Weather

Press, 11 March 1988, Page 38

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain in most districts of the North Island; mainly dry in the east from Gisborne to Wairarapa; dry in Fiordland! otherwise rain in most districts of the South Island. Tomorrow: Rain in most districts. Canterbury, Marlborough: Periods of rain, northerly winds, strong about the Sounds. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Rain with moderate north-easterlies in the west. Extended forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Unsettled, with rain and showers. North Island: Mainly fine in eastern and central districts, elsewhere unsettled with rain and showers. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg.Yesterday Nil hr Nil min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 64 To date this month ... 10 Barometer. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 509 To date this year 67 Millibars. . . 1010.4 1109.7 To date last year .... 547 To date last year 162 Temperatures and rainfall Average for March ... 163 Average to date 115 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for March. ... 58 yesterday: Maximum 17 deg. Per cent at noon .... 99 Wettest March (1979) . . 173 minimum 12 deg. grass 13 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 98 Driest March (1977). . . 3 deg, rainfall 10 mm. Sun —Rises, 6.21 a.m.; sets 6.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.22 a.m.; sets 6.57 p.m. Moon—- ■ Rises, 10.28 p.m. sets, 2.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 11.29 p.m.; sets, 3.14 p.m. Phases—' New moon, March 18. First quarter. March 25. Full moon, April 2. Last quarter. April 10. High tide at Lyttelton—lo.lB a.m. and 10.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.08 a.m. and 11.36 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 19deg., rain. N.E., 22 knots. Wellington 24, cloudy, N.E., 4. Christchurch 16. drizzle, S.W.. 6. Dunedin 16, Cloudy, N.E., 15. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities Yesterday were: Adelaide, 16. 25; Brisbane, 17. 28; Canberra. 9, 29; Darwin, 24. 31; Hobart. 16, 21; Melbourne. 16. 26; Perth, 19, 26; Sydney, 16. 26. ' Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —l, 4; Athens, 7, 12; Bahrain, 19, 27; Bangkok. 23, 33; Barbados, 23. 29; Beirut. 11, 16; Belgrade, —l, 2; Berlin, —l. 2; Bermuda, 16, 20; Brussels. 1,8; Budapest. 0,3: Buenos Aires. 19, 24; Cairo, 12. 18; Calgary, 2. 16; Copenhagen, —4, 1; Denpasar, 25, 33; Dublin, 7, 11; Frankfurt. —6. 4; Geneva, 0,5; Havana, 20, 29: Helsinki. —2, 1; Hong Kong. 13. 18; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad. 13, 23; Istanbul, 5,8; Jerusalem, 7. 12; Johannesburg, 15, 23; Kiev, 0,4; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 19, 26; Lisbon, 8, 20; London, 7, 13; Los Angeles. 12, 22: Madrid, 3, 17; Manila. 22, ! 32; Mexico City, 8. 23; Montevideo. 16, 26; Moscow. —4, 1; Nassau, 20, 25; New Delhi. 19, 22; New York. 3, 13; Oslo, —ll, 2; Paris. 2,8; Peking, 2, 14; Rio De Janeiro. 20, 32; Rome. —3, 12; San Francisco. 9, 22; Santiago. 11, 26; Sao Paulo. 18. 27; Seoul, —5; 7; ’ Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, —B. I; Taipei, 12. 15; Tel Aviv, 10, 18; Tokyo. 2, jll; Toronto. —4, 5: Vancouver. 5. 7; Vienna, 0,2; Warsaw, —l, 3.