Weather

Press, 22 December 1987, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Morning drizzle in Northland and Auckland; fine, some cloud about the East Coast in remaining North Island districts and Marlborough, Nelson and Buller; cloudy on the West Coast; rain clearing in Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Canterbury: Moderate easterlies, cloudy with scattered rain, clearing by afternoon. Marlborough: Moderate south-easterlies, cloudy about the coast otherwise fine. Nelson, Buller: Moderate variable winds, fine and mild. Westland:Cloudy, scattered rain, moderate variable winds. Tomorrow: Northeasterlies in Canterbury; northerlies in the north and west of the South Island. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Mainly fine until Thursday, south-west changes on Thursday and Saturday in Canterbury; strong northerlies, scattered showers from Thursday in Marlborough; unsettled with occasional showers in Nelson; rain and northerlies on the West Coast. North Island: Cloudy to Thursday, then unsettled in the north; mainly fine, then some showers in other districts. Sun-Rises 5 46- sets 9.10. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.46; sets, 9.10. Moon—Rises, 6.29 a.m., sets 10 58’pm.’ Tomorrow: Rises, 7.49 a.m; sets, 11.38 p.m. Phases—first quarter: December 27 Full moon: January 4. Last quarter: January 12. New Moon: January 26. Hiah tide at Lvttelton— 6.11 a.m. and 6.36 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.10 a.m. and 7.37 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min* Kaikoura, add 17 min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min). Noon weathenAuckland 20 deg, cloudy, N. E. 13 knots. Wellington 18, parUy cloudy, N. W. 16. Christchurch 21, cloudy, S. 7. Dunedin 14, cloudy, S. E. 16. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine* hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg? Yesterday 11 hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 To date this month ... 134 To dale this month ... 25 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year 2056 To date this year. ... . 573 Millibars... 1016.0 1021.1 To date last year 2162 To date last year/. ... 809 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 631 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humiditv* Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. Per cent at noon . ■ 39 Wettest (1978) 149 minimum 8 deg, grass 4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 46 Driest (1943). 5 deg, rainfall Nil mm. Wnrid weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities vesterdav were- Adelaide, 13, 23; Brisbane, 21, 30; Canberra, 14, 20; Darwin, 24, 31; IHobart 9 T6* Melbourne, 13, 22; Perth, 21, 28; Sydney, 16, 17. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 8, 11; Athens, 7, 13; Bahrain, 18, 24; Bangkok, 17, w- Barbados 24 30* Beirut, 12, 18; Belgrade, 1,6; Berlin, 7,9; Bermuda. 14,18; Bogota, 3 ’to* Brussels 4 12* Budapest, 6,9; Buenos Aires, 14, 26; Cairo, 12, 18; Calgary, —2, 5; 26* Copenhagen, 7,8; Curitiba, 15, 20; Denpasar, 25, 33; Dublin, 11. 13; PVanMu’rt 7 10* Geneva, 10, 16; Havana, 19, 26; Helsinki, —3, 0; Hong Kong, 17, 21; Honolulu ’2l 24* Islamabad, 4, 23; Istanbul, 8, 10; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 7. 11; Johannesburg 18. 29; Kiev, -5, 1; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 18, 26; Lisbon, 13, 19; Tondon 10 12-Madrid, 5, 15; Manila, 21, 33; Mexico City, 12. 25; Montevideo. 13. 24; Montreal —7 —6* Moscow, —l3, —5; Nassau, 18, 24; New Delhi, 7, 24; New York, 6,7; Nicosia 11 14* Oslo, 14, 27; Paris, 6, 11; Peking, —6,7; Rio De Janeiro, 21, 31: Rome, 8. 12-SanFrancisco, 7. 17; San Juan, 23, 28; Santiago, 12, 31; Sao Paulo, 22, 29.