Weather

Press, 19 February 1988, Page 32

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the north and west of the North Island isolated showers with south-westerlies developing, and rain clearing in the east and south; fine in the north and west of the South Island; elsewhere rain clearing.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Scattered showers at first, with rain on the Kaikoura coast; fine elsewhere. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Morning cloud, otherwise fine. Tomorrow: Fine in the north, west and east, with northwesterlies developing; showers in the south.

Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Fine in the north and east apart from showers; southerlies in the east with scattered ram, clearing tomorrow. North Island: In the north, west and east, south-westerlies and showery periods; strong southerlies with rain in the south, clearing tomorrow.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine- hrs Rainfall: mm. temperature: deg. Yesterday shr 0 min 3 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 To date this month ... 62 To date this month ... 20 Barometer:. 6pm 11pm To date this year ... . 349 To date this year 38 Millibars... 1007.9 1009.2 To date tot year.... 403 To date last year 100 Tempera ures and rainfall Average for February . 186 Average to date 79 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. HumidUv- Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 18 deg Per cent at noon ... . 59 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 13 deg, grass 11 PM cent at 6 p.m. ... 50 Driest February (1973) . 5 deg, rainfall ml. Sun-Rises. 6.54 a.m.; sets, 8.32 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.55 a.m.; sets, 8.31 p.m. Moon— Rises 8.21 a.m.- sets, 9.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.42 a.m.; sets, 9.41 p.m. Phases First quarter: February 25. Full moon: March 4. Last quarter: March 11. New moon: March

High tide at Lyttelton-6.21 a.m. and 6.51' p.m. Tomorrow: 7.24 a.m. and 7 55 p.m (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, les: 30mm; Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min- Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weaker 22 deg., cloudy, S.W., 13 knots Wellington 14, ram, S„ 24. Christchurch 16, cloudy, S., 7. Dunedin 12, drizzle, S.E., 5.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were- Adelaide, 15, 24; Brisbane, 17; Canberra, 9, 28, Darwin, 27, 31, Hobart, 14, 23; Melbourne, 16, 28; Perth, 21, 32; Sydney, 15, 25 . . ~ Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 3,7; Athens, 4,9; Bahrain, 16, 20, Bangkok, 22, 33, Barbados, 21, 25; Belgrade, 2, 15; Berlin, 0,5; Bermuda, 18, 20; Bogota 3 22; Brussels, 0, 6- Budapest, —3, 2; Buenos Aires, 17, 29; Cairo, 11, 18; Calgary, —6, 5, Chicago, 9,4, Cooenhaeen 3 4’ Dublin, 0,8; Frankfurt, —3, 7; Geneva, —5, 6; Havana, 20, 23; Heteinki -5, 6; Hong Kong, 13, 14; Honolulu, 21, 28; Islamabad, 6, 23; Istanbul, 4,8; Jakarta 23 31’ Johannesburg, 16, 26; Kiev, —2, —1; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 20, 28; LJsbon 9 11 London, 4,9;. Los Angeles, 8, 22; Madrid, 5, 10; Manila, 21, 32; Miami, 14, 19- Montevideo, 20, 23; Montreal, —6, —2; Moscow, —l, 0; Nassau, 20, 20; New Delhi, 11’ 23- New York, 2,7; Nicosia, 8, 11; Oslo, 0,2; Paris, 2,9; Peking, —B, 2; Rio de Janeiro 21, 35; San Francisco, 10, 22; San Juan, 19, 31; Sao Paulo, 17, 33; Seoul, —9, —1; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, —2, 2; Taipei, 12, 14; Tokyo, I, 7; Toronto, —ll, —2; Vancouver, 1,8; Vienna, —2, 1; Warsaw, —2, 2.