Weather

Press, 24 May 1988, Page 44

Weather

Canterbury: Showers clearing, becoming fine inland but staying cold. Marlborough: Becoming fine, southerlies fresh at times, cold. Nelson, Buller: Moderate variable winds, clearing. Westland: Clearing with light variable winds. Tomorrow: Variable winds in Canterbury, coastal cloud clearing. Extended forecast to Saturday. South Island: Cloudy north-easterlies and scattered rain in the north; mostly fine with easterlies in the west and south; clearing in the east, north-easterlies and mainly fine from Thursday. North Island: Showers clearing in the north; cold southerlies and showers spreading in the east and south. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 0 hr 18 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 12 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 7 To date this month ... 123 To date this month .. . ■ 31 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 947 To date this year 127 Millibars. . . 999.7 1004.9 To date last year .... 952 To date last year. ... . 287 Temperatures and rainfall Average for May. .... 125 Average to date 266 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for May 70 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg. Per cent at noon .... 80 Wettest May (1959) ... 198 minimum —1 deg, grass —5 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 82 Driest May (1960) .... 13 deg, rainfall trace mm. Sun Rises, 7.45 a.m.; sets, 5.7 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 7.46 a.m.; sets 5.6 p.m. Moon Rises, 1.37 p.m.; sets, —. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.55 p.m.; sets, 12.47 a.m. Phases—First quarter: today; Full: May 31. Last quarter: June 7. New: June 14. High tide at Lyttelton— 11.9 a.m., and 11.26 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.54 a.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30mln; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 14deg., cloudy, S.W., 12 knots. Wellington 13, cloudy, N.W., 18. Christchurch 6, rain, E., 11. Dunedin 5, cloudy, W., 8. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 17; Brisbane, 9, 24; Canberra, 5, 11; Hobart, 8, 11; Melbourne, 9, 17; Perth, 12, 19; Sydney, 12, 18. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 11, 15; Athens, 15, 30; Bangkok, 26, 35; Beirut, 20, 28; Belgrade, 10, 16; Berlin, 6, 17; Bermuda, 24, 28; Bogota, 7, 18; Brussels, 5,18; Buenos Aires, 4, 20; Cairo, 19, 34; Calgary, 2, 21; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 11, 25; Frankfurt, 3, 15; Geneva, 6, 16; Helsinki, 8, 14; Hong Kong, 27, 29; Honolulu, 23, 30; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 16, 28; Johannesburg, 8, 21; Lisbon, 13, 27; London, 9,18; Los Angeles, 16, 30; Madrid, 10, 26; Manila, 24, 35; Mexico City, 13, 29; Miami, 24, 29; Montreal, 13, 22; Moscow, 9, 20; New Delhi, 27, 41; New York, 14, 21; Nicosia, 17, 32; Oslo, 7, 17; Paris, 7, 16; Rome, 11, 25; San Francisco, 16, 26; Santiago, 1, 17; Seoul, 17, 23; Singapore, 27, 33;' Stockholm, 7,12; Tokyo, 12, 19; Toronto, 12, 20; Vancouver, 8,18; Vienna, 9, 17; Warsaw, 9, 21; Wellington, 6, 12.