NOON FORECAST

Press, 9 January 1986, Page 26

NOON FORECAST

District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy, mild and humid; mist and drizzle about the coast this morning, scattered rain spreading south during the day. Marlborough: Mild with moderate north-easterlies; scattered rain spreading from the west. Nelson, Buller: Cloudy and mild with scattered rain. Moderate northerly winds.Westland: Northerlies freshening; cloudy and

mild with rain at times.

Tomorrow: Showers clearing. Extended forecast until Sunday: Scattered rain in most South Island areas clearing tomorrow; later fine.

General forecast Rain in Northland, Auckland and the South Island west coast, spreading to most remaining areas overnight or in the morning. Some coastal morning drizzle in Canterbury, periods of rain developing later today.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 pjn. Millibars .... 1010.5 1009.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Trace To date this month. . . . Trace To date this year Trace To date last year Trace Average to date 12 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1984) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 49 To date this year 49 To date last year 73 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 75 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall nilmm. Sun, Moon, and Tides Sun — Today: Rises, 5.59 a.m.; sets 9.11 p.m.; Tomorrow: Rises, 5.59 a.m.; sets 9.11 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 3.49 a.m.; sets 8.22 p.m., Tomorrow: Rises, 4.49 a.m.; sets 9.23 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 3.46 a.m. and 4.9 p.m.; Tomorrow: 4.41 a.m. and 5.4 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.) t Phases of Moon New moon: January 11. First quarter: January 18.

Full moon: January 26. Last quarter: February 2. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21 deg., cloudy, N., 18 knots. Wellington: 23 deg., cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. Christchurch: 20 deg., cloudy, N.E., 6 knots. Dunedin: 18 deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. • WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were:— Adelaide, 16, 23; Brisbane, 20, 30; Canberra, 11, 30; Hobart, 15,19; Melbourne, 15, 20; Perth, 24, 35 (noon); Sydney, 17, 26. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were:— Amsterdam, -4, -1; Athens, 11, 16; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok, 14, 27; Barbados, 22, 28; Belgrade, 0,2; Bermuda, 17, 20; Bogota, 2, 21; Brussels, -8, 0; Buenos Aires, 20, 31; Cairo, 7, 21; Calgary, -14, 6; Caracas, 19, 26; Chicago, -16, -7; Copenhagen, -3, -2; Dublin, 2,6; Frankfurt, 0,4; Geneva, 0,5; Helsinki, -9, -2; Hong Kong, 10, 18; Honolulu, 17, 27; Islamabad, 1, 21; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 9, 16; Johannesburg, 14, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 6, 13; London, 0,3; Los Angeles, 15, 23; Madrid, 1,7; Manila, 18, 30; Mexico City, 8, 21; Montevideo, 17, 27; Moscow, -10, -7; Nassau, 20, 25; New Delhi, 4, 20; New York, -1, 3; Nicosia, 10, 18; Oslo, -11, -4; Paris, -1, 6; Peking, -10, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 28; Rome, 2,9; San Francisco, 12, 19; Santiago, 14, 28; Seoul, -8, -2; Singapore, 23, 2fc Stockholm, -10, A; Tokyo) -1, 8; Toronto, -13, Vienna, -4, -1; Warsaw, -8, 0.