Weather

Press, 4 March 1988, Page 34

Weather

Today’s New Zealand!forecast: Fine over the North Island and the north and east of the South Island to Canterbury, apart from scattered areas of cloud; drizzle elsewhere with rain developing in the south. Canterbury, : Marlborough: Fine apart from cloudy periods in the north; moderate north-westerlies along the coast. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Mainly fine at first with sea: breezes, then drizzle'in the west. Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island. Fine in all districts until tomorrow, then: rain, clearing on Monday. North Island: Fine at first in all districts; easterlies and rain in the north and east from Sunday; southwesterlies from Sunday elsewhere. | CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: II i hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 118 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 To date this month .i. . I 28 To date this month .. nil Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 473- To date this year 57 Millibars. . . 1021.7 1020 To date last year ... 502 To date last year 140 Temperatures and rainfall Average for March ... I 163 Average to date 102 for the 24 hours to' 9 a.m. Humidity: ' I Average for March. ... 58 yesterday: Maximum 26 deg, Per cent at noon ... I 75 Wettest March (1979) . . 173 minimum 8 deg. grass 3 Per cent at 6p m .. . I 84 Driest March (1977). ; . 3 deg, rainfall nil mm. H I; ! J ■ „ Sun—-Rises, 7:10 a.m.; sets 8.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.12 a.m.; sets 8.07 p.m. Moon— Rises 8 22 p.(n. sets, 7.19 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.39 p.m. sets, 8.23 a.m. Phases—Full moon- today. Last quarter: March 11. New moon: March 18. First quarter: March 25. High tide at! Lyttelton—s.42 a.m. and 6.04 p.m! Tomorrow: 6.28 a.m. and 6.53 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60fnin; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min, Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) j. Noon weather: Auckland 24deg„ partly cloudy, E., 8 knots. Wellington 23, fine, N„ 5. Christchurch i 19, partly c!oudy_E„ 14. Dunedin 18, cloudy, N.E., 17. I j ■■ I j : World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were- Adelaide, 19, 24; Brisbane, 21, ;26; Canberra, 14, 32; Darwin, 29, 33; Hobart, 16,; 28; Melbourne, 27, 29; Perth. 15. 22; Sydney, 21, 28. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —4, 5; Athens,. 7, 12; Bahrain, 16, 23; Bangkok, 27, 34- Barbados, 21, 28; Beirut, 14, 19; Belgrade, —l, 9; Berlin, —3, 2; Bermuda. 11, 18; Bogota 2 119- Brussels, —5, 5; Budapest, 0,2; Buenos Aires, 20, 27; Cairo, 18, 27; Caracas, 1’7.127; Copenhagen, —4. —1; Curitiba, 19, 26; Denpasar, 25, 33; Dublin, —l, 7; Frankfurt —l, 3; Geneva, —3. 2; Havana, 15. 23; Helsinki, —6, —3; Hong Kong, 12, 13; Honolulu ’20 1 28- Islamabad, 8, 24; Istanbul, 2,8; Jakarta, 24, 33; Johannesburg, 17, 27; Kuala Lumpur, i 24. 34; Lima, 19. 26; Lisbon, 6,'14; London, 1,8; Los Angeles; 12, 16; Madrid —ll 12- Manna, 21, 34; Mexico City, 8, 29; Montevideo, 17, 27; Moscow, —ll, —ll- Nassau, lib, 24; iNew Delhi, 14, 27; New York, 1,4; Nicosia, 5, 16; Oslo; —7, 0; Paris 2,5; Peking, —7, 2;! Rio de Janeiro, 22, 36; Rome, 1, 10; San Juan, 20/27; Sao Paulo, 19, 28; Seoul, —2, 2; Singapore, 25, 33; Stockholm, —6, —3; Taipei, 12. 15; Tel Aviv, 10, 18; Tokyo, 4,6; Vancouver, —5, 2; Vienna, —l, 1; Warsaw, —5, 2.1.