NOON FORECAST

Press, 27 September 1983, Page 32

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Mainly fine in inland Marlborough, Nelson and west of the Alps with southeasterlies in most places. Elsewhere over the South Island, south to south-east-erlies with some rain or drizzle about eastern coasts but fine periods developing inland. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate southerlies with areas of rain; fine periods increasing inland; cold. Marlborough: Some areas of drizzle or rain; fine intervals; moderate southerlies freshening later.

Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine; moderate southeasterlies. Tomorrow: Some showers in coastal Canterbury and Marlborough; elsewhere fine; southerlies. Extended range forecast for the South Island for Thursday to Saturday: Mostly dry; a few showers developing on the West Coast, especially south of Hokitika; north to northwesterlies gradually prevailing; temperatures about average at first with some inland frosts, but rising to a few degrees above by Saturday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1005.1 1005.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 04 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 9 To date this month. ... 78 To date this year 447 To date last year 232 Average to date 476 Average for September . 43 Wettest (1946) 120 Driest (1980) 2 Evapotranspiration .... 0.2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday hr nil min To date this month. ... 126 To date this year 1436 To date last year 1571 Average for September . 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon 90 Per cent at 6 pm 94 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am yesterday: Maximum 6 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall 35 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.12 a.m; sets, 6.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.11 a.m; sets, 6.30 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 11.38 p.m. sets 8.36 a.m. Tomorrow: Sets 9.11 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — To- . day: 8.07 a.m. and 8.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.56 a.m. and 9.18 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 Last quarter September 30, 8.05 a.m.

New moon: October 6, 11.16 p.m. First quarter: October 14, 7.42 a.m. Full moon: October 22, 9.53 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg., showers, N.W. 15 knots. Wellington: 12deg., cloudy, E., 3 knots. Christchurch: 7deg., rain, S.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., overcast, E., 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER - Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 7, 21; Brisbane, 14, 22; Canberra, 2, 17; Hobart, 6, 17; Melbourne, 3, 20; Perth, 11, 19; Sydney, 11, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 10, 17; Athens, 19, 29; Bahrain, 28, 36; Bangkok, 27, 30; Barbados, 23, 28; Beirut, 20, 28; Belgrade, 10, 19; Berlin, 12, 18; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, 16, 25; Buenos Aires, 14, 20; Cairo, 19, 29; Caracas, 18, 29; Chicago, 2, 19; Copenhagen, 7, 19; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 12, 23; Geneva, 10, 23; Havana, 25, 30; Helsinki, 8, 12; Hong Kong, 25, 31; Honolulu, 21, 32; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 14, 22; Johannesburg, 13, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lisbon, 17, 28; London, 12, 20; Los Angeles, 20, 29; Madrid, 16, 34; Manila, 24, 33; Montevideo, 12, 20; Moscow, 8, 13; Nassau, 23, 30; New Delhi, 24, 32; New York, 9, 20; Nicosia, 17, 29; Oslo, 1, 14; Paris, 16, 30; Peking,-14, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 26; Rome, 17, 28; San Francisco, 10, 18; Santiago, 5, 16; Seoul, 15, 27; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 8, 12; Tokyo, 19, 23; Toronto, 6,16; Vienna, 7, 18.