NOON FORECAST

Press, 7 August 1985, Page 64

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: An anticyclone near the Chatham Islands is moving slowly eastwards. A northerly airstream is spreading eastwards over the Tasman Sea. District forecast: Canterbury: Fine and cool; north-easterly winds, mainly moderate, but fresh in some coastal places. Marlborough, Nelson: Fine

and cool; northerly winds. Buller: Fine and cool; light winds. Westland: Moderate north- . easterlies; scattered rain in the south, and cloud increasing in the north; cool. Extended range forecast until Saturday: Canterbury: Fine. Marlborough: Northerly winds, fine. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Dry, some rain in Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1031.0 1030.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.rn. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 14 To date this year 270 To date last year 413 Average to date 411 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 30 To date this year 1328 To date last year 1202 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 73 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, minimum —2 deg, grass —6 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun - Today: Rises, 7.36 a.m.; sets, 5.35 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.35 a.m.; sets, 536 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, —; sets 10.30 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.06 a.m.; sets 10 49 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 9.33 a.m. and 9.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.18 a.m. and 10.35 p.m. (Lake Forsyth subtract 60min; Akaroa’ subtract 45min; Port subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Last quarter: August 9. New moon: August 16. First quarter: August 23. Full moon: August 30.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 14 knots. Wellington: 10 deg., fine, N.E., 2 knots. Christchurch: 9 deg., fine, N.E., 14 knots. Dunedin: 9 deg., fine, N.E., 13 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: smoke, medium; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 11; Brisbane, 11, 23; Canberra, 7,9; Darwin, 19, 31; Hobart, 7, 15; Melbourne, 17, 15; Perth, 4, 14; Sydney, 12, Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amersterdam, 14, 19; Athens, 22, 34; Bahrain, 30, 39; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 23, 31; Belgrade, 15, 26; Berlin, 13, 23; Bogota, 8, 18; Brussels, 7, 16; Buenos Aires, 24, 34; Cairo, 24, 34; Copenhagen, 13, 19; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 11, 15; Frankfurt, 17, 22; Geneva 14 22; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 13, 18; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 24, 32; Islamabad, 22, 34; Jakarta, 22, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 31; Johannesburg, 5, 21; Kiev, 13, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 14, 17; Lisbon, 19, 33; London, 14, 18; Los Angeles, 17, 29; Madris, 16, 38; Manila, 24. 31; Mexico City, 11, 25; Montevideo, 11, 15; Montreal, 16, 30; Moscow, 12, 23; New Delhi, 25 28; New York, 20, 29; Oslo, 10 20; Paris, 17, 22; Peking. 21, 30; Rome, 19, 32; San Francisco, 15, 21; San Juan, 25, 33; Santiago, 4, 14; Seoul, 21, 26; Singapore, 24, 29; Stockholm, 14, 20; Taipei, 26, 34; Tel Aviv, 22, 30; Tokyo, 25, 32; Toronto, 18, 28; Vancouver, 12, 20; Vienna, 15, 20; Warsaw, 14, 21.