NOON FORECAST

Press, 28 February 1984, Page 30

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: An intense anti-cyclone is moving slowly east across New Zealand bringing mainly fine weather. District forecasts: Canterbury: Coastal northeasterlies fresh at times;

fine and mild. Nelson, Marlborough, Buller, West Coast: Some cloudy areas but mainly fine. Tomorrow: Scattered rain in Westland and the Alps: fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. ' Millibars .... 1024.3 1024.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 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 93 Average for February. . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 4.0 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday llhr 30 min To date this month. ... 177 To date this year 426 To date last year 427 Average for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 62 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 9 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.06 a.m.; sets, 8.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.07 a.m.; sets, 8.16 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 2.58 a.m.; sets, 6.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.57 a.m.; sets 7.27 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 2.59 a.m. and 3.20 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.43 a.m. and 4.02 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: March 3. First quarter: March 11. Full moon: March 17. Last quarter: March 29. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., fine, E., 12 knots. Wellington: 20deg., fine, S.E., 10 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., fine, N.E., 19 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., fine, S.E., 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 22, 22; Brisbane, 21, 32; Canberra, 13, 27; Hobart, 19, 31; Melbourne, 15, 35; Perth, 15, 22 (noon); Sydney, 19, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,3; Athens, 9, 18; Bahrain, 16, 22; Bangkok, 27, 34; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 15, 21; Belgrade, 4,8; Berlin, 0, 2; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, 1,5; Buenos Aires, 19, 30; Cairo, 9, 21; Calgary, —lO, —1; Chicago, —5, 6; Copenhagen, 0,1; Dublin, 3,6; Frankfurt, —l, 2; Geneva, —l, 3; Hong Kong, 15, 19; Honolulu, 19, 27; Jakarta, 23, 29; Jerusalem, 6, 17; Johannesburg, 16, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 26, 27; Lisbon, 3, 12; London, 1,4; Los Angeles, 10, 22; Madrid, 1,6; Manila, 19, 33; Mexico City, 5, 27; Montevideo, 17, 29; Moscow, —lO, — 4; Nassau, 19, 23; New Delhi, 5, 20; New York, 6, 10; Nicosia. 8, 16; Paris, 0,2; Peking, —B, 3; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 40; Rome, 8, 14; San Francisco, 8, 16; Santiago, 10, 28; Seoul, —l, 3; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, —2, —1; Tokyo, —l, 4; Toronto, —4, 1; Vienna, —l, 3.