NOON FORECAST

Press, 8 May 1985, Page 76

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Mainly fine over the North Island but cloud increasing tomorrow along the west coast with a few isolated showers. Rain in the western ranges of Southland and Otago, mostly dry elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine apart from some high cloud, moderate variable winds. Marlborough: North-wester-lies predominating, fresh about the Sounds, mainly fine but cloudy at times. Nelson: Moderate north-

westerlies, skies cloudy at times with a few showers, chiefly about the western ranges. Buller; Cloudy with some rain, moderate northerlies. Westland: Some rain, chiefly in the south, light or moderate northerlies. Extended range forecast until Saturday.— Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough: Some showers tomorrow, colder southerlies on Friday; Buller, Westland: clearing tomorrrow. south-easterlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1012.8 1014.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. . . . nil To date this year 143 To date last year 267 Average to date 230 Average for May 70 Wettest <1959) 198 Driest (1960) 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 48 min To date this month. ... 52 To date this year 976 To date last year 819 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 29 Per cent at 6 p.m 80 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. minimum 5 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall 0.0 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.29 a.m.; sets, 5.22 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets, 5.21 p.m. Moon — Today; Rises, 7.54 p.m.; sets, 11.23 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.58 p.m.; sets 12.24 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7.22 a.m. and 7.53 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.22 a.m. and 8.50 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: May 12. New moon: May 20.

First quarter: May 28. Full moon: June 3. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., cloudy, W., 12 knots. Wellington: 17deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. Christchurch: 24deg., partly cloudy, W., 11 knots. Dunedin: 10deg., rain, S., 9 kn °World Weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 12, 17; Brisbane, 16, 27; Canberra, 3, 14; Darwin, 22, 32; Hobart, 10, 14; Melbourne, 7, 17; Perth, 9, 23 (noon); Sydney, 14, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 10, 17; Athens, 12, 25; Bahrain, 25, 31; Bangkok, 28, 36; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 13, 23; Belgrade, 7, 20; Berlin, 7, 20; Bogota, 6, 16; Brussels, 6, 14; Buenos Aires, 9, 21; Cairo, 24, 40; Chicago, 14, 21; Copenhagen, 3,8; Denpasar, 24, 33; Dublin, 6, 14; Frankfurt, 5, 16; Geneva, 7, 15; Helsinki, 2, 7; Hong Kong, 25, 30; Honolulu, 21, 30; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 15, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 25, 33; Lima, 17, 21; Lisbon, 13, 16; London, 6, 14; Los Angeles, 15, 21; Madrid, 5, 17; Manila, 25, 34; Mexico City, 11, 22; Montevideo, 9, 21; Montreal, 4,8; Moscow, 4, 17; New Delhi, 25, 39; New York, 14, 25; Nicosia, 11, 30; Oslo, 3,9; Paris, 8, 15; Peking, 14, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 26; Rome, 13, 21; San Francisco, 10, 18; Santiago, 2, 20; Sao Paulo, 11, 22; Seoul, 14, 16; Singapore, 24, 32; Taipei, 24, 32; Tel Aviv, 18, 26; Tokyo, 18, 23; Toronto, 12, 20; Vancouver, 5, 12; Vienna, 5, 17; Warsaw, 2, 16.