NOON FORECAST

Press, 25 August 1986, Page 38

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Showers in Canterbury, Marlborough; mostly fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy with scattered rain in the north with moderate southerlies; light showers and light winds elsewhere; cool. Marlborough: Cold south-

erlies, strong about the coast but decreasing slowly; rain mostly light and coastal. Nelson, Buller: Mainly dry and cool; light to moderate south-easterlies. Westland: Moderate southeasterlies; fine and cool. Extended forecast to Friday: Mostly dry, but some showers on Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1020.7 1021.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfail: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Saturday 19 To date this month .... 92 To date this year 574 To date last year 294 Average to date 443 Average for August.... 56 Wettest August (1975). . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: Yesterday 24 hr Saturday nil To date this month .... 92 To date this year 1388 To date last year 1441 Average for August.... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 81 Per cent at 6 p.m 86 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m- yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall 16 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.10 a.m.; sets, 5.54 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.8 a.m.; sets, 5.55 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.57 pan.; sets, 9.28 a.m. Tomorrow: Sets 9.50 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton today: 8.56 a.m. and 9.18 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.45 a.m. and 10.05 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45rnim Port Levy, subtract SOmin; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and

Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Last quarter: August 27. New moon: September 4. First quarter: September 11. Full moon: September 18. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., cloudy, calm. Wellington: 9deg., rain, S, 24 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg., rain, S.E., 16 knots. Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy, E, 11 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were.— Amsterdam, 11, 17; Athens, 20, 36; Bahrain, 33, 40; Bangkok, 26, 34; Beirut, 21, 26; Belgrade, 15, 30; Berlin, 10,17; Bermuda, 25, 29; Brussels, 12, 21; Buenos Aires, 7, 15; Cairo, 22, 34; Chicago, 16, 31; Copenhagen, 11, 16; Dublin, 9, 18; Frankfurt, 15, 20; Geneva, 11, 23; Helsinki, 12, 16; Hong Kong, 26, 29; Honolulu, 25, 32; Islamabad, 24, 36; Istanbul, 20, 29; Jakarta, 24, 30; Johannesburg, 5, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 17, 29; London, 12, 18; Los Angeles, 19, 29; Madrid, 17, 35; Manila, 26, 31; Mexico City, 11, 25; Miami, 27, 31; Montreal, 12, 22; Moscow, 10, 14; Nassau, 25, 37; New Delhi, 25, 34; New York, 16, 28; Nicosia, 23, 38; Oslo, 10, 14; Parte, 14, 22; Peking, 20, 26; Rio De Janeiro, 15, 29; Rome, 18, 33; San Francisco, 12, 18; Santiago, 4, 14; Seoul, 19, 27; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 13, 15; Tokyo, 23, 26; Toronto, 11, 21; Vancouver, 12, 21; Vienna, 17, 21; Warsaw, 8,18.