Weather

Press, 19 October 1987, Page 52

Weather

Teday’s New Zealand forecastFlne apart from low cloud or fog night and morning. Canterbury: North-easterlies, cloudy about the coast, otherwise fine. Marlborough: Mainly fine, cloud or fog night and morning, southerlies. Nelson, Buller: Fine, moderate easterlies, daytime sea breezes near coast Westland: Moderate north-easterlies, variable high cloud but fine. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in Canterbury. Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: Fine and cloudy in Fiordland, cool at night few showers on Friday; fine in Canterbury and Otago, north-easterlies fresh on coast morning fog in Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland and Southland, light to moderate variable winds. North m. Island: Mainly fine but cloudy in Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty; morning fog across the rest of, the island; fresh easterlies in Manawatu. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the MeteorologicaL Office, Christchurch Airport yesterday Suashlae hrs mm. Temperatwe: At* Yesterday 9hr 0 min 9 ajn. to 11'pja..... Nil Maximum (to 8 am.) U 5 Saturday 11 hrs 54 mlns Saturday . Nil Barometer:. ■ Spun. ’ lipjn. To date this month .. . 125 To date this month. 52 Millibars. .. 1027.6 >0707 To date this year .... 1659 To date this year..... 500 Temperatures and lalabil To date last year .... 1681 To date last year 69$ for the 24 hours to 9 am Average for 0ct.... . 200 Average to date. ..... 526 yesterday: Maximum 18 det. Humidity: Average for October.. . 47 minimum 4 det. Per cent at noon .... 76 Wettest October (1947) . 137 deg, rainfall Nil mtn * Per cent at 6 pjn. .. : 76 Driest October (1961) .j, 3 Sun-Rises, 5.33 a.m.; sets 6.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.31 am.; sets, 7 p.m. Musa ' Rises, 4.05 am., sets, 3.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.23 am.; sets, 4.14 p.m. Phases—New moon: October 23. First quarter October 30. Full moon: November 6. Last quarter November 14. High tide at Lyttelton—l.3o am. and 1.48 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.11 am. and X2B nm (Lake Forsyth, less 60mln; Akaroa, less 45mln; Port Levy, less 30mln; Ashburton wnd Rakala, less 25mln; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30mia) Noan weather Auckland 15deg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Wellington 17, cloudy. S. 9 Christchurch 14, cloudy, E., 12. Dunedin 14, fine, N.E., 14. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 16; Brisbane, 13, 26; Canberra, 6, 17: Hobart 9 17Melbourne, 10, 18; Perth, 10, 22; Sydney, 13, 22. ’ ’ Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12. 16; Athens, 12. 23; Bahrain. 27, 32: Rangknu 26. 33; Barbados, 23, 28; Beijing, 6, 14; Beirut 6, 14; Belgrade, 14, 24; Beriial2.lt Bermuda 25, 29; Bogota 6, 20; Brussels, 10, 18; Budapest 13, 19; Buenos Aires, 9 17 : Cairo. 17, 27; Calgary -2, 16; Caracas, 19, 30; Chicago. IX 23; Co£nSa2e<i3 17 : Curitiba 15, 27; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, 6, 14; Frankfurt, HL 18; Geoeva.l3 23 : Havana 25, 28; Helsinki, 5, 10; Hong Kong, 25, 29: Honolulu, 23. 31? Islamabad, 17 M : Istanbul, 13, 22; Jakarta 25, 33; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Kiev, 4,18; Kuala t nrnnttr’ ts’ 33.’ Lima 15, 20; Lisbon, 14, 19; London, 10,16; Los Angeles, 14, 22; Madrid, 10 ig-’nS’nHa’ 23,33; Mexico City, 8. 26; Miami, 21, 30; Montevideo, 11.15; Montreat?, id- Moscow 1 10; Nassau, 23, 27; New Delhi, 2J, 37;. New Yort, 11, 21; NlcoHsTw, 27; OstoX 12. : Paris, 10, 16; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 37,*410me, 17,26; San Francfcatiz, 19: San hian 24 31; Santiago, 9,19; Sao Paulo, 18. 32; Seoul, 13, 22; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm? 9 12 : Taipei, 23, 29; Tel Aviv, 20, 28; Tokyo. 17, 27; TorootoX17; Vtocouver A •IX 16; Warsaw, 8,19. .'J