Weather

Press, 9 October 1987, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecasfcln the easJ of the North Island mainly fine; showers elsewhere. • Canterbury: Fine at first then cool south-westerlies and showers. Nelson, Marlborough: Showers developing. Buller, Westland: Rain turning to ; showers. Tomorrow: Showers in the east and Wellington; clearing in the west; clearing and becoming fine in most South Island districts. Extended range forecast until Tuesday. South Island: Mainly fine in Nelson and the east fine, cloudy Sunday, showers Monday in the west. North Island: □earing, then fine in most districts; some showers in the east; some showers, but mainly fine in Wellington. \ * CHRISTCHURCH READINGS .) Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. -.'Suiblae: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperatare: deg. Yesterday 12 hr 00 min 9 a.tn. to 11 p.m...... nil (Maximum (to «-pm.) .. 20 To date Uiis month ... 61 To date this month ... 2 Barameter.. Spun. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1595 To date this year 450 Millibars... 1004.1 1006.3 To date last year .... 1635 To date last year..... 648 Temperatures and rainfall Average for October .. 200 Average to date 511 for the 24 hours to 9 am. Humidity: Average for October. .. 47 yesterday: Maximum 23 deg, Per cent at noon .... 36 Wettest October (1947) . 137 minimum n deg, grana 8 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 24 Driest October (1961)... 3 deg, relnfau trace. Sun — Rises, 5.50 a.m.; sets 6.45 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.48 a.m.; sets, 6.46 p.m. Moon — Rises, 9.18 pan.; sets, 6.26 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.32 p.m.; sets, 6.52 a.m. Phases — Last quarter. October 15. New moon: October 23. First quarter: October 30. Full moon: November 6. - High tide at Lyttelton -r- 5.43 a.m. and 6.10 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.42 a.m. and 7.9 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60mta; Akaroa, less 45mir; Port Lew, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakala, less 25mln;‘JQ|ikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30m1n.) Noon weat»er; AuckJaed 21 deg., cloudy, N.W. 16 knots., Wellington, 15, partly cloudy, N.W. 16. 19, fine, N.W. 23. Dunedin 13, 7 ciuuoy, World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: AdeWtfc, 10, 18; Brisbane, 1.3, 28; Canberra, 4,. 18; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 6, 17; Melboufne, 9, 17; Perth, 12, 21; Sydney, 13, 21. ’ Main cities of the wotid: Amsterdam, 8,16; Athens, 14, 26; Bahrain, 30,37; Bangkok, 26, 34; Barbados, 25, 31; Beirut, 21, 26; Berlin, 10, 16; Bermuda, 24, 28; Bogota. 7 20Brussels, 7, 17; Budapest, 12, 20; Buenos Aires, 15, 23; Cairo, 18, 28; Omras?2o, 28; Copenhagen, 12, 17; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, 5, 13; Frankfurt, 8, 21; Geneva. 11. 16; Havana, 24, 29; Helsinki, 7, 12; Hong Kong, 26, 30; Honolulu, 22, 33; Ma ma had 19 35Istanbul, 11, 21; Jakarta, 24, 34; Jerusalem, 12, 21; Johannesburg, 11, 25* Kiev 3 17* Kuala Lumpur. 23, 33; Lima, 15. 21; Lisbon, 16, 20; g Madrid, 11, 17; Manila, 22, 34; Mexico Chy 8, Mtenti, 23, »; lO 20; Montreal, 8, 18; Moscow, 5, 10; Nassau, 25, 30; New Delhi, 23,17; New Yort. 11, 21; Nicosia, 18, 25; Oslo, 10,10; Paris, 8,17; PeWnt 9, 24; Rtode Janeiro, 17, 29; Rome, 18, 25; San Francisco, 20, 32; San Juan, 24, 34 Santiago, 10, 20; Sao Paulo; 15, 25; Seoul 19, 24; Singapore, 25, 33; Stockholm, 10,12; Talpa, 22, 29; Tel Aviv, ; l7,' 29; Tokyo, 18, 24; Toronto, 11, 18; Vancouver, 9, 18; Vienna, 11, 19; Warsaw,, 7, 20. '