NOON FORECAST

Press, 12 August 1985, Page 48

NOON FORECAST

District forecasts: Otago, Canterbury: Showers confined to coastal areas; clearing in Otago with frosts in sheltered places; showers in Canterbury clearing tomorrow. Nelson, Buller: Showers on coast; clearing today.

Wellington, Marlborough: Southerlies and showers prevailing; clearing slowly in Marlborough from tomorrow. Extended forecast to Thursday: Colder southerlies spreading further north.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer. .... 6 p.m. 11 p:m. Millibars .... 1007.1 1008.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 5.2 Saturday nil To date this month. ... 14 To date this year 270 To date last year 413 Average to date 420 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday — hr —min Saturday 0 hr 42 min To date this month 49 To date this year 1347 To date last year 1233 Average for August .... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 75 Per cent at 6 p.m 86 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 1 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets, 5.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.28 a.m.; sets, 5.42 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.22 a.m.; sets, 12.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.21 a.m.; sets 1.43 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 12.52 a.m. and 1.18 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.36 a.m. and 2.1 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 New moon: August 16. First quarter: August 23. Full moon: August 30. Last quarter September 8.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., cloudy, S.W., 7 knots. Wellington: 12deg., cloudy, N.W., 9 knots. Christchurch: 10deg., showers, S., 10 knots. Dunedin: 9deg„ cloudy, W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 15; Brisbane, 9, 22; Canberra, —4, 9; Darwin, 21, 29; Hobart, 4, 14; Melbourne, 4, 14; Perth, 9, 16; Sydney, 6, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 17, 23; Athens, 21, 34; Bathrain, 31, 38; Bangkok, 26, 31; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 28, 30; Belgrade, 13, 23; Berlin, 10, 24; Bermuda, 25, 31; Brussels, 10, 22; Buenos Aires, 6, 12; Cairo, 23, 34; Calgary, 6, 18; Chicago, 13, 32; Copenhagen, 9, 20; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 17, 28; Geneva, 11, 27; Helsinki, 17, 23; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 25, 32; Islamabad, 26, 36; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 19, 29; Johannesburg, 10, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 30; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 16, 26; London, 11, 19; Los Angeles, 19, 28; Madrid, 15, 33; Manila, 23, 30; Mexico City, 12, 23; Miami, 27, 31; Montevideo, 10, 12; Montreal, 16, 30; Moscow, 17, 32; New Delhi, 26, 34; New York, 22, 31; Nicosia, 24, 36; Oslo, 10, 19; Paris, 13, 25; Peking, 22, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 34; Rome, 12, 29; San Francisco, 14, 28; San Juan, 27, 33; Santiago, 0, 16; Sao Paulo, 12, 28; Seoul, 21, 24; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 22, 13; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 24, 30; Toronto, 16, 29; Vancouver, 12, 20; Vienna, 13, 19; Warsaw, 9, 23.