Weather

Press, 10 February 1988, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the east from Gisborne to Canterbury, areas of low cloud and drizzle near the coast and isolated showers inland; elsewhere high cloud, isolated showers, and early-morning mist. Canterbury: Moderate north-easterlies about the coast, light winds inland, afternoon showers in the ranges. Marlborough: Fog, drizzle and low cloud about the coast, isolated showers inland. Nelson, Buller: Light winds, isolated showers, low morning cloud, warm.’ Westland: Cloudy with scattered showers. Tomorrow:, Light winds, cloudy. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island Showers in all areas, areas of low cloud and drizzle on the east coast, southerlies freshening from Sunday. North Island: Light winds and showers in the north and in Wanganui and Wellington; elsewhere mostly fine. Sun — Rises, 6.41 a.m.; sets, 8.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.43 a.m.; sets, 8,45 p.m. Moon — Rises 1133 p.m.; sets, 1.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, —; sets, 3 p.m. Phases — Last quarter- Tomorrow.’New moon: February 17. First quarter: February 25. Full moon: March 4 High tide at Lyttelton — 10.56 a.m. and 11.22 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.42 a.m. and — (Lake Forsyth less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia less 25mi’n- Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland, 24deg., cloudy, S.W., 5 knots. Wellington, 23, partly cloudy, E,, 3 Christchurch, 18, drizzle, E„ 15. Dunedin, 21, cloudy, N.E., 12.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 26; Brisbane, 17, 29; Canberra, 9, 23; Darwin, 24, 28; Hobart, 10, 17; Melbourne, 15, 21; Perth, 23, 31; Sydney, 15, 24. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 0,5; Athens, 8, 18; Bahrain, 13, 20; Bangkok, 26, 33; Beirut, 8, 17; Belgrade, 7, 17; Berlin, 1,5; Bogota, 8, 18; Brussels, 1,7; Budapest, 5,8; Cairo, 10, 20; Calgary, -13, -4; Copenhagen, 2,4; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, 0,4; Frankfurt, 1,8; Geneva, 0,7; Helsinki, 1,2; Hong Kong, 14, 15; Honolulu, 19, 28; Istanbul, 7, 14; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 7, 12; Johannesburg, 16, 23; Kuala,Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 7, 14; London, 3,8; Los Angeles, 9, 25; Madrid, 2,9; Manila, 21, 32; Mexico City, 6, 22; Montreal, -26, -10; Moscow, -1, 2; New Delhi, 10, 30; New York, -13, -4; Oslo, -7, 2; Paris, 5,8; Peking, -7, 4; Rio De Janeiro, 18, 28; Rome, 13, 18; Santiago, 15, 33; Sao Paulo, 19, 24; Seoul, -9, 1; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 0,2; Taipei, 13, 16; Tel Aviv, 12, 18; Tokyo. -1, 9; Vancouver, 5,9; Vienna, .2,7; Warsaw, -2, 5. t

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: Yesterday 1 hr 36 min hrs Rainfall: > 9 a.m. to 11 p.m mm. trace Temperature: Maximum (to 6 p.m.) deg. 21 To date this month . . . 35 To date this month . . . 7 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 322 To date this year 24 Millibars. . . 1012.0 1013.6 To date last year .... 353 To date last year 33 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February . 186 Average to date 65 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, Per cent at noon .... 92 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 16 deg, grass 15 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 85 Driest February (1973) . 5 deg, rainfall trace mm