NOON FORECAST

Press, 12 August 1986, Page 38

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: A low in the Tasman Sea is moving slowly north-east, and a trough lies over the North Island. District forecasts: Canterbury; Rain easing, fresh cold easterlies moderating. Marlborough: Overcast, cool, rain easing, strong coastal south-easterlies. Nelson: Moderate easterlies, rain. Buller: Mainly fine, mod-

erate easterlies, mild afternoon. Westland: Scattered rain on the eastern ranges clearing, fine elsewhere. Cool fresh southeasterlies. , • Extended range . forecast to Saturday: Fresh south-easterlies, with light rain in Canterbury and Marlborough from tomorrow; fresh southeasterlies, mild, fine in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .. .. 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1013 1013.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ..... 1.6 To date this month .... 40 To date this year ..... 522 To date last year 270 Average to date ...... 420 Average for August.... 56 Wettest August (1975). . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 12 min To date this month.. ... 46 To date this year 1342 To date last year .... . 1347 Average for August.... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 94 Per cent at 6 p.m 91 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall 20mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.29 a.m.; sets, 5.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.27 a.m.; sets, 5.41 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 10.21 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.48 ajn.; sets 12.51 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.28 a.m. and 9.50 p.m; Tomorrow: 10.21 a.m. and 10.44 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 First quarter. August 13. Full moon: August 20. Last quarter August 27. New Moon: September 4.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy, N.E., 10 knots. Wellington: lOdeg., drizzle, S., 28 knots. Christchurch: 9deg., cloudy, S.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., drizzle, E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 6, 16; Brisbane, 9, 22; Canberra, -4, 13; Darwin, 19, 29; Hobart, 5, 10; Melbourne, 2, 11; Perth, 8, 16; Sydney, 6, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 12, 24; Athens, 23, 36; Bahrain, 32, 40; Bangkok, 24, 31; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 29, 32; Belgrade, 20, 32; Berlin, 14, 5; Bogota, 25, 19; Brussels, 11, 25; Buenos. Aires, 14, 19; Cairo, 22, 33; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, 15, 30; Copenhagen, 13, 19; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 9, 18; Frankfurt, 15, 28; Geneva, 17, 28; Helsinki, 16, 24; Hong Kong, 26, 27; Honolulu, 25, 31; Istanbul, 22, 32; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 17, 27; Johannesburg, 10, 23; Kiev, 16, 31; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 15, 18; Lisbon, 19, 26; London, 14, 24; Lbs Angeles, 17, 30; Madrid, 14, 32; Manila, 23, 33; Miami, 24, 31; Montevideo, 13, 18; Moscow, 17, 29; Nassau, 28, 37; New York, 22, 31; Nicosia, 35, 22; Oslo, 11, 18; Paris, 14, 27; Peking, 19, 31; Rio De Janeiro, 13, 31; Rome, 20, 34; San Francisco, 13. 19; Santiago, 4, 13; Sao Pauio, 12, 25; Seoul, 23, 30; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 14, 21; Taipei, 29, 37; Tel Aviv, 22, 30; Tokyo, 25, 32; Vienna, 18, 25; Warsaw, 16, 25.