NOON FORECAST

Press, 7 February 1985, Page 40

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Fine and warm in most districts but rain cloud increasing. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and warm, variable high cloud, fresh northwesterlies, with easterlies about the Canterbury coast. Nelson: Fine and warm with daytime sea breezes. Buller, Westland: Fine but

cloudy with moderate

cloudy with moderate south-westerlies predominating, scattered rain developing in Westland by evening. Tomorrow: 1 South-west change bringing scattered showers to most districts, remaining fine in Nelson. Extended range forecast to Sunday: A cool southerly change spreading north from Friday, bringing showers, clearing on Saturday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer. .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1016.6 1015.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 31 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 4 To date this year 13 To date last year 107 Average to date 61 Average for February. . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 70 To date this year 347 To date last year 275 Average for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 26 Per cent at 6 p.m 50 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 26 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall Nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.37 a.m.; sets, 8.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.39 a.m.; sets, 8.48 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 10.5 p.m.; sets, 7.51 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.30 p.m.; sets, 9.10 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton today: 6.27 a.m. and 6.53 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.25 a.m. and 7.53 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: February 12.

New moon: February 20. First quarter: February 28. Full moon: March 7. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 20, 27; Brisbane, 20, 28; Canberra, 15, 33; Darwin, 26, 30; Hobart, 13, 22; Melbourne, 18, 21; Perth, 21, 33; Sydney, 21, 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world' in the last 24 hours.— Amsterdam. —l, 8; Athens. 3, 10; Bahrain, 17, 21; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 23, 28; Beirut, 11, 18; Belgrade, —5, 0; Berlin, 0,6; Bogota, —4, 21; Brussels, 4, 10; Buenos Aires, 17, 28; Cairo, 10, 17; Calgary, —l5, — 11; Caracas, 17, 25; Chicago, — 21, —7; Copenhagen, —2, 0; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, 5,9; Frankfurt, —3, 7; Geneva, —l, 6; Havana, 20, 29; Helsinki, — 19, —9; Hong Kong, 17, 20; Honolulu, 20, 26; Islamabad, 6, 19; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 6,9; Johannesburg, 15, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 19, 26; Lisbon, 9, 17; London, 4, 9; Los Angeles, 7, 17; Madrid, 1, 15; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 9, 25; Montevideo 19, 24; Montreal, —2O, —10; Moscow, —l3, —2; Nassau, 17, 27; New Delhi, 10, 25; New York, —B, 0; Nicosia, 5, 13; Oslo, —4, —3; Paris, 1, 10; Peking, —3, 9; Rio De Janeiro, 18, 38; Rome, 2, 15; San Francisco, 7, 14; San Juan. 23, 29; Santiago, 9, 22; Sao Paulo, 20, 32; Singapore; 24, 31: Stockholm, —5, —10; Taipei, 18, 21; Tel Aviv, 13, 16; Tokyo, 5,8; Toronto, —l4, —9; Vancouver, 0,3; Vienna, 3,7; Warsaw, —B, 4.