NOON FORECAST

Press, 5 August 1983, Page 32

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Becoming fine over the North Island. Cold southwesterlies with occasional showers in the lower part of the South Island. Mainly fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Marlborough, Nelson, Buller; Fine; moderate northerlies developing.

Westland: Becoming cloudy, with moderate southwesterlies. Canterbury: Fine, apart from some early morning fog patches; moderate north-easterlies about the coast; becoming milder. Tomorrow: A few showers in Westland; mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS _ ...... Last nnarfpr* Aiionct 21 11

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1014.0 1012.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 2 To date this year 346 To date last year 204 Average to date 394 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 11 To date this year 1165 To date last year 1252 Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 71 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum —1 deg, grass —5 deg, rainfall 2mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.41 a.m.; sets, 5.32 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.39 a.m.; sets, 5.33 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 4.01 a.m.; sets, 1.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.12 a.m.; sets, 2.12 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.39 a.m. and 1.09 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.30 a.m. and 1.59 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 New moon: August 9, 7.18 a.m. First quarter August 16, 12.47 a.m. Fullfnoon: August 24, 2.59 a.m.

Last quarter: August 31, 11.2M8 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Wellington: lldeg., partly cloudy, S.E., 14 knots. Christchurch: 9deg., fine, N.E., 4 knots. Dunedin: 10deg., fine, N.W., 9 knots. Air pollution: Christchurch average, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 3, 15; Brisbane, 11, 2; Canberra, -2, 11; Hobart, 3, 14; Melbourne, 8, 13; Perth, 13, 21 (noon); Sydney, 8, 15. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 12, 23; Athens, 23, 36; Bahrain, 33, 38; Bangkok, 26, 31; Barbados, 26, 31; Beirut, 25,35; Belgrade, 25, 32; Berlin, 16, 18; Bogota, 7, 18; Brussels, 12, 22; Buenos Aires, 8, 14; Cairo, 22, 36; Calgary, 12, 32; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 17, 31; Copenhagen, 13, 22; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 12, 23; Geneva, 16, 23; Havana, 24, 36; Helsinki, 17, 25; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 22, 31; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 30; Johannesburg, 6, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima. 18, 22; Lisbon, 17, 27; London, 11, 22; Los Angeles, 21, 31; Madrid, 18, 33; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 12, 23; Montevideo, 0, 13; Moscow, 14, 26; Nassau, 23, 31; New Delhi, 26, 34; New York, 22, 32; Nicosia, 23, 39; Oslo, 14, 19; Paris, 12, 20; Peking, 26, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 22; Rome, 20, 32; San Francisco, 14, 26; Santiago, 4, 14; Seoul, 26, 33; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 20, 21; Tokyo, 22, 31; Toronto, 18, 29; Vienna, 22, 26; Warsaw, 13 - *