Weather

Press, 26 January 1988, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine all districts. Canterbury: Early low cloud, fine, warm, light winds. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine, warm, northerlies. Westland: Scattered rain, northerlies. Tomorrow: Morning rain in the east, south-westerlies; cloudy in the north, moderate northerlies; some rain in the west, west to south-west winds. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Fine in Canterbury and Marlborough but cool showers Thursday; fine in Nelson, the south and the west. North Island: Cool southerlies in Wellington and the east coast on Thursday, otherwise fine and warm all districts. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 11 hr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 28 To date this month ... 234 To date this month ... 17 Barometer:. 6p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year . . 234 To date this year 17 Millibars. . . 1018.0 1017.9 To date last year .... 228 To date last year 4 Temperatures and rainfall Average for January . . 209 Average to date 41 for the 24 hours, to 9 a.m. Humiditv Average for January. . . 51 yesterday: Maximum 30 deg, Per cent at noon . . 54 Wettest January (1980) . 139 minimum 13 deg, grass 9 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 59 Driest January (1954). . 8 deg, rainfall nil. Sun — Rises, 6.19 a.m.; sets 9.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m. and 9.01 p.m. Moon — Rises 235 p m.' sets 12.01 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.47 p.m.; sets: 12.26 a.m. Phases — First’quarter: today. Full moon: February 3. Last quarter: February 11. New moon: February 17. High tide at Lyttelton — 11.35 a.m. and Tomorrow: 1 a.m. and 1.23 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 22deg., cloudy, E., 6 knots. Wellington 22, fine, N.E., 10. Christchurch 26, fine, S.E., 6. Dunedin 16, partly cloudy, S.E., 5. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 23; Brisbane, 23, 29; Canberra, 5, 23; Darwin, 27, 31; Hobart, 11, 21; Melbourne, 12, 20; Perth, 24, 37; Sydney, 15, 24. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 6, 10; Athens, 6, 11; Bahrain, 12, 19; Bangkok, 21, 33- Belgrade —l, 3; Berlin —l, 2; Bogota 3, 21; Brussels 2,8; Budapest, 1,5; Buenos Aires 14 23; Cairo, 9, 21; Caracas, 16, 25; Chicago, —5, 1; Copenhagen 2,3; Dublin, 6,9; Frankfurt, 5,0; Geneva, —2, 5; Helsinki, —5, —3; Hong Kong, 12, 16; Honolulu, 22, 28; Istanbul, 2,4; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 2, 11; Johannesburg, 17, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 24,' 32- Lisbon, 11, 14; London, 9, 11; Los Angeles, 9, 22; Madrid, 5, 15; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 8, 23; Montevideo, 17, 21; Montreal —l3, —8; Moscow, —2O, —9; New ■Delhi, 9, 22; New York, 0,2; Nicosia, 5, 13; Oslo, —2, 2; Paris, 6, 13; Rome, 4, 12; San Francisco, 10, 19; Santiago, 11, 30; Seoul, —B, 5; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, —l, 1; Taipei, 10, 14; Tel Aviv, 8, 15; Tokyo, 10, 16; Toronto, —2, 1; Vancouver, 3,8; Vienna, 2, 5; Warsaw, —2, 0.