NOON FORECAST

Press, 1 September 1986, Page 36

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Scattered rain. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy with rain about the Alps spreading elsewhere this morning; northerly winds strong in exposed places; winds moderating and turning westerly this afternoon, with showers on the ranges and clearing weather elsewhere; cool.

Marlborough; Nelson: Mild with freshening north-westerlies; cloud increasing, with scat- - tered rain by this evening. Buller; Westland: Occasional rain this morning with fresh north-easter-lies; winds turning to cooler westerlies this afternoon with showers. Extended forecast to Friday: Scattered rain, cool winds; fine and frosty from Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1013.5 1011.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil Saturday. . To date this month .... 97 To date this year 579 To date last year 301 Average to date 456 Average for August.... 56 Wettest August (1975). . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9hr 36 min Saturday 9 hr 0 min To date this month .... 138 To date this year 1435 To date last year 1481 Average for August.... 145 Humidity. Per cent at noon 66 Per cent at 6 p.m 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass —1 deg. rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today; Rises, 7.1 a.m.; sets, 6.1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 6.2 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 5.38 a.m.; sets, 2.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.11 a.m.; sets, 3.27 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 1.51 a.m. and 2.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.32 a.m and 2.53 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 New moon: September 4.

First quarter September 11. Full moon: September 18. Last quarter: September 26. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., partly cloudy, S., 7 knots. Wellington: 11 deg., fine, N„ 8 knots. Christchurch: 10 deg., fine, E., 17 knots. Dunedin: 10 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 16; Brisbane, 7, 21; Canberra, 0, 14; Hobart, 8; 15; Melbourne; 8, 16; Perth, 10, 21; Sydney, 9, 19. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: • Amsterdam, 10, 17; Athens, 21, 36; Bahrain, 32, 39; Bangkok, 24, 34; Beirut, 25, 30; Belgrade, 14, 22; Berlin, 5, 15; Bermuda, 27, 31; Brussels, 8, 18; Buenos Aires, 12, 22; Cairo, 23, 35; Copenhagen, 10, 18; Dublin, 7, 13; Genevans, 17; Havana, 25, 32; Helsinki, 11, 15; Hong Kong, 27, 30; Honolulu, 24, 33; Istanbul, 21, 30; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 17; 29; Johannesburg, 10, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15,. 19; Lisbon, 15, 28; London, 11. 16; Los Angeles, 20, 33; Madrid, 13, 27; Manila. 21, 28; Mexico City, 12, 20; Montreal; 3, 19; Moscow, 14, 27; Nassau, 26, 33; New Delhi, 27, 36; New York, 10, 20; Oslo, 8, 17; Paris, 9, 15: Peking, 20, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 29; Rome, 22, 30; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 23, 30; Santiago, 6, 18; Sao Paulo, 12, 26; Seoul, 19, 28; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 9, 12; Tokyo, 27, 32; Vienna. 12, 15.