Weather

Press, 1 February 1988, Page 38

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecastzln the north and east of the North Island fine and warm except for some cloud, cloudy with some rain in the west; rain in the north and west of the South Island, elsewhere dry at first with a cool southerly change tomorrow. Canterbury, MarlboroughzNortherlies, fine at first, turning southerly; Nelson, Buller, WestlandzCloudy, occasional rain. Tomorrow: Mainly south-easterlies, bringing scattered rain all districts.

Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island:Scattered rain in the north, west and south, clearing Thursday; fine in the east from Thursday. North Island:Scatterea rain from Wednesday.-

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg Yesterday 13.06 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 29 Saturday 12.12 * Saturday nil Barometer:. 6p.m. 11 p.m. To date this month ... 287 To date this month ... 17 Millibars. . ■ 1015.4 1016.1 To date this year .... 287 To date this year 17 To date last year .... 280 To date last year 20 Temperatures and rainfall Average for Jan 209 Average to date 51 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for Jan 51 yesterday: Maximum 29 deg. Per cent at noon .... 54 Wettest (1980) 139 minimum 12 deg, grass 8 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. . . 63 Driest (1954) 8 rainfall nil inm Sun-Rises, 6.29. a.m.; sets 8.57 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.30 a.m.; sets, 8.55 p.m. Moon—Rises, 8.24 p.m.; sets, 4.06 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.55 p.m.; sets, 5.10 a.m. Phases—Full: February 3. Last quarter: February 11. New: February 17. First quarter: February 25. High tide at Lyttelton—4.l4 a.m. and 4.31 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.55 a.m. and 5.12 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.) World weathenMinimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 26; Brisbane, 23, 30; Canberra, 14, 23; Darwin, 25, 31; Hobart, 8, 18; Melbourne, 13, 20; Perth, 20, 35; Sydney, 20, 22. 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.