Weather

Press, 16 November 1987, Page 48

Weather

Today’s N.Z. forecast: Isolated showers in the east, fine elsewhere. Canterbury: Cool southerlies dying out, becoming mainly fine. Marlborough: Cloudy at times but dry, south-easterlies freshening. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and mild.

Extended range forecast to Friday. Fine in the South Island and most of the North Island, with a tew showers about Gisborne.

Sun—Rises, 5.55 a.m.; sets 8.34 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.54 a.m.; sets 8.35 p.m. Moon— Rises, 3.27 a.m., sets, 2.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.44 a.m.; sets, 4.03 p.m. Phases—First quarter, Oct. 30; full moon, Nov. 6; last quarter, Nov. 14; new moon, Nov. 21. High tide at Lyttelton—l.o7 a.m. and 1.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.52 a.m. and 2.10 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30mln; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kalkoura, add 17mln; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30m1n.) Noon weather: Auckland 16deg, cloudy, S., 9 knots. Welington 13, fine, S.E. 20. Christchurch 15, cloudy, variable, 3. Dunedin 14, fine, S.W., 11.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 12hr 6min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 Saturday 30min Saturday trace Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month ... 91 To date this month ... 22 Millibars. . . 1014.0 1014.1 To date this year ... . 1819 To date this year 534 To date last year .... 1876 To date last year 717 Temperatures and rainfall Average for November. 207 Average to date 570 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for November. 49 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. Per cent at noon 60 Wettest November (1942) 140 minimum 6 deg, grass 1 deg. Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 59 Driest November (1947) 8 rainfall 1 mm.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 18, 35; Brisbane, 18, 25; Canberra, 11, 27; Darwin, 28, 32: Hobart, 11, 16; Melbourne, 9, 19; Perth, 18, 23; Sydney, 25, 30. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 5,7; Athens, 9, 21; Bahrain, 19, 28; Bangkok. 24 31- Barbados, 28, 31; Beijing, 4, 10; Beirut, 17, 23; Belgrade, 10, 20; Berlin, 3,7; Bermuda, 19, 22; Brussels, 1, 10; Budapest, 4,7; Buenos Aires, 20, 24; Cairo, 13, 26; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, 2, 16; Copenhagen, 5,8; Denpasar, 25, 32; Dublin, 3, 9Frankfurt, 6, 11; Geneva, 7, 13; Helsinki, —lB, —1; Hong Kong, 22, 24; Honolulu. 24. 32; Islamabad, 8, 28; Istanbul, 13, 16; Jakarta, 25, 33; Jerusalem, 11, 20; Johannesburg, 14, 24- Kiev, 2,5; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 14, 18; London, 4, 11; Los Angeles, 14, 20; Madrid, 7, 14; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 8, 24; Montevideo, 18. 27; Montreal, 5,6; Moscow, —3,1; New Delhi, 14, 30; New York, 4,13; Nicosia. 11, 23; Oslo. 3 6- Paris, 4, 10; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 30; Rome, 10, 21; San Francisco, 15, 18; San Juan 24 31- Santiago, 12, 29; Sao Paulo, 17, 28; Seoul, 8,15; Singapore, 25, 29; Stockholm, 0, 5Taipei, 20, 23; Tel Aviv, 12, 22; Tokyo, 10. 13; Toronto, 0,10; Vancouver, 10, 12; 4,8; Warsaw, 0, 9.