Weather

Press, 20 February 1988, Page 92

Weather

Today’s Nev; Zealand forecast: North Island: Mostly fine in the north; showers clearing in the east; southerlies dropping in Wellington and Kaikoura Coast. South Island: Cloudy northerlies freshening in Fiordland; fine across the rest of the island. Canterbury: Northerlies, fine with high cloud. Marlborough: Freshening northwesterlies and fine. Nelson: Northerlies freshening, becoming cloudy. Buller, V/estland: Northerlies with scattered rain. Extended forecast to Wednesday. South Island: Clearing in the north after the week-end, southerlies with showers in the west; colder westerlies with showers in the south; change to southwesterlies in the east, clearing from Monday. North Island: Showers in the north; cool southerly change in the east; cloudy with showers in the south. ■ CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine- hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 5 min. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . -0 L date this month. . 73 To date this month .. . 20 Barometer:. 6pm. lp.m To date this year .. . 359 To date this year 38 Millibars. . . 1003.6 1003.3 Tn rinte ast year 414 To date last year 102 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February i 86 Average to date 80 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity- ' Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 20 deg Per cent at noon ... . 58 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 7 deg, grass 2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 60 Driest February (1973) . 5 deg, rainfall ml mm. Sun-Rises, 6.55 a.m.; sets 8.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.56 a.m.; sete, 8.30 p.m; Moon— Rises 942 am., sets, 9.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11 a.m.; sets, 10.3 p.m. Phases First quarter: February 25. Full moon: March 4. Last quarter: March 11. New moon: March High tide at Lyttelton—7.24 a.m. and 7.55 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.26 a.m. and 857 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min, Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30mm; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 22 deg., fine. S.W., 8 knots. Wellington 16, cloudy, S., 11. Christchurch 18, cloudy, E., 13. Dunedin 14, drizzle, N.E., b. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were- Adelaide, 14, 23; Brisbane, 18, 28; Canberra, 10, 26; Hobart, 11, 16; Melbourne, 14, 21; Perth, 22, 35; Sydney, 18, 34. . n Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 4,8; Athens, 4,9; Bahram 15, 20, Bangkok, 24, 31, Barbadoes, 23, 29; Peking, -6, 5; Beirut, 12, 19; Belgrade, 0 4; Berlin 1,5; Bermuda, 17, 20; Bogota, 6, 21; Brussels, 3,6; Buenos Aires, 18, 30 Cairo, 10, 18, Calgary 1,7, Caracas, 15, 27; Chicago, —6. 4; Copenhagen, 2,3; Curitiba, 19, U 7; Denpasar, 25, 32; Dublin 4 9' Frankfurt, 3,7; Geneva, —4, 12; Havana, 18, 28; Helsinki, —7, —5; Hong Kong,'l o’, i2; Honolulu, 21, 28; Islamabad, 9, 21; Istanbul, 2,7; Jakarta, 23 31; Jerusalem, 3,7; Johannesburg, 17, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima 19 27; Lisbon, 8, 15; London 5 12- Los Angeles, 14, 23; Madrid. 5, 12; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 9, 24; Miami ’lB’ 22 ; Montevideo, 19, 23; Nassau, 18, 20; New Delhi, 11, 25; New York, —l, 9; Nicosia, 6, 16; Oslo, 0,3; Paris, 3,8; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 35; Rome, 0, 10; San Francisco, 9 20- San Juan, 20,’29; Santiago, 14, 25; Sao Paulo, 19, 26; Seoul, —9, —1; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, —6, —2; Taipei, 10, 12; Tel Aviv, 8, 15; Tokyo, 1,7; Warsaw, —l, 4. A