Weather

Press, 28 July 1987, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecasCMostly fine in the north of the North Island, elsewhere scattered showers becoming confined to the coast, strong westerlies in the south of the South Island.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Westerlies freshening inland, winds becoming; strong about the outer Sounds; cool. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fresh, cool, south-westerlies becoming strong in exposed places; showers in the ranges. Tomorrow: Southerly winds, showers on the east coast.

Extended range forecast to Saturday: South Island: A brief southerly changetomorrow in Canterbury and Marlborough, fresh south-west winds with; showers in the north and west; all areas becoming fine by Thursday with* light winds; showers developing on Saturday. North Island: Cloudy periods' with south-west winds, fine in all areas, northerlies developing on Saturday.

Sun —Rises 7.48 a.m.; sets 5.25 p.m. Tomorrow: rises 7.47 a.m.; sets 5.25 p.m. Moon — i Rises 9.10 a.m.; sets 7.32 p.m. Tomorrow: rises 9.30 a.m.; sets 8.36 p.m. Phases— First* quarter August 3. Full: August 9. Last quarter August 16. New: August 25. High tide at Lyttelton —5.57 a.m. and 6.20 p.m.; tomorrow: 6.47 a.m. and 7.8 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60mln; Akaroa, less 45mln; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikdura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30m1n.) - Noon weather: Auckland 13 deg., cloudy, S., 12 knots. Wellington 8, cloudy, S.E., 6.” Christchurch 7, fine, calm. Dunedin 10, cloudy, N.W., 13.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS ObservaUons taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg.. Yesterday 8 hr 48 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m..... nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 9 To date this month .. 82 To date this month .. 39 Barometer. 6p.m. 11 p.m.* To date this year ... 1187 To date this year.... 414 Millibars. . . 1012.7 1012.2 To date last year ... 1274 To date last year.... 482 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July. ~. 122 Average to date 392 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July.... 62 yesterday: Maximum 7 deg, Per cent at noon ... 76 Wettest July (1977) .. 181 minimum -2 ' deg, grass -7. Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 80 Driest July (1967) ... 5 deg, rainfall nil mm. >

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 12; Brisbane, 11, 21; Canberra, —3, 14; Hobart, 3, 15;Melbourne, 6, 13; Perth, 9, 12; Sydney, 6, 16. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10,16; Athens, 27, 41; Bahrain, 32, 43; Bangkok, 27, 35; Belgrade, 24, 32; Berlin, 8, 17; Bermuda, 26, 29; Bogota, 9, 19; Brussels, 11, 16;. Buenos Aires, 16, 24; Cairo, 24, 40; Copenhagen, 12,17; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 11,17; Frankfurt, 9, 18; Geneva, 13, 25; Havana, 24, 33; Helsinki, 13, 17; Hong Kong, 25, 29; Honolulu, 22, 33; Istanbul, 21, 33; Jakarta, 24, 30; Johannesburg, 5, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 18, 29; London, 11, 18; Madrid, 16, 26; Mexico City, 11, 21; Montevideo, 14, 17; Montreal, 17, 28; Moscow, 15, 26; New Delhi, 33, 39; New York, 25, 35; Oslo, 12, 18; Paris, 12, 21; Peking, 24, 35; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 30; Rome, 23, 35; San Juan, 24, 32; Santiago, 5, 12; Seoul, 20, 29; Singapore, 26, 31; Stockholm, 15, 19; Tokyo, 26, 33; Warsaw, 14, 23.