Weather

Press, 22 September 1987, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers in the north and west of the North ; Island and the west of the South Island. Fine elsewhere. Canterbury: Fine; coastal north-easterlies; north-westerlies inland. Marlborough, Nelson: Early showers, otherwise fine. Buller, Westland: Isolated showers; westerlies. Tomorrow: Southerly change in all districts, with rain. Extended forecast to Saturday. South Island: Brief showers in Canterbury on Friday, otherwise fine; fine in the north; showers in the west and south, with strong westerly winds. North Island: Mostly fine in the east and south; showery periods elsewhere with cool south-westly winds. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 3 hr 30 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 14 To date this month ... 121 To date this month ... 12 Barometer.. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1489 To date this year 447 Millibars... 1013.7 1012.7 To date last year .... 1543 To date last year 621 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 486 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, Per cent at noon .... 82 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 5 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 86 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil mm. Sun-Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 6.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.18 a.m.; sets, 6.27 p.m. Moon— Rises, 6 a.m., sets, 5.24 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.18 a.m.; sets, 6.29 p.m. Phases—New Moon: tomorrow. First quarter: September 30. Full moon: October 7. Last quarter October 15. High tide at Lyttelton—3.23 a.m. and 3.42 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.04 a.m. and 4.23 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17mln; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 15 deg., cloudy, S., 10 knots. Wellington 12, cloudy, N- 16. Christchurch 12, cloudy, S.W., 14. Dunedin 9, rain, N., 4. World weathenMinimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian rifles yesterday were not available. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 21; Athens, 23, 35; Bahrain, 30, 38- Bangkok 24, 29; Barbados, 26, 31; Belgrade, 18, 30; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 3,19; Brussels 9 21Budapest, 16, 27; Buenos Aires, 4,17; Cairo, 21, 35; Copenhagen, 8,15; Denpasar, 2L 29; Dublin, 9, 16; Frankfurt, 16, 22; Geneva, 12, 26; Havana, 25, 33; Hong Kong 27 28 - Honolulu, 25, 33; Islamabad, 21, 36; Istanbul, 17, 26; Jakarta, 23, 30; Johannesburg. 9 22* Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 23, 27; London, 15, 24; Los Angeles, 16* 23Madrid, 19, 32; Montevideo, 4, 18; Montreal, 13, 18; Moscow, 6,12; Nassau, 24,.33- New, Delhi, 25, 37; New York, 14,17; Nicosia, 23, 37; Paris, 18, 28; Peking, 14,27; Rome?. 31; San Juan, 26, 33; Santiago, 6, 22; Seoul, 16, 28; Singapore, 25, 33; Stockholm. 8 14* ® Taipei, 23, 28; Tel Aviv, 22, 30; Tokyo, 20, 24; Vancouver, 11, 23; Vienna, 17, 28.