Untitled

Press, 18 May 1984, Page 26

General forecast A few cloudy areas and morning fogs at first, otherwise fine, with little wind. A few showers in the far south of the South Island. District forecasts Canterbury: Fine; light or moderate northerlies. Marlborough: Moderate north-westerlies predominating; fine and becoming mild.

Nelson: Fine; light winds; mild in the afternoon. Buller, Westland: Mainly cloudy with light winds; possibly some drizzle patches. Tomorrow: Fine in all districts. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Monday: Fine; morning fogs and some severe frosts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromotor: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1025.2 1022.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month. ... 21 To date this year 286 To date last year 167 Average to date 252 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 06 min To date this month. ... 84 To date this year 867 To date last year 876 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum —1 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfall Nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.39 a.m.; sets, 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.40 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 7.26 p.m.; sets, 10.43 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.23 p.m.; sets, 11.39 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7 a.m. and 7.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.58 a.m. and 8.23 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: May 23. New moon: May 31.

First quarter: June 7. Full moon: June 14. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., fine, calm. Wellington: 14 deg., partly cloudy, N., 8 knots. Christchurch: 12 deg., fine. N.E., 7 knots. BDunedin: 12 deg., fine, calm. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch readings, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian centres yesterday were: Adelaide: 8, 23; Brisbane: 16, 24; Canberra; 3, 19; Hobart: 7, 22; Melbourne: 7, 22; Perth: 15. 17; Sydney: 11, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 7, 15; Athens. 13, 28; Bahrain, 27, 36; Bangkok, 27, 34; Belgrade, 10, 20, Berlin, 11, 21; Bogota, 7, 18, Brussels, 5, 15; Buenos Aires, 0, 15; Cairo, 15, 31; Chicago, 4. 15; Copenhagen, 10, 13; Dublin, 6, 10; Frankfurt, 9, 18; Geneva, 2, 18; Helsinki, 13, 19; Hong Kong. 26, 28; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 22, 38; Jakarta, 24, 32: Jerusalem, 12, 25; Johannesburg, 10, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 24. 32; Lima, 15, 22; Lisbon, 10, 16: London, 10, 14; Los Angeles. 14. 22; Madrid, 6, 13; Manila. 23. 34; Mexico City, 11. 26; Montevideo, 6, 12; Moscow, 11. 22. Nassau, 19, 30; New Delhi, 31. 42; New York, 8, 16; Nicosia 18, 30; Oslo, 10, 18; Peking, 17, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 19. 29; Rome, 13, 25; San Francisco, 9. 17; Santiago, 4, 16, Seoul, 13, 25; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm. 1. 16; Tokyo, 12, 17; Toronto, 6. 10: Vancouver, 5, 16; Vienna, 10. 18; Warsaw, 11, 16.