NOON FORECAST

Press, 2 June 1986, Page 24

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Changeable throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine and cool at first, a cold southerly change spreading north. Westland: Showery at first

but fine, intervals later, freshening cool south-westerlies. Tomorrow: North-westerly change. Extended forecast to Friday:

More cool southerlies expected.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1015.5 1016.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Saturday 6 To date this month .... nil To date this year 301 To date last year 183 Average to date 286 Average for June 54 Wettest June (1960).... 168 Driest June (1979) .... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 24 min Saturday 8 hr 0 min To date this month .... 6 To date this year 1013 To date last year 1660 Average for June 120 Humidity: Per cent at noon 65 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 77 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass —3 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun - Today: Rises, 7.53 a.m.; sets, 5 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.54 a.m.; sets, 4.59 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, 2.11 a.m.; sets, 2.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.16 a.m.; sets, 2.38 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton today: 12.23 a.m. and 12.55 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.15 a.m. and 1.45 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, June 8. First quarter, June 16.

Full moon, June 22. Last quarter, June 29. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16 deg., cloudy, W., 16 knots. Wellington: 14 deg., fine, S., 2 knots. Christchurch: 10 deg., fine, S., 28 knots. Dunedin: 8 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 4, 14; Brisbane, 14, 23; Canberra, 1, 13; Darwin, 22, 32; Hobart, 9, 15; Melbourne, 11, 14; Perth, 9, 19; Sydney, 9, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 5, 16; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 26, 35; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 16, 21; Belgrade, 15, 23; Bermuda, 20, 25; Brussels, TO, 18; Cairo, 19, 34; Chicago, 16, 28; Copenhagen, 7, 13; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 6, 15; Geneva, 5, 13; Havana, 22, 29; Hong Kong, 26, 29; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad, 16, 31; Istanbul, 14, 23; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 13, 25; Johannesburg, 8, 23; Kiev, 14, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 16, 26; Ldndon, 4, 14; Los Angeles, 17, 23; Madrid, 6, 20; Manila, 24, 32Mexico City, 12, 22; Moscow; 15, 29; Nassau, 20, 30; New Delhi, 24, 36; New York, 23, 34; Nicosia, 16, 30; Oslo, 6, 17; Paris, 8,16; Peking, 20, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 34; Rome, 16 28; San Francisco, 12, 16; San Juan, 22, 31; Santiago, 3, 14Sao Paulo, 18, 27; Seoul, 14 24; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 8, 18; Sydney, 9, 20Taipei, 24, 31; Tel Aviv, 17, 26: Tokyo, 17, 27; Vienna, 11, 12.