Weather

Press, 28 December 1987, Page 26

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island mostly fine, but cloudy areas along the west coast and about Wellington. In the South Island, rain in Fiordland, showers spreading on the West Coast during the afternoon and evening; fine elsewhere. Canterbury, Marlborough: Warm north-westerlies freshening inland, fine. Nelson: Moderate northerlies, fine and mild. Buller, Westland: Mild northerlies, gradually freshening; cloud increasing, scattered showers. Tomorrow: Northerly winds and showers on the West Coast, elsewhere fine. Extended range forecast to Friday.—South Island: Fine at first in the north and west, becoming cloudy with isolated showers. Scattered rain tomorrow, clearing on Wednesday. Fine from Thursday with north-west winds. In Otago and Southland, fresh north-westerlies, increasing cloud. Cooler, showery south-westerlies tomorrow, becoming fine from Thursday. North Island: Fine at first, north-westerly winds; scattered showers with cooler south-easter lies developing on Thursday. Fine on Friday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterdav. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: * deg. Yesterday 12.30 9 a.m. to -11 p.m.. .... nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Saturday 6.36 Saturday nil Barometer:. 6 oun. Horn To date this month ... 169 To date this month ... 31 Millibars. 10137 10171 To date this year .... 2091 To date this year 580 To date last year .... 2210 To date last year 820 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 639 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m Humidity-. Average for December .' 53 yesterday: Maximum 22 dea Per cent at noon .... 39 Wettest (1978) 149 minimum 5 deg grass —2 dee Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 53 Driest (1943) 5 rainfall nil mm Sun — rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets 9 13 pm. Moon — Rises, 2.20 p.m.; sets, 1.16 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.32 p.m.; sets, 1.36 a m Phases — Full moon: January 4. Last quarter January 12. New moon: January 19. First quarterJanuary 26. High tide at Lyttelton — 11.55 a.m. and —. Tomorrow: 12.51 p.m. and 12.26 a.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 19deg., cloudy. W., 15 knots. Wellington 18 fine NW 7 Christchurch 20, partly cloudy, variable, 3. Dunedin 14, cloudy, S.W., 26. ’ * ’ World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 23. 25; Brisbane, 23, 30; Canberra, 12, 34- Darwin ">6 29Hobart, 13, 32; Melbourne. 16, 32; Perth, 16, 24; Sydney, 20, 27. .- . , Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 4,8; Athens, 4, 11; Bahrain, 16, 23- Bangkok. 22. 32; Beirut, 10, 17; Belgrade, -2, 5; Berlin, 3,6; Bogota, -I, 21; Brussels, 3,10; Budapes l -1 1; Buenos Ares, 20, 28; Cairo. 11, 17; Caracas, 16, 25; Copenhagen, 2.4; 33; Dublin. 9, 13; Frankfurt, 2,2; Geneva, 1,5; Havana, 21. 29; Helsinki 0,2 : Hong Kongi 19, 22; Honolulu, 22, 28; Istanbul, 1,4; Jakarta. 23, 31; Jerusalem, 6, 10- Johannesburg 16, 27; Kiev. -10. -3; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 19, 25; Lisbon, 9, 15; London, 7 12’ Los Angeles, 5. 14; Madrid, 4, 10; Manila, 21, 32; Mexico City, 10, 26; Montreal -7 2Moscow, -6, -6; Nassau, 20, 27; New Delhi. 6. 23; New York, 9. 12; Oslo, 3,4; Paris 6’ 9Rio de Janeiro, 17, 30; Rome, 9, 14; Santiago, 14, 28; Sao Paulo, 17, 25- Seoul i 10Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm. 2,5; Taipei, 19, 28; Tel Aviv, 11, 15; Tokyo, 8' 19- Toronto' 0. 4; Vancouver, -3, 1; Vienna, 0. 5; Warsaw, -1, 0.