Weather

Press, 2 December 1987, Page 76

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Cloudy in the west of the North Island from Taranaki to Wellington with showers in the afternoon or evening, fine elsewhere; in the South Island, dry in Marlborough and coastal Canterbury, rain spreading to other districts and becoming heavy on the West Coast, *■ strong north-westerlies in many districts.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Strong north-westerlies, some showers, high cloud elsewhere. Nelson: Cloud increasing, rain developing. Buller: Cloud '

thickening, rain later. Westland: Rain becoming widespread and heavy. Tomorrow: Rain spreading, light falls in the east

Extended range forecast until Sunday. South Island: Gusty north-westerlies in Canterbury, then fresh cooler south-westerlies and showers, southerlies on Sunday; south-westerlies and fine from Friday in Marlborough, then northwesterlies and showers on Sunday; south-westerlies, strong at times, rain near the ranges, mainly fine elsewhere in Nelson; cooler westerlies, then colder south-westerlies from Saturday in the west North Island: Showers, some strong westerlies from Friday in the north and centra! districts; northwesterlies, then cooler in the east; south-westerlies, becoming fine on Friday in Wellington, north-westerlies and showers on Sunday.

CHRISTCHURCH HEADINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 12 hr 30 min 9 a.m. to II p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 20 To date this month .. . 13 To date this year 548 Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1935 To date last year. .... 805 Millibars... 1004.4 1006.1 To date last year .... 2006 Average to date. ..... 597 Temperatures aad rainfall Average for December. 210 Average for December . 210 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Wettest December (1978) 149 yesterday: Maximum 16 deg, Per cent at noon .... 52 Driest December (1943) 5 minimum 3 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 53 deg, rainfall 3 mm. Sun-Rises, 5.45 a.m.; sets 8.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.44 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. High 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 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30m1n.) Noon weather: Auckland 18deg., partly cloudy, W., .12 knots. Wellington 16, partly cloudy, N.W., 20. Christchurch 18, fine, variable 6. Dunedin 14, cloudy, W., 12.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 17; Brisbane, 21, 24; Canberra, 16, 23; Darwin, 29, 34; Hobart, 10, 15; Melbourne, 12, 14; Perth, 12, 23; Sydney, 20, 26. Main cities of the world; Amsterdam, 1,6; Athens, 11,15; Bahrain, 18, 26; Bangkok, 24, 30; Barbados, 27, 30; Beirut, 11, 21; Berlin, 0,4; Bermuda, 20, 23; Bogota, 8,19; Bn ssels, 1,8; Buenos Aires, 20, 31; Cairo, 13, 25; Calgary, —9, 5; Caracas, 19, 29; Copenhagen, 2, 3; Curitiba, 15, 27; Denpasar, 22, 32; Dublin, 6,9; Frankfurt, 0,6; Geneva, 1,4; Havana, 22, 27; Helsinki, —2, 4; Hong Kong, 8,11; Honolulu, 20,26; Islamabad, 5, 26; Istanbul, 11, 16; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 13, 20; Johannesburg, 14, 23; Kiev, 0,1; Kuala Lumpur, 25, 34; Lima, 16, 24; Lisbon, 4, 14; London, 3,8; Madrid, —3,10; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 9, 24; Miami, 20, 28; Montevideo, 18. 27; Montreal, —B, 3; Moscow, —9, —8; Vienna, 3,5; Warsaw, 3, 5.