Weather

Press, 15 July 1987, Page 76

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain in all of the North Island; gale-force winds in Gisborne; drizzle in Marlborough and the east of the South Island; elsewhere fine. Canterbury, Malborough: Cloudy; cold easterlies with rain on the coast. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Easterlies; showers on the eastern ranges, otherwise fine. Tomorrow: Rain easing in Canterbury; showers developing in the west of the South Island. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Northerlies from Friday; occasional showers in all districts. North Island: Showers clearing from the north tomorrow and Friday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Nil hr min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 10 To date this month . . 57 To date this month .. 19 Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .. . 1161 To date this year. ... 394 Millibars. . . 1020.0 1019.4 To date last year ... 1193 To date last year. ... 459 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July. ... 122 Average to date 366 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July.... 62 yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, Per cent at noon ... 93 Wettest July (1977) . . 181 minimum 6 deg, grass 5 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . 86 Driest July (1967) ... 5 deg. rainfall 1 mm. Sun-Rises 7.57 a.m., sets 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: rises 7.57 a.m., sets 5.13 p.m. Moon— Rises 10.14 p.m., sets 10.35 a.m. Tomorrow: rises 11.29 p.m., sets 10.56 a.m. Phases— Last quarter: July 18. New: July 26. First quarter: August 3. Full: August 9. High tide at Lyttelton—7.sl a.m. and 8.19 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.51. a.m. and 9.17 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 14 deg., cloudy, E., 20 knots. Wellington lldeg., showers, S.E., 4 knots. Christchurch Bdeg., drizzle, E., 14 knots. Dunedin 9deg., cloudy N.E., 19 knots. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 17; Brisbane, 7, 20; Canberra, —4, 11; Darwin, 19, 21; Hobart, 5, 16; Melbourne, 5, 12; Perth, 15, 16; Sydney, 5, 17. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 20; Bahrain, 29, 39; Bangkok, 27, 35; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut 22, 29; Berlin, 13, 18; Bogota, 10, 20; Brussels, 10, 25; Budapest, 17, 27; Buenos Aires, 15, 19; Cairo, 21, 33; Caracas, 20, 26; Copenhagen, 12, 20; Curitiba, 11, 25; Denpasar, 20, 28; Dublin, 14, 21; Frankfurt, 15, 25; Helsinki, 8, 17; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 24, 30; Islamabad, 21, 37; Jakarta, 24, 32; Johannesburg, 3, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 20; London, 16. 26; Los Angeles, 17, 22; Madrid, 19, 33; Manila, 23, 31; Mexico City, 14, 26; Montevideo, 11, 20; Nassau, 25, 34; New Delhi, 28, 38; Nicosia, 21, 36; Oslo, 11, 20; Paris, 15, 26; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 32; San Francisco, 15, 21; San Juan, 26, 32; Santiago, 9, 14; Sao Paulo, 13, 24; Seoul, 21, 27; Singapore, 25, 30; Stockholm, 15, 18; Taipei, 26, 33; Tel Aviv, 21, 29; Tokyo, 26, 30; Toronto, 23, 34; Vienna, 15, 26; Warsaw, 15, 25.