Weather

Press, 16 January 1988, Page 84

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Mainly fine in the North Island and the north and west of the South Island. Few early morning showers in Canterbury. In the South, occasional showers clearing and winds becoming lighter. Canterbury: Coastal showers clearing, south-westerlies turning north-easterly. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine and mild. Fresh coastal breezes. Westland: Fine turning cloudy. Not much wind. Extended range forecast until Wednesday. South Island: A slow-moving anticyclone in the Tasman should bring mostly fine weather, but intermittent coastal showers. South-westerly winds. North Island: Mostly fine with cloudy periods. Isolated showers. South-westerlies occasionally fresh. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 14 hr 6 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 To date this month ... 142 To date this month ... 6 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 142 To date this year 6 Millibars. . . 1009.8 1012.2 To date last year .... 138 To date last year tee Temperatures and rainfall Average for Jan 209 Average to date 25 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for Jan 51 yesterday: Maximum 32 deg, Per cent at noon .... 59 Wettest (1980) 139 minimum 7 deg, grass 4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 55 Driest (1954) 8 deg, rainfall 4 mm. Sun—Rises, 6.08 a.m.; sets, 9.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.09 a.m.; sets, 9.09 p.m.Moon— Rises, 2.10 a.m.; sets, 6.33 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.58 a.m.; sets, 7.43 p.m. Phases— New Moon: January 19. First quarter: January 26. Full: February 3. Last quarter: February High tide at Lyttelton—2.2o a.m. and 2.40 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.09 a.m. and 3.29 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Suinner, add 30min.) Noon weathenWellington, January 15 - Noon main centre reports. Auckland, 19 deg., cloudy, S.W. 10. Wellington, 15, partly cloudy, S. 13. Christchurch. 17, partly cloudy. N.E. 5. Dunedin, 16, fine, W. 8. World weathenMinimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 17, 24; Brisbane, 22, 30; Canberra, 15, 36; Darwin, 24, 32Hobart, 14, 25; Melbourne, 21, 39; Perth, 14, 28; Sydney. 22, 28. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 4,.8; Athens, 8, 12; Bangkok, 22, 32; Berlin, 1,4; Brussels, 1, 10; Buenos Aires, 19, 31; Cairo, 11, 19; Chicago, —l4, —10; Copenhagen, 3, 4Dublin, 5,8; Geneva, 0,4; Hong Kong, 15, 21; Honolulu, 18, 29; Jakarta. 23, 31; Jerusalem, 5, 10; Johannesburg, 17, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; London, 7, 10; Los Angeles, 10, 24; Madrid, 4, 10; Manila, 23, 31; Mexico City, 9, 25; Montreal, —ip 4Moscow, —2, —2; New Delhi, 9, 22; New York, 0,6; Paris, 6, 10; Rio De Janeiro, 22 '37Rome, 6, 12; San Francisco, 6, 15; Santiago, 12, 29; Seoul, 4, 10; Singapore,’24,’ 27; Stockholm, 1,4; Tokyo, 4, 15; Vancouver, 2, 8.