Weather

Press, 16 September 1987, Page 68

Weather

Cold Warm w™ Dcciuded Stationary Today’s N.Z. forecast: Occasional showers in the north of the North Island, clearing in the east, fine in Wellington and the south-west; mainly fine in the South Island, but showers later on the West Coast. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and cool. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Cold south-westerlies gradually freshening. Tomorrow: Fine inland in the east, showers and south-westerlies in the west Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: South-westerlies and cold, but fine from Friday. North Island: Showers, cool westerlies to southwesterlies, clearing Friday, fine and milder from Saturday in the north and east; colder southerlies and showers in Wellington, clearing Friday to a fine week-end. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at tbe Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: j- deg. Yesterday 4 hr 5 min 9 am. to 11 pin 6 Maximum (to 6 pjn.) .. 14 To date this month ... 77 To date , this month ... 6 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1445 To date this year. .... 441 Millibars. . . 993.7 988.7 To date last year .... 1528 To date last year 605 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 477 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg. Per cent at noon .... 70 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 2 deg, grass —2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 79 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil nun.

Sun — Rises, 6.32 a.m.; sets 6.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.30 a.m.; sets, 6.30 p.m. Moon — Rises, 2.55 a.m.; sets, 11.01 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.44 ajn.; sets, 11.58 a.m. Phases — New moon: September 23. First quarter: September 30. Full moon: October 7. Last quarter October 15. High tide at Lyttelton — 11.29 a.m. and 11.52 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.17 p.m. and —. (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 12deg., recent showers, N.W. 10 knots. Wellington 12, cloudy N., 9. Christchurch 11, fine, S.W., 13. Dunedin cloudy, S.W., 6.

World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday Were: Adelaide, 11, 17; Brisbane, 13, 24; Canberra, 0, 18; Darwin, 24, 31; Hobart, 11, 19; Melbourne, 10, 15; Perth, 15, 28; Sydney, 11, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 16, 20; Athens, 20, 34; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 26, 34; Barbados, 25, 30; Belgrade, 17, 30; Berlin, 11,18; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 10, 22; Brussels, 15, 21; Buenos Aires, 6, 21; Cairo, 21, 32; Caracas, 19, 28; Copenhagen, 8, 18; Denpasar, 22, 29; Dublin, 9, 18; Frankfurt, 19, 25; Geneva, 14, 32; Helsinki, 8, 10; Hong Kong, 27, 29; Honolulu, 24, 32; Istanbul, 17, 27; Jerusalem, !?, 29; Johannesburg, 12,24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 22, 38; London, 13, 20; Los Angeles, 18, 22; Madrid, 19, 35; Manila, 23, 31; Mexico Qty, 13, 26; Montevideo, 6, 21; Montreal. 15,17; Moscow, 8,14; Nassau, 24,33; New Delhi, 28, 37; New York, 19,24; Nicosia, 22,34; Oslo, 4, 20; Paris, 19, 26; Peking, 16, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 25; Rome, 17, 34; San Francisco, 16, 17; Sao Paulo, 12, 23; Seoul, 17, 27; Singapore, 25, 29; Stockholm, 14,18; Taipei. 25, 31; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 20, 28; Toronto, 16, 24; Vancouver, 14, 19; Vienna, 19. 28; Warsaw, 15, 21.