Weather

Press, 28 January 1988, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the east from Gisborne to Canterbury a southerly change with a period of rain; elsewhere mainly fine. Canterbury, Marlborough: Southerlies freshening, a period of rain. Nelson: Fine apart from cloudy periods in the morning. Buller, Westland: Cloudy in the morning with some drizzle patches; becoming fine. Tomorrow: Fine, light winds. Extended forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine and warm; showers developing on Monday about the east coast and West Coast. North Island: Fine and warm.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun — Rises, 6.22 a.m.; sets 9 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 6.24 a.m.; sets, 8.59 p.m. Moon — Rises, 4.57 p.m., sets, 12.55 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.01 p.m.; sets, 1.31 a.m. Phases.— Full moon; February 3. Last quarter: February 11. New moon: February 17. First quarter: February 25. High tide at Lyttelton — 1 a.m. and 1.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.54 a.m. and 2.16 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., partly cloudy, S.W., 3 knots. Wellington 22, cloudy, N.W., 9. Christchurch 20, cloudy, S.W., 10. Dunedin 16, cloudy, E., 10. World weather:Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 16, 34; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 13, 30; Darwin, 22, 32Hobart, 15, 25; Melbourne, 15, 27; Perth, 25, 33; Sydney, 16, 26. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 6,8; Athens, 3, 12; Bahrain, 15, 22; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 21, 28; Beirut, 8, 16; Belgrade, 3, 11; Berlin, 7, 14; Bermuda, 19, 23; Brussels, 3, 11; Budapest, 3,5; Buenos Aires, 22, 31; Cairo, 11, 20; Caracas, 14, 25; Copenhagen, 4,4; Curitiba, 21, 27; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, 2,7; Frankfurt, 7, 11; Geneva, 5, 10; Havana, 20, 25; Helsinki, -6, -4; Hong Kong, 18, 21; Honolulu, 21, 28; Islamabad, 2, 18; Istanbul, 4,7; Jakarta, 25, 33; Johannesburg, 16, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 25; Lisbon, 14, 15; London, 7,8; Madrid, 6, 12; Manila, 24, 33; Mexico 6, 24; Montevideo, 19, 29; Montreal, -3, 0; Moscow, -16, -14; Nassau, 21, 29; New Delhi, 20; New York, -8, 1; Nicosia, 6, 15; Oslo, -1, 1; Paris, 8, 11; Peking, -8, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 34; Rome, 3, 14; San Juan, 23, 29; Santiago, 12, 28; Sao Paulo, 19, 27; Seoul, -8, -1; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, -2, 0; Taipei, 15, 19; Tel Aviv, 11, 17; Tokyo,-3, 12; Vancouver, 0,7; Vienna, 1,4; Warsaw, -4, 0.

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday Sunshine: Yesterday 5 hr 12 min hrs Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m mm. nil Temperature: Maximum (to 6 p.m.) deg. 22 To date this month . . . 250 To date this month . . . 17 Barometer: . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year . . . . 250 To date this year 17 Millibars. . . 1015.6 1016.0 To date last year . . . . 247 To date last year 20 Temperatures and rainfall Average for January . . Humidity: 209 Average to date Average for January. . . 45 51 for the 24 hours to yesterday: Maximum 9 a.m. 32 dee. Per cent at noon . . . . Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 70 64 Wettest January (1980) . Driest January (1954). . 139 8 minimum 15 deg, grass 15 deg, rainfall trace.