Weather

Press, 26 April 1988, Page 56

Weather

Today’s . New Zealand forecast: In the north of the North Island some showers, easterly winds; bn the West Coast of the South Island shower? clearing, elsewhere mainly fine with morning fog patches, light winds. I Canterbury, Marlborough: Cloudy about the coast, otherwise fine; moderate north-easterlies. Nelson, Buller: Fine.: morning fog patches, light winds; Westland: Showers clearing, becoming fine, moderate northerlies. Tomorrow: Variable winds in Canterbury, elsewhere northerlies. fine. i) Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: In the north fine with cloudy periods on Wednesday and Thursday, elsewhere cloudy with periods of light rain: a south-westerly change expected on Thursday then fine and frosty. North Island: In the north and east cloudy with brief showers, easterly winds; elsewhere fine, northerlies prevailing, a change to southerlies and showers on Friday. ■ CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. .! Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mrr. Temperature: deg. Yesterday " hr 24 min 9 a.m. te 1! p.m > nil Maximum no 6 p.tn.t 16 Sunday 3hr 00 run .isunda;, ml Barometer 6pm. lip.til. To date this month 159 To date this month ' 16 Millibars. 1033.4 1033.7 To date this jear To date this year 95 Temperatures and rainfall To date last year iTo date last year . 214 (or the 24 hours to 9 a.ni. Average for April 150 jAverage to date 204 yesterday Maximum 13 de*. Humidity: (Average for April 60 minimum 9 deg. grass ia Per cenl at noon 67 [Wettest April 'l9?Si 99 deg. rainfall ml mm Per cenl at 6 p m '9 Driest April (1985? 10 Sun—Rises. 716 a.m . seL« 53Sp m. Tomorrow Rises. J 17; a m.: sets. 5.37 p.m. Moon-j-P.ises. 3.15 p.m.. sets. 12.53 a.m. Tomorrow Rises. 3.34 p.m.. sets. 1.57 a. m Phases—Full moon May 2. Lasi quarter: May 9. New moon May 16. First quarter: May 24. High tide at Lyttelton—l2.4 a.m. and 12.31 pm. Tomorrow 12 48 a ni. and 1.15 p.m. (Late Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa. less 45min: Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add Irmin: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30mm.) Noon weather Auckland ls< eg .‘cloudy, E . 9 knots Wellington 13deg.. partly cloudy. E.. 3. Christchurch 15deg.. c oudy. N.E., 6 Dunedin i2deg.. cloudy. N.E.. 8. World weather Minimum aid maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were Adelaide. Hl. 28; Brisbane, 16. 26. CantxTra. 2, 21; Darwin. 26. 33; Hobart. 9. 23; Melbourne, !3. 24. Perth, 14. 22; Sydney 14. 23 Main cities of the world Amf-terdam, 2, 11. Athens. 9. 24. Bahrain. 25. 32 Bangkok. 30. 36; Beirut. 10, 19: Belgrade, ip. 20; Bogota. 9. 19. Brussels. 5. 15. Budapest. 8. 14; Bueiiqs Aires. 12. 22: Cairo. 16. 23 Copenhagen. —I. 6; Dcnpasar. 23. 31. Dublin, 7, ij; Frankfurt. 3. 17. Geneva. 4.120. Helsinki; —2. I. Hong Kong IS. 20; Istanbul. 10. 217; Jakarta. 25. 32. Jerusalem. 9,j17; Johannesburg. 6. 24. Kiev. 9. 22; Kuala Lumpur. 24.34; ) Lima. 16. 25; Lisbon. 13. 19. London. 5. 10. la»s Angeles. It. IS. Madrid, 11. 20; Manila. 25. 36: Mexico City. 16. 33; Montevideo. 15. 20. Montreal. 2. 12. Moscow. 8. 19; Nassau, 16. 30; New Delhi. 22. 38; Nej-w York. 4. 17. Oslo. —3, 3; Paris. 7. 21; Rio de Janeiro, 20, i 35; Rome. 7. 19; Santiago. I. 23. Sao Paulo. IS. 28. Seoul, ti. 14 Singapore 26 32; Stockholm. —l. 4. Taipei. M. 25; Tel Aviv. 13. 20. Tokyo. 11. 17 Toronto —2. 11: Vancouver. 8. 14; Vienna. 81 12. Warsaw. 8. IS ’ :