Weather

Press, 25 September 1987, Page 34

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in the east from Gisborne to Canterbury and in Wellington and Nelson; in the north and west of the North Island and the West Coast cloudy, with some showers. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine, freshening westerlies inland. Nelson: Fine, fresh south-westerlies. Buller, Westland: South-westerlies, cloudy, showers. Tomorrow: Mostly fine in the east, some showers; south-westerlies, showers in the west. Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Cloudy, with rain later in the north; mainly fine, but rain on Monday in Canterbury; widespread rain developing on the West Coast. North Island: Cloudy, with showers in the north; mainly fine in the east; Wellington cloudy with some showers. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 8 hr 42 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 To date this month ... 144 To date this month ... 13 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1512 To date this year. .... 448 Millibars.. . 1014.9 1009.4 To date last year .... 1570 To date last year 622 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 490 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. Per cent at noon .... 56 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 7 deg, grass 2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 63 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 6.15 a.m.; sets 6.29 p.m. Tomorrow: rises, 6.14 a.m.; sets, 6.30 p.m. Moonrises, 6.54 a.m.; sets, 8.45 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.15 a.m.; sets, 9.57 p.m. Phases—First quarter: September 30. Full moon: October 7. Last quarter: October 15. New moon: October 23. High tide at Lyttelton—s.36 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.29 a.m. and 6.53 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 weather: Auckland 15deg., cloudy, S.W., 21 knots. Wellington 12, cloudy S.E., 12 knots. Christchurch, 12, partly cloudy, S., 18. Dunedin, 9, partly cloudy, S.W., 24. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 16, 32; Brisbane, 13, 23; Canberra, 3, 25; Darwin, 23, 33 ‘ Hobart, 14, 27; Melbourne, 14, 27; Perth, 11, 17; Sydney, 13, 25. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10,18; Athens, 21, 31; Bahrain, 28, 37; Bangkok 25, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 21, 27; Belgrade, 16, 26; Berlin, 15, 25; Bermuda, 26 30Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, 13, 21; Budapest, 17, 25; Buenos Aires, 4, 14; Cairo 20 31Caracas, 20, 29; Copenhagen, 9, 19; Dublin, 7, 15; Frankfurt, 17, 27; Geneva 14 27 : Havana, 24, 35; Helsinki, 8, 13; Hong Kong, 25, 27;-Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad 20 37 : Istanbul, 14, 24; Jakarta, 25, 34; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Johannesburg, 13, 21; Kuala Lumpur 23, 32; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 19, 23; London, 13, 20; Los Angeles, 18, 34; Madrid, 15, 27Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 12, 24; Montevideo, 7, 11; Montreal, 10, 18; Nassau, 24. 33New Delhi, 27, 36; New York, 16, 24; Nicosia, 19, 34; Oslo, 5, 13; Paris, 18, 21; Pekin/ 16, 26; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 26; Rome, 19, 33; Santiago, 6, 23; Sao Paulo, 13, 21; Seoul, it 26; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, 11, 19; Taipei, 22, 27; Tel Aviv, 21, 29; Tokyo, 20, 25; Vancouver, 12, 21; Vienna, 17, 25; Warsaw, 3, 18.