NOON FORECAST

Press, 24 February 1984, Page 30

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A cold front near Tasmania should reach the south-west of the South Island this afternoon bringing scattered showers. Fine weather is expected in all other districts. District forecasts: Canterbury: Increasing high cloud, with showers developing about the Alps, but fine and becoming warm over the plains; northwesterlies strengthening inland and spreading to the coast at times. Marlborough, Nelson: Fine:

light winds with afternoon sea breezes; warm by day. Buller: Becoming cloudy; moderate north-easterlies developing. Westland. Northerly winds, fresh in exposed places: cloudy, with showers developing during the day, and widespread rain in the evening. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in the east, with variable winds in Canterbury; cloudy, with scattered showers in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromater: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1017.9 1018.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 60 To date this year 149 To date last year 27 Average to date 87 Average for February. . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 3.7 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 136 To date this year 385 To date last year 403 Average for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 60 Per cent at 6 p.m 62 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 5 deg. rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.01 a.m : sets, 8.24 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.02 a.m.; sets. 8.22 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 12.34 a.m.; se'ts, 3.14 p.m. Tomorrow: — Sets. 4.19 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.56 a.m., and 12.25 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.50 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: Today. New moon: March 3. First quarter March 11. Full moon: March 17. NOON WEATHER

Auckland: 21 deg., cloudy, N.E., 7 knots. Wellington: 19 deg., fine. S. 12 knots. Christchurch: 17deg.. cloudy, E., 16 knots. Dunedin: 15 deg., cloudy, N.E 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yestesrday were: Adelaide. 20. 25: Brisbane. 21. 27; Canberra, 12. 26; Hobart. 14. 24; Melbourne, 17. 19; Sydney, 19. 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 2.6: Athens. 7. 17; Bahrain. 17. 25; Bangkok: 27. 33: Barbadoes. 23. 26: Beirut, 11, 18: Belgrade. —I, 5. Berlin. —3. 3; Bogota. 7. 18. Brussels, 2,7; Buenos Aires. 22. 30; Cairo. 8. 18; Calgary. —5. 0; Caracas, 20. 27: Chicago —4. 8. Copenhagen. 0. I. Curitiba. 20. 32; Denpasar. 23. 30; Dublin. 4 8; Frankfurt. 1. 7; Geneva. —4. 3: Havana, 23. 30. Helsinki. - 10, —6; Hong Kong. 16. 19. Honolulu, 21. 29; Jakarta. 23. 30; Jerusalem. 6. 13: Johannesburg. 16. 27; Kiev. -6. —4. Kuala Lumpur. 23. 32: Lima. 20. 26: Lisbon. 8. 14; London. 5 7; Los Angeles. 10. 22; Madrid. 4. 13; Manila. 18. 32; Mexico City. 10. 24. Miami. 22. 25. Montevideo. 20, 23. Montreal. — 10. 0; Moscow. - 13. —5; Nassau. 22. 27; New Delhi. 6. 18; New York. 3,9; Nicosia, 8. 18; Oslo. —4. 0: Paris. 3, 10. Peking. —5. 4. Rio de Janeiro 21. 38. Rome. 2. 12. San Francisco. 8. 13. San Juan. 21. 29. Santiago. 13. 30; Sao Paulo, 20. 32; Seoul. —l. 5: Singapore, 23. 30; Stockholm. —3, 0: Taipei. 15. 25: Tel Aviv. 11, 18: Tokyo. 2.9; Toronto, 0. 1. Vancouver. 5,9; Vienna. —2. 2. Warsaw. 4. -1.