Weather

Press, 17 October 1987, Page 80

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers becoming confined to eastern coasts in Northland, Auckland, and Gisborne; fine, apart from a few cloudy areas, elsewhere. ; Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Bullen Fine. Westland: Some cloud, mainly fine. Tomorrow: Mainly fine; cloudy in the west. Extended range forecast to Wednesday. South Island: Fine in the north; fine with showers later in the east and south. North Island: Fine id most districts; some showers later. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 11 hr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m... ... nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 14 To date this month . . 104 To date this month ... 45 Barometer:6 p.m. 11pm. To date this year .... 1639 To date this year. ..... 493 Millibars... 1021.6 1023.2 To date last year .... 1670 To date last year....; 672 Temperatures and rainfall Average for October .. 200 Average t0.date,..... 523 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m: Humidity: Average for October.... 47 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, Per cent at noon .... 55 Wettest October (1947) . 137 minimum —3 deg, grass —7 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 59 Driest October (1961).. 3 deg, rainfall o.2mm. Sun—Rises, 5.37 a.m.; sets, 6.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.35 a.m.; sets, 6.56 p.m. MuonRises, 3.22 a.m.; sets, 12.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.45 a.m.; sets, 2.03 pan. Phases— New Moon: October 23. First quarter: October 30. Full moon: November 6. Last quarter November 14. High tide at Lyttelton— 12.01 a.m. and 12.22 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.46 a.m. and 1.05 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17inin; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland 13deg., overcast, S.E., 14 knots. Wellington 14, fine, N., 7. Christchurch 13, cloudy, N.E., 8. Dunedin 12, partly cloudy, N.W., 7. ■ ■ ■ . ' " ' .. -Y. <• World Weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 14; Brisbane, 18, 21; Canberra, 10, 18; Darwin, 27, 33Hobart, 10, 17; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth,ll, 18; Sydney, 16, 21.. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10,15; Athens, 16,25; Bahrain, 26, 34; Bangkok, 26, 33; Beirut, 21, 25; Belgrade, 6, 19; Berlin, 10, 18; Bermuda, 25, 29; Bogota, 9717: Brussels, 8, 15; Budapest, 6, 21; Cairo, 17, 28; Caracas, 20, 29; CopenhagemO.li Denpasar, 22, 29; Dublin, 5, 12; Frankfurt, 11, 14; Geneva, 10, 15; Havana, 23. 2? < Helsinki, 4,10; Hong Kong, 26, 28; Honolulu,l9, 32; Islamabad, 17, 29; Istanbul, 16. 22: Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Johannesburg, 10, 23; Kiev, 7, 12; Kuala Irimnur 24 33; Lima, IS, 21; Lisbon, 14, 20; London, 9,12; Madrid, B,TB;Mapiid, 23.32; M^^clfY' 4 9, 25; Miami, 19, 28; Montevideo, 7, 14; Montreal, 1, 15; Moscow, 2,9; Nassau, 24. 29* New Delhi, 22, 36; New York, 6,16; Nicosia, 15, 27; Oslo, 6,10; Paris, 12,15; Peking, io’ 16; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 26; Rome, 11, 24; San Francisco, 12, 20; San Juan 24 34Santiago, 7, 17; Sao Paulo, 17, 20; Seoul, 17, 1£; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 7, U; Taipei, 23, 29; Tel Aviv, 19, 28; Tokyo, 17,21; Toronto, 2,17; Vancouver, 7, Hi Vienna.*! ; 20; Warsaw, 8, 11.. „ Z'Y'C;