NOON FORECAST

Press, 23 February 1987, Page 36

NOON FORECAST

District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloud increasing with some rain from this afternoon; winds tending southwesterly. Marlborough: Mainly fine and warm; some cloud about the Sounds; northwesterlies strong and fresh. Nelson: Mostly cloudy; scattered- rain developing; moderate northerlies; mild.

Buller: Cloudy and mild;, drizzle turning to rain; moderate northerlies. Westland: Rain at first with fresh mild northeasterlies; cool southwesterlies and showers developing. Extended forecast to Friday:Rain tomorrow in Canterbury; cooler south-westerlies and scattered showers to follow; fine on Wednes-. day and Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1003.4 1009.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 31 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil Saturday nil To date this month .... 82 To date this year 102 To date last year 96 Average to date ....... 86 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 12 min Saturday 12 hr 12 min To date this month .... 170 To date this year 450 To date last year 405 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 47 Per cent at 6 p.m 37 Temperatures and rainfall tor the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today; Rises, 6.58 a.m.; sets, 8.25 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 8.23 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 12.29 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.28 a.m.; sets, 6.12 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 12.38 a.m. and 1.03 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.33 a.m. and 1.58 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30 min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi . and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon New moon: February 28.

First quarter: March 8. Full moon: March 16. Last quarter: March 23. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, N.E., 9 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. Christchurch: 25deg., fine, E., 9 knots. Dunedin: 18deg., cloudy, S., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum arid maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -3, 1; Athens, 9, 18; Bahrain, 17, 24;-Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 21, 29; Beirut, 20, 25; Belgrade, 3,7; Berlin, -4, -1; Bermuda, 15, 19; Bogota, 1, 21; Brussels, -7, 3; Buenos Aires, 24, 30; Cairo, 10, 24; Calgary, -15, 6; Caracas, 18, 29; Chicago, -8, 8; Copenhagen, -11, 0; Curitiba, 17, 24; Denpasar, 25, 30; Dublin, -1, 5; Frankfurt, -2, 2; Geneva, -1, 0; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, -5, -3; Hong Kong, 18; 19; Honolulu, 19, 27; Islamabad, 6, 24; Istanbul, 10, 18; Jakarta, 22, 30; Jerusalem, 5, 19; Johannesburg, 20, 28; Kiev, 0,2; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 11, 16; London, -1, 5; Los Angeles, 12, 21; Madrid, - 2,8; Manila, 17, 32; Mexico City, 10, 26; Miami, 23, 24; Montevideo, 22,29; Montreal, - 16, -5; Moscow, -10, 0; Nassau, 21, 28; New Delhi, 15, 27; New York, -3, 4; Nicosia, 5, 19; Oslo, -5, -3; Paris, -1, -1; Peking, -4, 8; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 35; Rome, 7,9; San Francisco, 12, 20; San Juan, 21, 29; Santiago, 12, 29; Sao Paulo, 19, 25; Seoul, 03, 4; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, -8,1; Taipei, 16, 20; Tel Aviv, 9, 19; Tokyo, 1,8; Toronto, -11, 2; Vancouver, 6, 8; Vienna, 3, II; Warsaw, 1,2.