NOON FORECAST

Press, 8 May 1986, Page 44

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Fine in most districts, but cloudy areas in the west of the South Island, the north-west of the North Island and a few showers at first through Foveaux Strait. District forecasts: Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough: Light or moderate northerlies; mild in the afternoon.

Buller, Westland: Mostly cloudy and cool with light winds. Tomorrow: Rain developing in Westland; mainly fine elsewhere. Extended forecast until Sunday: Isolated showers in Canterbury and the West Coast, clearing overnight; mainly fine in Nelson and Marlborough.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1019.2 1022.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month .... Tee To date this year ..... 273 To date last year 143 Average to date 230 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 36 min To date this month .... 52 To date this year 897 To date last year 976 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 70 Per cent at 6 p.m 83 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum -1 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.29 a.m.; sets, 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 6.28 a.m; sets, 4.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.15 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 3.55 a.m. ■ and 4.21 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.59 a.m. and 5.06 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 the Moon New Moon, tomorrow. First quarter, May 17.

Full Moon, May 24. Last quarter, May 31. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy. i Wellington: 15deg., partly cloudy. ■ Christchurch: 14deg., fine. Dunedin: 13deg., cloudy. • No wind velocities or wind directions were available. WORLD WEATHER . Minimum and maximum i temperatures in the main Ausi tralian cities in the last 24 hours were: ; Adelaide, 11, 22; Brisbane, 17, 26; Canberra, 9,17; Hobart, 8, 18; Melbourne, 9, 19; Perth 11,16 (noon); Sydney, 14, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 6, 19; Athens, 14, 24; Bahrain, 25, 31; Bangkok, 25, 34; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 16, 21; Belgrade, 14, 24; Berlin, 13, 25; Bermuda, 17, 20; Brussels, 6, 21; Buenos Aires, 13, 20; Cairo, 16, 32; Calgary, 2,8; Chicago, 15, 27; Copenhagen, 10, 18; Dublin, 7, 12; Frankfurt, 13, 23; Geneva, 10, 20; Havana, 22, 30; Helsinki, 13, 20; Hong Kong, 24, 26; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 17, 39; Istanbul, 9, 20; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 22; Johannesburg, 6, 16; Kiev, 1,7; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 17, 23; Lisbon, 11, 17; London, 8, 16; Los Angeles, 15, 23; Madrid, 6, 13; Manila, 25, 37; Mexico City, 13, 25; Miami, 24, 27; Montevideo, 17, 18; Montreal, 5, 15; Moscow, 2,8; Nassau, 21, 28; New Delhi, 23, 39; New York, 12, 27; Nicosia, 17, 29; Oslo, 8, 22; Paris, 10, 16; Peking, 13, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 31; Rome, 14, 23; San Francisco, 12, 17; Santiago. 7, 25; Seoul. 13. 25: