Weather

Press, 25 January 1988, Page 38

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island and the north and east of the South Island, fine and mild, elsewhere rain. _ J Canterbury: Fog, cloud morning and evening, otherwise fine, northerlies. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine, mild, light winds. Westland: Drizzle, > mild, little wind. Tomorrow: Little change. ’ Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: Fine, warm northerlies in ? the north; cool southerlies Wednesday, fine from Thursday in the east; clearing on Thursday, rain Friday in the west. North Island: Fine all districts. ' CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday.

Sun - rises 6.18 a.m.; sets 9.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.19 a.m.; sets, 9.02 p.m. Moon — rises, 1.21 p.m.; sets, —. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.35 p.m.; sets, 12.01 a.m. Phases—first quarter: tomorrow. Full moon: February 3. Last quarter: February 11. New moon: February 17. . <?■' High tide at Lyttelton — 10.41 a.m. and 11.10 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.35 a.m. and —. (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 weathenAuckland, 22deg„ fine, E., 10 knots. Wellington, 18, cloudy, N.E., 10. Christchurch, 27, partly cloudy, S„ 1. Dunedin, 20, partly cloudy, S.E., 4. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the. main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 21; Brisbane, 21, 31; Canberra, 12,<21; Darwin, 25, 27: Hobart, 11, 18; Melbourne, 12, 19; Perth, 22, 36; Sydney, 19, 25 ' i'-:- W* Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, -1, 4; Athens, 6, 11; Bahrain, 12, 19; Bangkok, 21, 33; Barbados, 21, 28; Beirut, 11, 18; Belgrade, 1,6; Berlin, -1, 2; Bogota, 3, 20; Brussels, - 4,6; Budapest, 2,6; Buenos Aires, 14, 31; Cairo, 9, 21; Chicago, -4, -2; Copenhagen, 4,4; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 2, II; Frankfurt, 1,6; Geneva, 2,6; Helsinki, -3, -1; Hong Kong, 18, 20; Honolulu, 20, 29; Istanbul, 2,7; Jakarta, 25, 30; Jerusalem, 6, 11; Johannesburg, 16, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 27; Lisbon, 9, 14; London, 2,9; Los Angeles, 8, 19; Madrid, 5, 14; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 8, 23; Montevideo, 15, 26; Montreal, -14, - 8; New Delhi, 10, 26; New York, 0,1; Nicosia, 5, 15; Oslo, 1,4; Paris, 3,6; Peking, -16, -6; Rio de Janeiro, 25, 41; Rome, 6, 12; San Francisco, 11, 19; Santiago, 12, 30; Sao Paulo, 23, 33; Seoul, -8, 5; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 0,0; Taipei, 10, 13; Tel Aviv, 11, 16; Tokyo, 10, 16; Toronto, -17, 9; Vancouver, 4,8; Vienna, 2,5; Warsaw, -2, 0.

Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 12.30 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 30 Saturday 13 Saturday tee Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date' this month . . . 222 To date this month, . . . 17 Millibars. . . 1021.56 1022.1 To date this year .... To date last year .... 222 219 To date this year To date last year 17 4 Temperatures and rainfall Average for January . . 209 Average to date 40 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for January. . . 51 yesterday: Maximum 27 deg. Per cent at noon .... 58 Wettest January (1980) . 139 minimum 15 deg, grass 13 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 53 Driest January (1954). . 8 rainfall nil.