NOON FORECAST

Press, 30 January 1984, Page 30

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: An anticyclone should cover New Zealand giving fine weather and light winds to most places. District forecasts: Canterbury; Fine and mild this afternoon; northeasterlies about the coast and north-westerlies developing inland.

Marlborough, Nelson, Buller; Fine and mild with afternoon sea breezes. Westland: Moderate winds from the northerly quarter developing; mainly fine, but becoming cloudy in the south. Tomorrow: Fine with northwesterlies developing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1023.1 1025.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace Saturday 3 To date this month. ... 89 To .date this year 89 To date last year 14 Average to date 46 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January(l9s4) ... 8 Evapotranspiration .... Saturday: 5.6 Sunday: 2.6 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 48 min Saturday 13hr 42min To date this month. ... 224 To date this year 224 To date last year 250 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 84 Per cent at 6 p.m 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall tee. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.26 a m; sets, 8.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.27 a.m; sets, 8.58 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises. 3.18 a.m; sets. 7.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.08 a.m; sets, 8.10 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 3.35 a.m. and 3.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.11 a m. and 4.29 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa subtract 45min. Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min u .

Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon New moon: February 2. First quarter: February 10. Full moon: February 17. Last quarter: February 24. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., showers. S.W., 17 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, S., 20 knots. Christchurch, 13deg., drizzle, N., 6 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., cloudy, S.W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximumm temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterdav were: Adelaide, 16, 24; Canberra. 10, 24; Brisbane, 21, 27; Hobart, 12, 27; Melbourne, 15, 28; Sydney, 19, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Athens, 5. 14; Bahrain, 15. 19; Bangkok. 21, 33; Barbados, 23, 27; Beirut. 8, 15; Belgrade, -2. 7; Berlin, -3, -3; Bogota. 3, 10; Brussels, 0,7; Buenos Aires 21, 30; Cairo, 8, 17; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, -2, 5; Frankfurt, -1, 3; Geneva, -1, 2; Havana, 21, 28; Helsinki, -4. -2; Hong Kong. 13, 17; Honolulu, 21, 28; Jakarta. 23, 30; Jerusalem, 8, 12; Johannesburg, 20, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima. 20, 25; Lisbon, 4, 12; London, 5. 8; Los Angeles. 13, 28; Madrid, 1,8; Manila, 21, 31; Mexico City, 7, 20; Montreal. -12, -12; Moscow, -12, -8: New Delhi. 5. 19; New York. 1. 14; Oslo. -7, -8; Paris, 5„ 9, Peking, -9, -3; Rio. 22. 35; Rome. -2, 15; San Francisco, 29. 21; Sao Paulo, 19. 25; Seoul, -9. -5; Singapore, 21. 27; Stockholm. -8. -6;