv. 7. 17; Tokyo. 2.8: Toronto. 2.6; Vancouver. 10. 15; Vienna. -7. 1. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 19. 38; Brisbane. 24. 30: Canberra. 16. 27; Hobart. 13. 29; Melbourne. 17. 32; Perth. 21. 26 inuom. Sydney. 20. 28.