Weather

Press, 9 March 1988, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Strong or gale-force easterlies in all (districts of the North Island; south-easterlies, strong and gusty in exposed places, in the north and west of the South Island; scattered rain elsewhere. Canterbury, Marlborough: South-easterlies in the north, gale-force about the. scattered rain and north-easterlies elsewhere. Nelson, Buller, Westland: South-easterlies, strong and gusty in exposed places. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Mainly fine in the north, west and south; becoming unsettled from about Friday, with rain in the east. North Island: Strong or gale-force easterlies in most districts, changing to cool south-easterlies on Saturday; scattered rain in the south. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun-Rises, 6.19 a.m.; sets 7.0 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets 6.59 p.m, Moon — Rises, 9.05 p.m.; sets, 11.49 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.41 p.m.; sets, 1 p.m. Phases—Last quarter, March 11. Moon nearest earth (Perigee), March 17. New moon, March 18. First quarter, March 25. Full moon, April 2. | High tide at Lyttelton— B.4s a.m. and 9.09 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.31 a.m. and 9.56 p.m. (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 21 deg., I showers, S.E., 22. Wellington 13, showers, S.E., 20. Christchurch 13, cloudy, S„ 6. Dunedin 13, cloudy, N.E., 12. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Austral an cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 16, 25; Brisbane, 18, 28; Canberra, 10, 18; Darwi 1, 26, 33; Hobart, 14, 22; Melbourne, 16, 25; Perth, 23, 32: Sydney, 16, 25. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 5,7; Athens, 7, 11; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok, 25, 31; Barbados, 25, 28; Beirut, 12, 19; Belgrade, 3,8; Berlin, —l, 5; Bermudp, 15, 19; Bogota. 5 2T Brussels, —3, 7; Budapest, 3,7; Buenos Aires, 17, 24; Cairo, 12, 24; Calgary, 4, 11; Caracas, 15, 27; Chicago, —2, 10; Copenhagen, 1,5; Denpasar, 23, 33; Dublin, 6 12; Frankfurt, 2,3; Geneva, —4, 5; Havana, 19, 23; Helsinki, —IJ, 0; Hong Kong, 11, 14; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad, 13, 22; Istanbul, 5, 12; Jakarta, 24, 32; Johannesburg, 15, 23; Kiev, 0,4; Kuala Lumpur 24, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbpn, 8, 15; London, 6, 10; Los Angeles, 14. 18; Madrid, 2, 13; Manila, 21, 31; Miami, 20, 25; Montevideo, 20, 21; Montreal, —ll, 4; Moscow, —4, 1; Nassau, 20, 28; New Delhi, 15, 31; New York 3, 10; Nicosia, 7, 17; Oslo, —3, 2; Paris, 6, 10; Peking, —5, 6; Rio De Janeiro. 21 33- Rome 7, 13; San Francisco. 9, 17; San Juan, 19, 28; Santiago, 13, 26; Sao Paulo, 19’ 29; Seoul, —6, 2; Singapore, 24, 29; Stockholm, 0,2; Taipei, 10, 12; T0ky0,,5. 12; Toronto, —5, 6; Vancouver, 4, 11; Vienna, 3,6; Warsaw, 0, 5. | ;

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. deg. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: Yesterday 5 hr 24 min . 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m. 16 To date this month . . . 63 To date this month . . . trace Barometer:. 6 p.m 11 p.m. To date this year .... 509 To date this year 57 Millibars. , . 1025. 1025.9 To date last year .... 536 To date last year 157 Temperatures ant 1 ••• rainfall Average for March . . . 163 Average to date 111 for the 24 hours o 9 a.m. Humidity: Per cent at noon .... 59 Average for March. . . . Wettest March (1979) . . 58 173 yesterday: Maximun minimum 9 deg, 15 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 55 Driest March (1977). . . 3 deg, rainfall nil mm.