Weather

Press, 23 September 1987, Page 80

Weather

Today’s N.Z. forecast:Clearing from the west. A few showers lingering in the far south and east coast, North Island, districts. < •

Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland.Becoming fine, light winds. Tomorrow:Fine in the east and Nelson, showers on the West oast ’Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: South-west change late week bringing widespread showers in the east, clearing on the West Coast North Island:Unsettled, with showery periods and fine intervals, winds tending westerly, strong in exposed places.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 6 hrs 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 2 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 To date this month ... 127 To date this month ... 13 Barometer:.- 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1495 To date this year 448 Millibars. . . 999.3 10015 To date last year .... 1550 To date last year 622 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 487 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, Per cent at noon .... 79 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 8 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 84 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall 0.4 mm.

Sun-Rises, 6.18 a.m.; sets 6.27 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.16 a.m.; sets, 6.28 p.m.Moon— Rises, 6.18 a.m.; sets, 6.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.35 a.m.; 7.35 p.m. Phases—New moon: Today. First quarter: September 30. Full moon: October 7. Last quarter October

High tide at Lyttelton—4.o4 a.m. and 4.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.48 a.m. and 5.09 p.m. (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 weathenAuckland 15 deg., cloudy, N., 11 knots. Wellington 13, cloudy, N.W., 19 knots. Christchurch 13, cloudy, E., 10 knots. Dunedin 12, overcast, N.E., 11 knots.

World weathenMinimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday werfe: Adelaide, 7, 26; Brisbane. 14, 26; Canberra, 2, 23; Darwin, 25, 35; Hobart, 9, 16; Melbourne, 9, 18; Perth, 13, 24; Sydney, 12, 21. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 16, 23; Athens, 21, 36; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 24, 32; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 22, 30; Belgrade, 18, 30; Berlin, 9, 18; Bermuda, 25, 30; Brussels, 10, 27; Budapest, 16, 25; Buenos Aires, 7, 18; Cairo, 19, 33; Calgary, 6, 26; Chicago, 11, 18; Copenhagen, 6, 14; Denpasar, 22, 30; Dublin, 8, 16; Frankfurt, 13, 26; Geneva, 12, 30; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 25, 34; Istanbul, 17, 26; Jakarta, 25, 34; Jerusalem, 18, 27; Johannesburg, 9, 19; Kiev, 7, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 14, 20; Lisbon, 19, 28; London, 17, 23; Los Angeles, 17, 22; Madrid; 19, 30; Manila, 23, 31; Montreal, 12, 16; Moscow, 4, 10; New Delhi, 26, 38; New York, 14, 17; Oslo, —l, 16; Peking, 14, 27; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 21; Rome, 19, 31; San Francisco, 11, 25; Santiago, 6, 16; Sao Paulo, 10, 14; Seoul, 18, 23; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, 3, 12; Taipei, 23, 26; . 3O; Tokyo, ?0, Toronto;ls . yancpuver,. 16|25; »