Weather

Press, 23 January 1988, Page 92

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in most districts, cloudy on the Wesf Coast. Canterbury: Fine, variable high cloud. Marlborough: Fine, becoming warm. Nelson: Fine and mild. Buller: Fine, high cloud, mild. Westland: Cloudy periods, mild. Tomorrow: Fine in most districts. Extended range forecast until Wednesday. South Island: Dry and warm in Canterbury; fine, north-westerlies in Marlborough and Nelson; cloudy, fine and mild in Buller; northerlies in Westland. North Island: Mainly fine and warm in most districts. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 36 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. .... Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 To date this month ... 197 To date this month ... 17 Barometer.. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 197 To date this year 17 Millibars. . . 1021.3 1019.6 To date last year .... 204 To date last year 2 Temperatures and rainfall Average for January . . 209 Average to date 36 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for January. . . 51 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, Per cent at noon .... 62 Wettest (1980) 139 minimum 9 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 51 Driest (1954) 8 deg, rainfall Nil mm.

Sun —Rises, 6.15 a.m.; sets, 9.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.27 a.m.; sets, 9.04 p.m. Moon —Rises, 10.50 a.m., sets, 11.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.07 p.m.; sets, 11.40 p.m. Phases— First quarter: January 26. Full moon: February 3. Last quarter: February' 11. New moon: February 17. High tide at Lyttelton — 8.47 a.m. and 9.17 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.45 a.m. and 10.14 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 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 20 deg., cloudy, N.E., 7 knots. Wellington 19, cloudy, N„ 13. Christchurch 19, cloudy, E„ 11. Dunedin 16, overcast, N.E., 6.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 27; Brisbane, 23, 29; Canberra, 14 32;'Darwin, 27, 32; Hobart, 14, 26; Melbourne, 14, 26; Perth, 18 28; Sydney, 21, 27. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 3,6; Athens, 6, 10; Bahrain, 10, 18; Bangkok, 19, 33- Beirut 9 14' Belgrade, 2, 11; Berlin, 0,3; Bermuda, 16, 20; Bogota, 5, 22; Brussels, 2, 7-Budapest’ 0,2; Buenos Aires, 22, 28; Cairo, 9, 18; Calgary, —7, 6; Caracas, 15, 25; Copenhagen 1 2- Curitiba, 19, 31; Denpasar, 22, 29; Dublin, 0,6; Frankfurt, 0,3; Geneva, 0 3- Havana, 18,’ 29; Helsinki, 25, 32; Hong Kong, 16, 21; Honolulu, 19, 28; Islamabad, 9, 15; Istanbul, 3,6; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 5, 11; Johannesburg, 18, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 32; Lima, 20, 25; Lisbon, 8, 14; London, 3,7; Madrid, 2, 12; Manila, 20,.32; Mexico City, 7, 24; Miami, 22, 25; Montevideo, 21, 28; Montreal, —4, 2; Nassau, 20, 26; New Delhi, 7, 25; New York, 2,5; Nicosia, 6, 16; Oslo, 34, 36; Paris, 4,9; Peking, —4, 0; Rio de Janeiro, 23, 40; Rome, 7, 13; San Francisco, 6, 15; San Juan, 21, 28; Santiago, 11, 29; Sao Paulo, 22, 34; Seoul, 2,4; Singapore, 20, 31; Stockholm, 1,3; Taipei, 14, 22; Tel Aviv, 9, 16- Tokyo, 4,9; Toronto, 1, 11; Vancouver, 4,9; Vienna, 1,3; Warsaw, —3, 2. '