NOON FORECAST

Press, 5 July 1985, Page 32

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Cloudy at times in Canterbury, rain on the West Coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine apart from high cloud, but occasional rain in the Alps; moderate westerlies inland, variable near the coast; cool. Marlborough: Westerlies

predominating, fresh at times about the Sounds; fine and mild. Nelson: Fine and cool with winds becoming light. Buller, Westland: Light winds; cloudy and cool with scattered rain. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Change to colder southerlies and showers tomorrow over most of the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1019.2 1018.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... nil To date this year 195 To date last year 325 Average to date 346 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 24 min To date this month. ... 20 To date this year 1205 To date last year 1081 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 51 Per cent at 6 p.m 63 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum —1 deg, grass — 4deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 8.03 a.m., sets 5.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 8.03 a.m., sets 5.05 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 7.49 p.m., sets 10.16 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 9 p.m., sets 10.45 а. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: б. a.m. and 7.01 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.31 a.m. and 7.57 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: July 10. New moon: July 18. First quarter July 25. Full moon: August 1.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., cloudy, W., 11 knots. Wellington: 12deg„ partly cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., cloudy, N.E., 2 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, N., 2 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday, smoke, medium; sulphur dioxide, medium. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 19; Brisbane, 12, 22; Canberra, 1, 17; Hobart, 8, 14; Melbourne, 7, 14; Sydney, 9, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 19, 25; Athens, 20, 32; Bahrain, 32, 38; Bangkok, 26, 29; Beirut, 26, 31; Belgrade, 14, 23; Berlin, 10, 21; Bogota, 9, 20; Brussels, 10, 26; Buenos Aires, 6, 16; Cairo, 20, 33; Copenhagen, 12, 20; Curitiba, 13, 17; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 13, 19; Frankfurt, 10, 22; Geneva, 14, 27; Helsinki, 12, 18; Hong Kong, 27, 29; Honolulu, 24, 31; Islamabad, 22, 41; Jakarta, 23, 31; Johannesburg, 5, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 34; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 16, 23; London, 15, 24; Los Angeles, 25, 39; Madrid, 18, 30; Manila, 24, 32; Mexico City, 12, 22; Montevideo, 6, 13; Montreal, 17, 26; Moscow, 13, 18; New Delhi, 29, 40; New York, 16, 26; Oslo, 12, 22; Paris, 16, 25; Peking, 20, 26; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 32; Rome, 15, 31; San Francisco, 19, 29; Santiago, 4, 14; Sao Paulo, 16, 22; Seoul, 22, 23; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, 9, 18; Tokyo, 20, 24; Toronto, 17, 26; Vancouver, 10, 24; Vienna, 14, 22; Warsaw, 9, 17,