Weather

Press, 24 March 1988, Page 60

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Scattered i showers in the north and east of the North Island, mainly dry elsewhere; morning drizzle in the north and south of'the South Island, fine (elsewhere; ; ' i ] r ! h I ■ h I ■ , ( ! ill I . ‘ ■ '-H| ! I .! ‘ 'i ‘ !■]! Canterbury, Marlborough: Morning cloud,, and drizzle in the north, but fine and mild in the] afternoon. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Cloudy at first but becoming fine anid mild. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in the north, variable winds elsewhere. ] ' !]iijL', ii] !']' V’;j IdExtended range (forecast to (Monday. South Island: Mainly fine apart from coastal showers in the east and south (on Saturday and Monday. North Island: Mainly fine in eastern and central districts, with south-easterlies; scattered showers land fine periods elsewhere. ( ; ''(Il }

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS !

Sun — Rises, 6.37 a.m.; sets, 6.34 p.rh.l Tomorrow: Rises, 6.38 a m}; sets, 6.32 p.m. Moon — Rises 1 43 p m.- sets, 9.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.39 p.ml; sets, 10.48 p.m. Phases — First quarter: tomorrow. Full moon: April 2. |Last quarter: ■ April 10. New moon: Apri 17] High tide at-Lyttelton —9.51a.m. and 10.17 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.41 a.m.: and 11.06 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, (less 45min; Port Lerir, |lqss 30mln; |Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; (Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) (i Noon weather: Auckland 19deg., cloudy, iS;,; 6 knots. I Wellington I Hj cloudy, S., 7. Christchurch 14, partly cloudy, N.E., 9. Dunedin 13,1 partly cloudy, S.W., 10. ' I ! : ' | ■ I' ‘ | | |i|| i! : ' i' I ' I World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in] the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 18, 34; Brisbane, 18, 27; Canberra, 12; 25;; Darwin, 25, 32; Hobart, 12, 21; Melbourne, 15, 30; Perth} 17, ]26; Sydney, 19, 24. Main cities of the! world: Amsterdam, 5, B;(Athens, 5, 16; Bahrain, 18, 23; Bangkok, 28, 34- Barbados 24, 29; Beirut, (11, 16; Belgrade, 8, 17; Bermuda, 1 16, 24; Bogota, 1, 19; Brussels' 3 15- Budapest, 5, JO; Buenos Aires, 20, 32;'Cairo, 10, 19; Calgary, -2, 9; Chicago'—4 3- Copenhagen, —I, 4; Deripasar, 25, 31;[Dublin, 5, 10;iFrankfurt 7, 15; Geneva’ ll 20; Helsinki; —5, —1; Hong Kong, 18, 19;!Honolulu, 2, 23; Islamabad 9, 28; Istanbul 5 ’ 14; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 4, 10; Johannesburg 15, 27; Kiev, O', 4; Kuala Lumpur' 25 34; Elma, 20, 26; Lisbon, 13, 17; London, 6, |l3; Los Angeles, 13, 24; Madrid, 7 19- Manila, 21; 30; Mexico City, 13, 26; Montevideo, 17, 31; Montreal, —18; --9; Moscow —3 2; New Delhi, 13, 29; New York, —6, 1; Oslo. —2, I; Paris, 8, 14; Rid de Janeiro ! 20, 30; Rome, 8j 18; San Francisco. 11, |l9; San Juan, 23, 29; Santiago, 11, 2|B;|Sao Paulo 16 26; Seoul, 4, I'3; Singapore, 25, 30; Stockholm,! 0,2; Taipei, 16, 19; Tel Ayiy,|9, 16- Tokyo, 5, 12; (Toronto, —l4, —6;; Vancouver, 4, 11; Vienna, 4,9; (Warsaw, -j-3, 3,

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office,' C Sunshine:; • ‘ j — hrs Rainfall: 1 Yesterday 1 10 hr 30 min ’ 9 a-m. to ill p.m..:. To date this month . 146 To date this month To date this year .... 591 To date this year;. To date last year . . 612 To date last year;. Average for March ... 163 Average to date. . . Humidity: Average for March. sk wettest ri 97.91.1; J. hristchurch Airport, yesterday. mm. Temperature: deg. Nil i Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . I 17 ! 20 ! Barometer: L 6 p.m. . 11 p.m. ! 77 Millibars. . . ■' 1024.7 1025.0 174 | Temperatures and rainfall 139 fori the 24! hours to 9 a.m. i 53 yesterday: Maximum 18 deg, 173 minimum 3 deg, grass -3 rci t-UiK at uvvii .... ■■— f J Per cent at 6 p.m. /. . 68 Driest (1977) 1. | ; 3 deg, rainfall Trace.