NOON FORECAST

Press, 3 July 1985, Page 64

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Fine over all the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate northerlies about the coast, westerlies freshening inland in the afternoon; fine and cool. Marlborough: Fine, light winds in most areas but north-westerlies freshening about the Sounds. Nelson: Fine and frosty with light or moderate southwesterlies predominating.

Buller: Light winds; fine at first but cloud increasing during the day; cool. Westland: Moderate westerlies developing; becoming cloudy; cool. Extended forecast to Saturday: In Canterbury northwesterlies tomorrow and southerlies developing late Friday or early Saturday; Marlborough th Westland, strong north westerlies and cloudy on Friday, with a southerly change and rain on Saturday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1022.6 1023.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil ' To date this month. ... nil To date this year 195 To date last year 323 Average to date 340 Average for July 62 Wettest (1977) 181 Driest (1967) •. . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 16 To date this year. .... 1202 To date last year 1071 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 63 Per cent at 6 p.m 70 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, minimum -1 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 8.04 a.m.; sets, 5.04 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.04 a.m.; sets, 5.04 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 5.25 p.m.; sets, 8.48 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.37 p.m.; sets 9.38 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 4.34 a.m. and 5.05 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.32 a m. and 6.03 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: today. Last quarter: July 10. New moon: July 18. First quarter: July 25.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy, S.W., 20 knots. Wellington: 13deg., fine, N.W., 5 knots. Christchurch: 12deg., fine, calm. Dunedin: 13deg., partly cloudy, W., 9 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch readings for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: smoke, high; sulphur dioxide, medium. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 20; Brisbane, 12, 19; Canberra, 2, 15; Hobart, 9, 20; Melbourne, 11, 18; Sydney, 9, 19. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 14, 20; Athens, 20, 32; Bahrain, 31, 36; Bangkok, 26, 31; Beirut 25, 31; Belgrade, 14, 28; Berlin, 13, 20; Bogota, 3, 18; Brussels, 11, 22; Buenos Aires, 12, 14; Cairo. 22, 35; Copenhagen, 11, 19; Curitiba, 9, 24; Denpasar, 22, 32; Dublin, 12, 17; Frankfurt, 13, 23; Geneva, 12, 29; Helsinki, 11, 17; Hong Kong, 27, 29; -Honolulu, 24, 31; Islamabad, 21, 36; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Johannesburg, 6. 18; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 15, 30; London, 15, 24; Los Angeles, 21, 38; Madrid, 16, 33; Mexico City, 12, 19: Montevideo, 12, 14; Montreal, 14, 26; Moscow, 10, 19; New Delhi, 26, 36; New York, 17, 26; Oslo, 10, 17; Paris, 15, 26; Peking, 22, 32; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 30; Rome, 14, 28; San Francisco 12, 26; Santiago, 4, 14; Sao Paulo, 12, 26; Seoul, 20, 26; Singapore. 25, 32; Stockholm, 10, 19; Tokyo, 22, 32; Toronto, 12, 24; Vancouver, 9, 21; Vienna, 14, 25; Warsaw, 9, 19.