Weather

Press, 27 January 1988, Page 64

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine and warm apart from a few cloudy areas.

Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine and warm, northerly winds. Buller: Cloud increasing, scattered rain developing. Westland: Cloudy, cooler southwest winds. Tomorrow: South-westerlies and a few showers.

Extended forecast to Sunday. South Island: Mostly fine and warm; brief southerly changes and showers. North Island: Mostly fine and warm; a few showers tomorrow and Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 32 To date this month ... 244 To date this month ... 17 Barometer:. 6p.m. It p.m. To date this year .... 244 To date this year 17 Millibars. . . 1012.9 1014.3 To date last year .... 237 To date last year 20 Temperatures and rainfall Average for January . . 209 Average to date 43 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for January. . . 51 yesterday: Maximum 28 deg.

Per cent at noon .... 49 Wettest January (1980) . 139 minimum 12 deg. grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 26 Driest January (1954). . 8 deg, rainfall nil.

Sun-Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 9.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.22 a.m.; sets,/9 pirn. Moon— Rises 347 pm - sets, 12.26 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.57 p.m.; sets, 12.55 a.m. Phases— Full moon: February 3. Last quarter: February 11. New moon: February 17. First quarter: February 25. High tide at Lyttelton— 12.05 a.m. and 12.29 p.m. 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 weathenAuckland 21 deg., cloudy, E.,-8 knots. Wellington 21, fine, N.W., 7. Christchurch 29, partly cloudy, N.E., 5. Dunedin 22, cloudy, S„ 6. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 16, 33; Brisbane, 21, 28; Canberra, 13, 30; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 14, 22; Melbourne, 14, 25; Perth, 24, 38; Sydney, 17, 25. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 5,8; Athens, 5, 11; Bahrain, 12, 20; Bangkok, 24, 34- Barbados, 15, 30; Beirut, 9, 14; Belgrade, 2, 10; Berlin, 4,7; Bermuda, 16, 19; Bogota, 2 21- Brussels, 3, 13; Buenos Aires, 17, 27; Cairo, 8, 17; Caracas, 14, 27; Curitiba, 16, 23; Denpasar 22 30; Dublin, 4,6; Frankfurt, 6,8; Geneva, 2,8; Havana, 18, 28; Helsinki, — 4 —2- Hong Kong, 16, 19; Honolulu, 20, 28; Islamabad, 2, 17; Istanbul, 2,5; Jakarta, 23, 30- Johannesburg, 16, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 11, 16; London, 6, 9- Los Angeles, 12, 28; Madrid, 6, 11; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 5, 23; Montevideo, 12, 27- Montreal —B, —1; Nassau, 19, 27; New Delhi, 6, 21; New York, 4,9; Nicosia, 12, 15; Oslo —1 0- Paris, 9, 13; Peking, —9, 3; Rio de Janeiro, 23, 35; Rome, 2, 12; San Juan, 20 28- Santiago, 12, 28; Sao Paulo, 21, 26; Seoul, —lO, —2; Singapore, 25, 29; Stockholm, 0 1- Taipei, 14, 18; Tokyo, 1,9; Vancouver, 0,6; Vienna, 1,2; Warsaw, —3, —l.