NOON FORECAST

Press, 24 April 1986, Page 44

NOON FORECAST

District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate northerlies predominating; fine but with high cloud increasing. Marlborough: Northerly winds, fresh about the Sounds and moderate elsewhere; mainly fine and mild but cloudy at times about the Sounds. Nelson: Mostly fine but some cloudy periods, light northerly winds. Buller: Cloudy, some scat-

tered rain possibly developing in the south late, moderate northeasterlies; mild. Westland: Moderate northerlies, cloud increasing with isolated showers. Extended forecast to Saturday: Rain becoming widespread in the west, elsewhere mostly fine. General forecast: Rain in Westland but mostly fine and mild elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1021.7 1021.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... 14 To date this year 272 To date last year 143 Average to date , 200 Average for April 60 Wettest April (1978). ... 199 Driest April (1985) .... 10 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday lOhr 06 min To date this month .... 176 To date this year 797 To date last year 874 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 53 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 70 Temperatures and rainfall tor the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 4 deg, grass —1 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.12 a.m; sets, 5.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.14 a.m; sets, 5.42 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 5.28 p.m; sets, 6.18 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.56 p.m; sets, 7.40 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 3.37 a.m. and 4.05 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.31 a.m. and 5.02 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 Full moon: tomorrow. Last quarter: May 1.

New moon: May 9. First quarter: May 17. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, N., 6 knots. Wellington: 17deg., cloudy, N., 10 knots. Christchurch: 20deg., fine, N.E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 18deg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 21; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 3, 22; Hobart, 10, 18; Melbourne, 12, 20; Perth, 15, 22; Sydney, 12, 28. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 4,12; Athens, 9, 23; Auckland, 16, 22; Bahrain, 22, 28; Bangkok, 27, 35; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 17, 22; Berlin, 10, 16; Bermuda, 19, 23; Brussels, 4, 11; Buenos Aires, 19, 26; Cairo, 11, 26; Copenhagen, 4, 11; Dublin, 5, 10; Frankfurt, 7,13; Geneva, 7, 18; Havana, 21, 30; Helsinki, 2, 4; Hong Kong, 20, 23; Honolulu, 22, 30; Istanbul, 7, 17; Jakarta, 22, 31; Johannesburg, 12, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 17, 24; Lisbon, 9, 15; London, 4, 11; Los Angeles, 19, 31; Madrid, 6, 14; Manila, 23, 37; Mexico City, 10, 27; Montreal, 9, 14; Moscow, 7, 11; Nassau, 14, 28; New Delhi, 23, 40; New York, 11, 17; Oslo, —l, 2; Paris, 6, 14; Peking, 7, 23; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 32; Rome, 4, 18; San Francisco, 12, 24; San Juan, 23, 29; Santiago, 11,16; Sao Paulo, 17, 23; Seoul, 10, 19; Singapore, 26, 31; Stockholm, —l, 6; Tokyo, 14, 17; Toronto, 2, 10; Vancouver, 9, 12; Vienna, 2, 10; Warsaw, 5, 12.