Weather

Press, 1 June 1988, Page 76

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecastiFine over most of New Zealand but fresh south-westerlies and scattered showers developing about the south coast of the South Island. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and cool, with light south-westerlies; frosts tonight Nelson, Buller, Westland: Frosts overnight, then mainly fine. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Mainly fine in the north and east; light rain in the west; strong south-westerlies and showers in the south. North Island: Mainly fine in all districts. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun-Rises, 7.52 a.m., sets 5.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.53 a.m., sets 5.02 p.m. Moon— Rises, 5.07 p.m., sets 8.45 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises,. 6.09 p.m., sets 9.50 a.m. Phases— Last Cer: June 7. New moon: June 14. First quarter: June 22. Full moon: June 30. tide at Lyttelton— 4.38 a.m. and 5.08 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.33 a.m. and 6.03 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., partly cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington 14, fine, N.W., 7. Christchurch 9, fine, S.W., 7. Dunedin 9, partly cloudy, S.W., 30. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 19; Brisbane, 15, 2; Canberra, —l, 15; Darwin, 21, 32; Hobart, 7, 16; Melbourne, 6, 17; Perth, 16, 22; Sydney, 13, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 9,17; Athens, 16, 29; Bahrain, 28, 35; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 17, 26; Belgrade, 13, 26; Berlin, 13, 21; Bermuda, 23, 26; Bogota, 7, 21; Brussels, 6,17; Budapest, 11, 23; Buenos Aires, 2, 11; Cairo, 24, 36; Calgary, 6, 12; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, 15, 317 Copenhagen, 13, 23; Dublin, 6, 15; Frankfurt, 9, 18; Geneva, 8, 16; Harare, 10, 24; Havana,-21, 29; Helsinki, 14, 24; Hong Kong, 25, 29; Honolulu, 23, 31; Islamabad, 23, 46; Istanbul, 16, 25; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 14, 31; Johannesburg, 1,16; Kiev, 14, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 15, 22; Lisbon, 14, 20; London, 11,15; Los Angeles, 14, 23; Madrid, 13, 23; Manila, 23, 30; Mecca, 30, 44; Mexico City, 14, 27; Miami, 24, 27; Montevideo, 6, 10; Montreal, 15, 27; Moscow, 10, 22; Nairobi, 12, 22; Nassau, 23, 30; New Delhi. 36. 45; New York,. 16, 31; Nicosia, 13. 32; Oslo, 14, 24; Peking, 10, 25; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 27; Rome, 10, 22; San Francisco, 10, 16; San Juan, 25, 30; Santiago, 1, 19; Seoul, 16, 28; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 20, 23; Sydney, 11, 18; Taipei, 24, 30; Tokyo, 16, 22; Toronto, 14, 27; Vancouver, 8, 15; Vienna, 10, 22. •; • , . _ ... ' -

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. deg. 12 Sunshine: Yesterday 6 hr 48 min hrs Rainfall: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. . mm. ... nil Temperature: Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . To date this month . . . 177 To date this month 42 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1001 To date this year. . 138 Millibars. . . 1024.2 1027.3 To date last year .... 997 Jo date last year. . ... 287 Temperatures and rainfall Average for May 125 Average to date. . . ... 284 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Per cent at noon .... 70 yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, minimum 0 deg, grass —3 80 Wettest May (1959) 198 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 76 Driest May (1960) . ... 13 deg, rainfall ml mm.