Weather

Press, 26 November 1987, Page 56

Weather

Today's New Zealand forecast Rain in most districts; dry In Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine at first rain developing later: Nelson, Buller, Westland: Rain and freshening northerlies. Tomorrow: Fine in foe east from Gisborne to Otago, including Wellington. A few showers elsewhere. Extended range forecast until Monday. South Island: Mostly dry in Canterbury, showers in foe Alps, cooler, showery south-westerlies from Sunday; fine tomorrow, then showers, with cooler southerlies on Monday; north-westerlies until Monday, then cooler southerlies in Nelson; cooler westerlies; some showers, clearing to southerlies on the West Coast North Island: Westerlies, showers, fine intervals in most districts; fine, then some showers, cooler southerlies from Monday in Wellington. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: • hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature deg. Yesterday 8 hr 48 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. trace Maximum (to 6 pjn.) .. 20 To date this month .. . 165 To date this month .. . 28 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 pun. To date this year .... 1893 To date this year. ... . 540 Millibars.. . 993.4 994.0 To date last year .... 1975 To date last year..... 735 Temperatures and rainfall Average for November. 207 Average to date 587 for the 24 hours to 9 a.mHumidity: Average for November. 49 yesterday: Maximum 20 deg. Per cent at noon .... 74 Wettest (1942) 140 minimum 11 deg, grass 11 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 72 Driest (1947) ....... 8 deg, rainfall trace. Sun-Rises, 5.47 ajn.; sets 8.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.46 a.m.; sets, 8.48 pan. Mum—' Rises, 10.10 aan.; sets, 1.5 aan. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.30 a.m.; sets, 1.40 a-m. Phases— First quarter November 28. Full moon: December 5. Last quarter December 14. New i moon: December 21. High tide at Lyttelton—9.27 a.m. and 9.54 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.21 a.m. and 10.49 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland, 20 deg., cloudy, N.E., 4 knots. Wellington, 20, partly cloudy, S.E., 7. Christchurch, 18, cloudy, E., 12. Dunedin, 17, partly cloudy, NJE., 18. World weather. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday wee: Adelaide, 13, 21; Brisbane, 17, 28; Canberra, «, 17; Darwin, 30, 33; Hobart, 7, 16; Melbourne, 10, 18; Perth, 14, 25; Sydney, 15, 23. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 5,7; Athens, 10,19; Bahrain, 18, 27; Bangkok, 25, 32; Barbados, 25,27; Beirut, 11,21; Belgrade, 4,12; Berlin, 2,3; Bermuda, 19,20; Bogota, 4, 20; Brussels, 3,9; Budapest, 2,4; Buenos Aires, 16, 20; Cairo, 14, 26; Calgary, —4, 3; Caracas, 20, 28; Copenhagen, 5,7; Curitiba, 13, 19; Denpasar, 22, 29; Dublin, 4,7; Frankfurt, 1,7; Geneva, 2,7; Havana, 20, 26; Helsinki, —B, —5; Hong Kong, 23, 25; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 6, 26; Istanbul, 11, 17; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 11, 20; Johannesburg, 14, 26; Kuala Lumpur. 24, 32; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 12,14; London, 4, Los Angeles, 10, 21; Madrid, 1, 10; Manila, 22. 31; Mexico Qty. 8, 23; Miami, 22, 23; Montevideo, 7,24; Montreal. —7,3; Nassau, 22,27; New Delhi, 10,30; New York —l, 11; Nicosia, 10. 23; Oslo, 1,2; Paris, 5,7; Peking, —1,8; Rio de Janeiro, 18,27; Rome, 2, 11; San Francisco, 9, 18; San Juan, 24, 28; Santiago, 11, 27; Sao Paulo, 15, 22; Seoul, 0, 12; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 3,5; Taipei, 22,27; Tel Aviv. 12, 24; Tokyo, 9,18; Toronto, 2.8: Vancouver, 3,9; Vienna, 3,5; Warsaw, —l, 2.-