NOON FORECAST

Press, 3 February 1984, Page 32

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A trough of low pressure is moving on to New Zealand - and should give outbreaks of rain in most areas with isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain about the Alps and scattered falls elsewhere; isolated thunderstorms in the after-

noon; variable winds, mainly northerly.

Marlborough, Nelson: Moderate northerlies; cloudy and warm with outbreaks of rain, isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Buller, Westland: Moderate westerly winds and a fewshowers.

Tomorrow: Some showers in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m Millibars .... 1001.3 1001.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 27 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m n n To date this month. ... nil To date this year 89 To date last year 14 Average to date 54 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 4.6 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 18 To date this year 267 To date last year 285 Average for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 37 Per cent at 6 p.m 74 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 26 deg. minimum 15 deg grass 13 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 6.32 a.m.: sets, 8.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.33 a.m.; sets, 8.54 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 7.07 a.m.; sets, 9.53 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 8.09 a.m.; sets 10.18 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 6.23 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.11 a.m. and 7.35 p.m. (Lake Forsvth. subtract 60min: Akaroa. subtract 45min: Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburto'n and Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and . Sumner. add i 30min.)

Phases of Moon First quarter: February 10. Full Moon: February 17. Last quarter: February 24. New Moon: March 3. ’ NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22 deg., cloudy, N.. 6 knots. Wellington. 20 deg., overcast. N.W.. 7 knots. Christchurch: 25 deg., cloudy. N„ 13 knots. Dunedin: 22 deg., cloudy. S.E.. 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14. 32; Brisbane. 20. 27; Canberra. 10. 24; Hobart. 11. 20; Melbourne, 11. 23; Perth. 20. 29 (noon); Sydney. 17, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 4. 8; Athens. 8. 13; Bahrain. 13. 18; Bangkok. 27. 34: Barbados, 21. 28, Beirut 12. 19; Belgrade. 0. 7; Berlin. -1. 3; Brussels, 0. 7: Buenos Aires. 17, 29; Cairo, 8. 20; Copenhagen. 1. 2; Dublin. 2.8; Frankfurt. 1. 6; Geneva. 1. 6; Havana. 19. 25. Helsinki. -4. -3; Hong Kong. 11 14; Honolulu. 21, 29; Jakarta. 23, 31: Jerusalem. 5. 15; Johannesburg, 19. 25; Kuala Lumpur 22, 31; Lima. 20. 25; Lisbon. 11 16; London. 1. 9; Los Angeles. 16. 21; Madrid. 4. 12: Manila 20. 31; Mexico Citv. 9. 20: Montreal. -20. -10; Moscow. -14 -9; New Delhi, 4. 23; New York -3. 2. Oslo. 0. 1: Paris. 5. 8 Peking. -10. 0; Rio. 22,. 40: Rome. 4. 11; San Francisco. 9 16; Seoul. -7. 2: Singapore. 23 29; Stockholm. 0. 1; Tokyo. 0. 8. Toronto. -13, -9; Vancouver. 4 7; -1. 0; Warsaw, g. 0.