Weather

Press, 7 October 1987, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island, rain easing to scattered showers. In the South Island, scattered rain chiefly in the west Marlborough: Scattered showers, fine from afternoon. Nelson: Occasional showers in the west, increasing fine periods. Buller, Westland: Showery north-westerlies. Canterbury: Mild; rain about the Alps. Tomorrow: Dry in the east unsettled elsewhere; north-westerlies. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Showers In the west and south- mainly fine elsewhere until a brief southerly change with showers on Saturday. North Island: Mostly fine through to Saturday, then brief showers; fine on Sunday.' : CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: fare Rainfall: nun. Teaperatare: deg. Yesterday 4hr 36 min 9 am. to 11 pm.. ..... nil Maximum (to 6 pm.) ..' 26 To date this month ... 46 To date this month ... 2 Barometer. 6 pm. 11 pm. To date this year ... 1580 To date this year.... . 450 Millibars... 998.3 996.3 To date last year .... 1635 To date last year. .... 647 Temperatures and raiafaH Average for October .. 200 Average to date. .....' 508 for the 24 hours, to 9 am. Humidity: Average for October... 47 yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, < Per cent at noon .... 63 Wettest October (1947) . 137 minimum 14 deg, grass 11 Per cent at 6 pm. ... .41 Driest October (1961)..' 3 deg, rainfall nil. Sun—Rises, 5.53 a.m.; sets, 6.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.52 am.; sets, 6.44 p.m. Meen Rises, 6.47 p.m.; sets, 5.42 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.3 p.m.; seis, 6.3 am. Phases—Full moon: Tomorrow. Last quarter October 15. New moon: October 23. First quarter October 30. High tide at Lyttelton—3.49 a.m. ana 4.15 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.45 a.m. and 5.11 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45mln; Port Levy, less 30mln; Ashburton and i Rakaia, less 25min; Kalkoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30mia) Neon weather Auckland, 16deg., drizzle, N.E., 16 knots. Wellington, 16, rain, NE., 11. , Christchurch, 18, cloudy, N.E., 8. Dunedin, 14, cloudy, l2. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 18; Brisbane, 14, 30; Canberra, 7, 16; Darwin, 26, 33; > Hobart, 5, 12; Melbourne, 8, 16; Perth, 13, 20; Sydney. 15, 21. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 8,15; Athens, 14,20; Bahrain, 27,35; Bangkok, 25, 32; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade, 9, 19; Berlin, 10, 18; Bermuda, 23, 28; Bogota, 9, 20; Brussels, 7, 20; Buenos Aires, 10, 23; Cairo, 18, 28; Calgary, 2,15; Caracas, >: 20,27; Chicago, 2, 20; Copenhagen, 11,14; Curitiba, 9,16; Denpasar, 25,31; Dublin, 7,18; ■ Frankfurt, 8, 14; Geneva, 11, 16; Havana, 26, 28; Helsinki, 2, 14; Hong Kong, 25, 28; ’ Honolulu, 23, 31; Islamabad, 16, 36; Istanbul, TO, 19; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 15, 21; Johannesburg, 7, 20; Kiev, 5, 15; Kuala Lumpur, M, 20; London, 14, 21; Los Angeles, 25. 42; Madrid, 11, 21; Manila, 22, 31; Miami, 26, 28; ' Montevideo, 5, 18; Montreal, 4, 12; Moscow, 6, 11; Nassau, 25, 31; New Delhi, 22, 36; New York, 4,12; Nicosia, 21, 32; Oslo, 5,12; Paris, 16,,24; Peking, 13,26; Rid de Janeiro, 15, 23; Rome, 12, 25; San Francisco, 16,38; San Juan, 23,32; Santiago, 10,23; Sao Pauto, 12, 24; Seoul, 12,27; Singapore, 26,31; Stockholm. 11,14; Taipei, 23,31; Tel Aviv, 15,26; Tokyo, 18, 27; Toronto, 2, 15; Vancouver, 11, 17; Vienna, 8, 18; Warsaw, 1, 14. '..