Weather

Press, 24 July 1987, Page 34

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Occasional showers "in the east from Gisborne to Canterbury; occasional drizzle in Otago and Southland; elsewhere mainly fine’.

Canterbury: Overcast and cold, with occasional rain; moderate cold southeasterlies. Marlborough: Southerlies, strong about the coast; occasional rain. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and cool; fresh easterlies; frosts. Tomorrow: Scattered rain in Marlborough and Canterbury; fine elsewhere.

Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Mostly fine and cool in the West Coast; elsewhere coastal rain spreading inland, winds turning southerly from tomorrow; becoming fine with light winds from Tuesday. North. Island: Cold showers spreading north during the week-end; freshening south-easterlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday nil 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 3 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 9 To date this month. ... 74 To date this month .. 35 Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year ... 1178 To date this year. ... 411 Millibars. . . 1025.1 1027.7 To date last year .. . 1253 To date last year. ... 474 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July. 122 Average to date. .... 384 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July... . 62 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg. Per cent at. noon j. . .97 Wettest July (1977) .. 181 minimum 4 deg, grass 3 Per cent at S'p.m. .. -.94 Driest July (1967) ... 5 deg, rainfall 6 mm.

Sun-Rises 7.51 a.m.; sets 5.21 p.m. Tomorrow: rises 7.50 a.m.; sets 5.22 p.m. Moon— Rises 7.04 a.m.; sets 3.16 p.m. Tomorrow: rises 7.46 a.m.; sets 4.17 p.m. Phases—New: July 26. First quarter: August 3. Full: August 9. Last quarter: August 16. High tide at Lyttelton—3.oB a.m. and 3.31 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.48 a.m. and 4.10 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikcura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 13deg., cloudy, calm. Wellington 8, rain, S., 20 knots. Christchurch: 7, rain, S.W., 16. Dunedin 7, drizzle, S., 5.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 3,16; Brisbane, 7; 19; Canberra, 5,11; Darwin, 18, 29; Hobart, 6, 10; Melbourne, 7, 13; Perth, 14, 16; Sydney, 8, 15. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13, 21; Athens, 26, 42; Bangkok, 27, 36; Berlin, 14, 24; Bogota, 4, 18; Brussels, 14, 20; Buenos Aires, 5, 17; Cairo, 23, 38; Caracas, 19, 28; Copenhagen, 13, 21; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, 9, 17; Frankfurt, 14, 20; Geneva, 14, 20; Havana, 25, 32; Helsinki, 17, 25; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 24, 32; Istanbul 23 35; Jakarta, 2.6, 34; Jerusalem, 19, 32; Johannesburg, -3,11; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 17, 28; London, 14, 18; Los Angeles, 16, 25; Madrid, 17, 32; Manila, 24, 33; Mexico City, 12, 25; Montevideo, 5, L 7; Moscow, 14,19; Nassau, 23,32; New Delhi, 32, 42; New York, 24, 33; Nicosia, 24, 40; Oslo, 14, 27; Paris, 14, 18; Rio De Janeiro, 16, 28; Rome, 17, 34; San Juan, 26, 31; Santiago, 4, 12; Sao Paulo, 13, 16; Seoul 22 26Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 22, 26; Taipei, 26, 34; Tel Aviv, 22, 29; Tokyo, 24, 33; Toronto, 21, 30; Vancouver, 15, 23.