Weather

Press, 2 May 1988, Page 36

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecastiFrosty throughout the country south of Auckland; sunny in most places during the day. Canterbury, WestlandiFine and cool with light winds; frosts. Marlborough: Fine and sunny; frosts. Nelson: Sunny with light winds; frosty again. Bullen Fine; westerly winds and cloud later. Tomorrow: Fine with little wind in Canterbury. Extended forecast to Friday: South Island:Mostly sunny with frosts in the north; cloudy with moderate southwesterlies in the west; mostly dry with cool westerlies in the south; fine and sunny in the east, frosty at first. North Island: Fine and sunny in the north, a little cloudy; moderate southwesterlies in the east, fine; mostly sunny in Wellington.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 36mins 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Saturday Bhrs 54min Saturday Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month ... 9hr s To date this month .. . nil Millibars... 1033.5 1033.3 36min To date this year 96 ,To date this year ... 834 To date last year 234 Temperatures . and rainfall To date last year ... . 843 Average to date. .... . 216 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Average for May 125 Average for May 70 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, Humidity: Wettest May (1959) .. . 198 minimum—2 deg, grass—B deg, Per cent at noon .... 53 Driest May (1960) .... 13 rainfall nil mm Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 76 Sun — Rises, 7.24 a.m.; sets 5.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.25 a.m.; sets, 5.27 p.m. Moon — Rises, 5.11 p.m.; sets, 7.25 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 p.m.; sets, 8.38 a.m. Phases — Full moon: May 2. Last Quarter: May 9. New moon: May 16. First quarter: May 24. Full moon: May 31. High tide at Lyttelton — 4.19 a.m. and 4.46 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.9 a.m. and 5.38 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 15 deg., fine, S., 8 knots. Wellington 13, fine, N.W., 6. Christchurch 12, fine, S.W., 8. Dunedin 9, cloudy, S.W., 14. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 27; Brisbane, 19, 27; Canberra, 14, 21; Hobart, 13, 22; Melbourne, -14, 24;;Perth, 12, 18; Sydney, 14, 22. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 5,15; Athens, 14, 19; Bahrain, 24, 33; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 10, 23; Belgrade, 12, 17; Berlin, 7, 20; Bermuda, 20, 25; Bogota, 9, 20; Brussels, 6, 17; Budapest, 9, 19; Buenos Aires, 5, 16; Cairo, 16, 31; Calgary, 9, 20; Caracas, 17, 28 ; Chicago, 1, 18; Copenhagen, 4, 10; Dublin, 7, 10; Geneva, 3, 15; Harare, 16, 26; Helsinki, 5, 12; Hong Kong, 26,.27; Honolulu, 22, 30; Islamabad, 23, 38; Istanbul, 10/ 14; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 13, 22; Johannesburg, 6, 20; Kiev, 2, 12; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 18, 25; Lisbon, 13, 19; London, 8, 16; Los Angeles, 12, 22; Madrid, 9, 19; Manila, 24, 38; Mexico City, 14, 27; Miami, 20, 26; Montevideo, 5, 15; Montreal, 6, 10; Moscow, —2, 4; Nairobi, 14, 24; Nassau, 23, 31; New Delhi, 29, 40; New York, 7, 16; Nicosia, 13, 15; Paris, 10, 17; Peking, 12, 22; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 23; Rome, 10, 22; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 19, 31; Santiago, 6, 24; Seoul, 13, 19; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 4, 14; Taipei, 21, 25; Tokyo, 16, 28; Toronto, 6, 10; Vancouver, 7 k 11; Vienna, 8, 20; Warsaw, 0, 15.