Untitled

Press, 5 November 1984, Page 52

General forecast: Mainly fine in the North Island except for some rain south of Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay; in the South Island, clearing in the west, south-westerlies and showers in Southland spreading up the east coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Light winds tending south-westerly, cloudy with a period of showers about the coast. Marlborough: Fine inland, little wind, but south-

westerlies along the coast with a few showers. . Nelson: Fine, variable winds. Buller: Light winds, scattered rain' but becoming fine with moderate southwesterlies. Westland: Light variable winds, cloudy with areas of light rain. Tomorrow: Fine, light winds all districts. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Thursday: Fine, light winds from Tuesday in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1007.0 1009.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall:. mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Saturday Nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 484 To date last year 496 Average to date 553 Average for November . 49 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947). 8 Sunshine: hrs Saturday Nil hr min Yesterday 6 hr 30 min To date this month 17 To date this year. ..... 1723 To date last year 1647 Average for November . . 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon 71 Per cent at 6 p.m 57 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall 1 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Suri—Today: Rises, 6.6 a.m.; sets, 8.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.5 a.m.; sets, 8.21 p.m. Moon—Today. Rises, 4.41 p.m.; sets, 4.50 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 p.m.; sets, 5.9 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.51 a.m. and 3.7 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.33 a.m. and 3.47 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 Full Moon: November 9. Last quarter November 16. New Moon:’ November 23. First quarter: November 30. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 13, 18; Brisbane, 20, 25; Canberra, 9, 19; Darwin, 26, 32; Hobart, 9, 15; Melbourne, 12, 14; Perth, 15, 24 (noon); Sydney, 17, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 10, 14; Athens, 11, 16; Bahrain, 23, 32; Bangkok, 25, 27; Barbados, 23, 27; Beirut, 12, 25; Belgrade, 5, 12; Berlin, 2,8; Bogota, 8, 18; Brussels, 5, 12; Buenos Aires, 13, 21; Cairo, 15, 23; Chicago, — 6,2; Copenhagen, 9, 12; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 6,12; Frankfurt, 5,6; Geneva, 2,9; Havana, 23, 27; Hong Kong, 21, 26; Honolulu, 24, 30; Islamabad, 7, 27; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 13, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 11, 18; London, 7, 13; Los Angeles, 13, 25; Madrid, 10, 16; Manila, 23. 32; Montevideo, 15, 20; Montreal, —5, 16; Moscow, 4,9; New York, 15, 20; Nicosia, 15. 22; Oslo, 9, 11; Paris, 8, 19; Peking, 3, 19; Rio de Janeiro. 18, 37; Rome, 7, 20; San Francisco, 11, 15; Santiago, 8, 20: Sao Paulo, 18, 33; Seoul, 3, 15; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, 3 10; Taipei, 19, 22; Tel Aviv, 16 25; Tokyo, 8,16; Toronto, —5, 5; Vancouver, 9, 11; Vienna, 5,8; Warsaw, —2, 13.