Weather

Press, 1 December 1987, Page 68

Weather

Today’s NX forecast: Mainly fine except in the west, isolated coastal showers elsewhere. Canterbury: Winds tending southerly about the coast, cloudy with isolated showers. Marlborough: Showers about the Kaikoura Coast, fine and mild elsewhere, with north-westerlies fresh about the Sounds. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Mainly fine and mild. Tomorrow: Rain developing on the West Coast cloud increasing in the east Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: North-westerlies followed by a cool southerly change, clearing slowly from the west North Island: Unsettled. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: ' hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 3hr 06 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 3 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . .16 To date this month ... 194 To date this month ... 33 Barometer:. 6 p.m. H p.m. Todaethfeyear 1923 To date this year 545 Millibars... 1004.3 1002.7 To date last year .... 1995 To date last year 803 Temperatures and rainfall Average for November. 207 Average to date. ..... 595 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Hnmiditv - Average for November. 49 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. Per cent at noon ... 58 Wettest November (1942) 140 minimum 4 deg. grass —2 Per cent at 6 pm. ... 82 Driest November (1947) 8 deg, rainfall tee. Sun-Rises. 5.45 a.m.; sets, 8.52 p.m. Tomorow: Rises 5.45 a.m.; sets 8.53 p.m. Moon— Rises 4.29 p.m. - sets, 3.10 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.41 p.m.; sets 3.31 a.m. Phases—Full moon. Dec. 5; Last quarter, Dec. 14; New moon, Dec. 21. Hleh Tide at Lyttelton—l.4o a.m. and 2.04 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.36 a.m. and 2.59 p.m. (Lake Forsyth less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30mln; Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 17deg., cloudy, N.W., 12 knots. Wellington 14, cloudy. N.W., 16. Christchurch 14, cloudy, S„ 3. Dunedin 11, cloudy, W., 8. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were - Adelaide, 10, 23; Brisbane, 21, 29; Canberra, 8, 31; Darwin, 29, 34; Hobart, 14, 18; Melbourne, 14, 19; Perth, 9, 20; Sydney, 18, 32. „ Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 2,6; Athens, 12,19; Bangkok, 26, 31; Beijing —lO, —I - Beirut 10, 24; Belgrade, 8, 14; Bermuda, 19, 23; Brussels, 1,7; Budapest, 3,6; Buenos Aires 21, 34; Cairo, 12, 25; Calgary, —B, 10; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, 6, 11; Copenhagen, 4,5; Denpasar 23, 32; Dublin, 6,8; Frankfurt, 2,5; Geneva, 3,5; Helsinki, 2, 3- Hong Kong, 9,9; Honolulu, 24, 30; Islamabad, 5, 25; Istanbul, 12,19; Jakarta, 25, 34; Jerusalem, 11, 23; Johannesburg, 12, 24; Kiev, 0,2; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lisbon, 4,12;. London, 1,5; Los Angeles, 8, 19; Madrid, —2, 10; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 10, 22; Montreal, —lO, 3; Moscow, —7, —4; New Delhi, 11, 27; New York, 3,7; Oslo —5, —4; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 29; Rome, 8,14; San Francisco, 10,17; San Juan, 24,30; Santiago, 14, 31- Seoul, —B, —1; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 1,2; Taipei, 12, 16; Tel Aviv, 12, 24; Tokyo, 7, 10; Toronto, 1,1; Vancouver, 0, 10; Vienna, 0,5; Warsaw, 5, 9.