Weather

Press, 24 February 1988, Page 20

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the north and west of the North Island showers, elsewhere mainly dry; in the north and east of the South Island fine;' elsewhere cold, showery, gales in the south. Canterbury: Strong westerlies, rain in ranges spreading east. Marlborough: fine; mild, gusty nor’westerlies., Nelson: fine, mild, gusty fresh westerlies. Buller, Westland: Cool, showery, strong westerlies. Tomorrow:fine in Nelson, showers elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Cool, showery in the north, east and west, becoming fine from Thursday in the north. North Island: Cool showers clearing by Saturday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Bhr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 28 To date this month ... 98 To date this month ... 30 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 385 To date this year 47 Millibars. . . 984.1 995.8 To date last year .... 453 To date last year 102 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February . 186 Average to date 87 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, Per cent at noon .... 36 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 10 deg. grass 7 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 35 Driest February (1973) . 5 deg, rairffall nil. Sun-Rises 7 a in.; sets, 8.25 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 8.24 p.m. Moon—Rises, 2 46 pm - sets 11.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.54 p.m.; sets, —. Phases—First quarter tomorrow Full moon: March 4. Last quarter: March 11. New moon: March 18. High tide at Lyttelton—ll.ls a.m. and 11.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.07 p.m. and —. (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 20 deg., showers, W., 18 knots. Wellington 18, cloudy, N„ 12. Christchurch 25, cloudy, N.W., 20. Dunedin, 13, rain, calm. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were* Adelaide: 13, 30; Brisbane: 17, 29, Canberra. 8, 32, Darwin. 24, 32; Hobart- 15 22- Melbourne: 16, 24; Perth: 21, 24 (noon); Sydney: 21, 27. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —l, 5; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok 21, 35; Beijing — 4 3- Beirut 7 12- Belgrade 0,4; Berlin, 4,7; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, —3, 13; Budapest, — 4 4- Buenos Aires, 22, 32; Cairo, 12, 19; Calgary, 1, 12; Caracas, 17, 26; Chicago —l7, — 2- Copenhagen, 2,6; Denpasar, 25, 32; Dublin, 5,8; Frankfurt, 2,5; Geneva, 1,8; Hong Kong 15 18- Honolulu, 20, 28; Istanbul, 0,2; Jakarta, 25, 31; Jerusalem, 5, 10; Johannesburg,’ 15, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 20, 27; Lisbon, 12, 16; London, 7, 10; Los Angeles 10 26; Madrid, 2, 14; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 7, 25; Montevideo, 19, 30; Montreal —2l, —l6; New Delhi, 16, 25; New York, —5; 7; Nicosia, 4, 11; Paris, 3,5; Rio De Janeiro, 21, 30; Rome, —2, 13; San Francisco, 9, 19; Santiago, 13, 30; Sao Paulo, 27, 19- Seoul, —l, 5; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, —4, —1; Taipei, 16, 26; Tel Aviv, 8, 15; Tokyo; —2, 7; Toronto, —l9, —9; Vancouver, 4,9; Vienna, 0,6; Warsaw, —ll, —l.