NOON FORECAST

Press, 12 September 1986, Page 36

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Showers clearing, southwesterlies dying out. District forecast: Canterbury: Fine, southwesterly winds dying out. Marlborough: Coastal showers, fine inland: south-westerly winds.

Nelson: Fine and cool with light south-wester-lies. Buller: Isolated showers, moderate south-wester-lies. Westland: Fine, southwesterly winds. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Fine weekend, some rain likely on Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. Ilp.m. Millibars 1002.5 1003.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month .... 1 To date this year 580 To date last year 322 Average to date 472 Average for September. . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2hr 48 min To date this month .... 70 To date this year ..... 1504 To date last year 1534 Average for September. . 162 Humidity: Per cent at noon 71 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 49 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 1 deg, grass -2 deg, rainfall NIL SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.37 a.m.; sets, 6.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.36 a.m.; sets, 6.15 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 10.53 p.m.; sets, 2.32 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.57 p.m; sets 3.37 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.59 a.m. and 11.24 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.55 a.m. and —. (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 Full moon: September 18.

Last quarter: September 26. New moon: October 4. First quarter: October 11. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., cloudy, S.W., 13 knots. Wellington: 13deg., cloudy, N.W., 12 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., cloudy, N., 10 knots. Dunedin: 16deg., partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of Australia yesterday: Adelaide, 7, 20; Brisbane, 12, 24; Canberra, —2, 17; Hobart, 2, 13; Melbourne, 10, 14; Perth, 12, —; Sydney, 10, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 5, 16; Athens, 19, 30; Auckland, 6, 13; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 23, 29; Beirut, 22, 26; Belgrade, 15, 26; Berlin, 3, 18; Bermuda, 23, 27; Brussels, 13, 17; Buenos Aires, 18, 31; Cairo, 21, 30; Dublin, 7, 17; Frankfurt, 3, 17; Geneva, 12,18; Havana, 26, 32; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 26, 29; Istanbul, 17, 27; Jakarta, 23, 32; Johannesburg, 7, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lisbon, 19, 25; London, 9, 17; Los Angeles, 17, 26; Madrid, 18, 29; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 14, 23; Montreal, 12, 21; Moscow, 4, 15; New Delhi, 26, 38; New York, 11, 24; Paris, 9, 19; Peking, 17, 27; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 27; Rome, 16, 29; Seoul, 20, 27; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholni, 6,10; Tel Aviv, 21, 29; Tokyo, 22, 28; Vancouver, 12, 20; Vienna, 13, 21; Warsaw, 9, 16.