Weather

Press, 16 July 1987, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the north, west and Wellington areas of the North Island rain in the east and occasional falls elsewhere; outbreaks of rain chiefly about the coasts in the South Island. Canterbury, Marlborough: Scattered rain with winds moderating. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine weather with moderate easterly winds. Tomorrow: Scattered rain in most districts; coastal drizzle clearing from Marlborough to Canterbury. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Isolated showers in the north; cloudy in the east; cold and showery with northerly winds in the west North Island: Week-end rain and cool west to northwest winds CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday —hr 30 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 4 Maximum (to 8 p.m.) . 12 To date this month .. 57 To date this month . . 23 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year ... 1161 To date this year.. 399 Millibars... 1016.3 1016.5 To date last year .. . 1202 To date last year. ... 459 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July. ... 122 Average to date 368 for the 24 hours to 9 m Humidity: Average for July.... 62 yesterday: Maximum 10 deg. Per cent at noon ... 96 Wettest July (1977) .. 181 minimum 8 deg, grass 5 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 85 Driest July (1967) ... 5 deg, rainfall 4 mm. Sun: Rises, 7.57 a.m.; sets, 5.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.56 a.m.; sets, 5.14 p.m. Moon: Rises, 11.20 p.m.; sets, 10.56 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, —; sets 11.16 a.m. Phases — Last quarter: July 18. New: July 26. First quarter: August 3. Full: August 9. High tide at Lyttelton: 8.51 a.m. and 9.17 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.48 a.m. and 10.12 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less-30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura,. add 17min; Kaiapol and Sumner, add 30min). Noon weather: Auckland 14deg., cloudy, calm: Wellington 11, cloudy, E., 14. Christchurch 10, drizzle, E., 17. Dunedin: 10, cloudy, N.E., 13. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8,13; Brisbane, 7, 25; Canberra, 5,10; Darwin, 20, 31; Hobart, 4, 10; Melbourne, 8, 11; Perth, 10, 18; Sydney, 11, 18. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 20; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 18, 22; Belgrade, 20, 33; Berlin, 9, 23; Bermuda, 26, 29; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels 15, 29; Budapest, 20, 26; Buenos Aires, 12, 18; Cairo, 20, 30; Caracas, 19, 26; Copenhagen, 11, 19; Dublin, 12, 18; Frankfurt, 11, 23; Geneva, 17, 30; Havana, 25, 31; Hong Kong, 29, 33; Honolulu, 23, 31; Istanbul, 19, 29; Jerusalem, 14, 27; Johannesburg, 4, 18- Kuala Lumpur, 24, 31; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 17, 28; London, 17, 25; Los Angeles, 16, 28‘ Madrid, 19, 29; Manila, 23, 31; Montreal, 22, 34; Moscow, 14,18; Nassau, 25, 34; New Delhi 29, 39; New York, 23, 32; Nicosia, 28, 36; Paris, 17, 23; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 34; Rome, 18, 33; San Francisco, 13, 20; Santiago 9, 13; Seoul, 21, 25; Singapore, 25, 28; Stockholm, 16, 20; Taipei, 25, 29; Tel Aviv, 21, 28;’Tokyo, 20, 32; Toronto, 23, 30; Vienna, 17, 25; Warsaw, 13, 21.