NOON FORECAST

Press, 25 July 1985, Page 48

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Generally unsettled over the North Island with rain at times in most places and a few thunderstorms likely in northern districts. Over the South Island, fine in the south. District forecasts: Canterbury: Showers persisting north of Banks Peninsula with moderate southerlies, elsewhere fine with light winds, frosts inland, cool by day. Marlborough: Coastal showers persisting, fresh,

cold southerlies, lighter winds inland with showers clearing. Nelson, Buller: Scattered morning rain at first clearing this afternoon, moderate southerlies, cool. Westland: Fine, moderate south-easterlies, cool. Extended range forecast to Sunday.— Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine, frosty, little wind; Buller, Westland: Fine tomorrow, but rain spreading north on Saturday with northerlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: .... 6pm 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1017.3 1018 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 pm.) . . 7 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 0.3 To date this month. ... 55 To date this year 249 To date last year 404 Average to date 386 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 0 mm To date this month. ... 83 To date this year 1269 To date last year 1143 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 88 Per cent at 6 p.m 81 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. minimum 2 deg. grass 1 deg. rainfall 2mm SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.50 a.m.: sets. 5.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.50 a.m.; sets. 5.21 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 11.37 a.m.: sets. 12.28 a m Tomorrow: Rises. 12.4 p.m.: sets. 1.45 a m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.28 a.m. and 10.52 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.24 a m. and 11.48 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30mtn; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura. add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon First quarter: Today. Full moon: August 1. Last quarter: August 9. New moon: August 16. NOON WEATHER Auckland. 13 deg . cloudy. N.E..

8 knots. Wellington: 11 deg., cloudy, S., 10 knots. Christchurch: 6deg„ recent rain. S W.. 13 knots. Dunedin: 6 deg., partly cloudy, W.. 9 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were — Adelaide. 5. 15; Brisbane. 11. 20; Canberra, 4, 12; Darwin, 18. 31; Hobart, 3. 12; Melbourne, 0. 11: Perth. 9. 17; Sydney, 7, 14. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam. 13. 20: Athens. 23, 36; Bahrain. 31, 37; Bangkok. 25. 31; Barbados, 23. 31; Beirut, 27. 32; Belgrade. 14. 28; Berlin. 14. 20. Bogota. 3. 19. Brussels. 15. 23; Buenos Aires. 10. 15; Cairo. 22. 36; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago. 17. 24; Copenhagen. 13. 18; Denpasar. 24. 30: Dublin. 12. 18: Frankfurt. 17. 24; Geneva. 10. 28; Helsinki. 13. 19; Hong Kong. 28, 30; Honolulu. 24. 31; Jakarta. 23. 31; Jerusalem. 18. 30; Kuala Lumpur, 21. 32; Lima. 15. 18; Lisbon. 20, 33; London. 14. 23; Los Angeles. 21. 30. Madrid. 22. 37: Manila. 22. 33; Mexico City. 12. 24; Montevideo, 7. 15. Montreal. 9. 23; Moscow. 15. 27; NewDelhi, 25, 31; New York. 21. 29. Nicosia. 24. 35. Oslo. 11. 19. Paris. 17. 27; Peking. 23. 32. Rio De Janeiro. 12. 26; Rome. 20, 36. San Francisco. 14. 19. Santiago. 5. 13; Seoul. 25. 30; Singapore. 23. 31; Stockholm. 14. 19; Taipei. 24. 33; Tel Aviv. 18. 29; Tokyo. 23. 31; Toronto 14. 24; Vancouver. 13. 24 Vienna. 14. 23; Warsaw. 10. 20