Weather

Press, 17 June 1988, Page 48

Weather

today’s New. Zealand forecast: Cloud increasing, and occasional rain developing during Friday in Northland and Auckland; cloudy in remaining North Island districts, and for the east of the South Island; occasional drizzle in Nelson and on the West Coast; fine in Otago and Southland. Canterbury: Fine, with moderate northerlies. Marlborough: Fresh northerlies; cloudy about the Sounds; fine elsewhere. Nelson: Cloudy and cool; some drizzle. Buller, Westland: Scattered drizzle; moderate north-easterlies; cool. Tomorrow: Rain in most districts; snow in the south. Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Cold, showery southerlies; snow to low levels in the east clearing from late Sunday; colder southerlies, then fine and frosty in Nelson and west North Island: Colder southerlies, then fine in the north; unsettled, cold south-easterlies, then fine in central and western districts; unsettled, rain, cold south-easterlies, then fine intervals in the east. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 42 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 7 To date this month ... 93 To date this month ... 10 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1095 To date this year. .... 149 Millibars. . . 1022.6 1020.2 To date last year .... 1073 To date last year 322 Temperatures and rainfall Average for June .... 122 Average to date. ..... 313 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for June 54 yesterday. Maximum 1.0 deg. Per cent at noon .... 84 Wettest June (1960) ... 168 minimum —1 deg, gnss —4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 83 Driest June (1979).... 5 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 8.02 a.m.; sets 4.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.02 a.m.; sets, 4.59 p.m. Moon—, 10.25 a m., sets, 7.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.56 a.m.; sets, 8.26 p.m. Phases—First quarter: June 22. Full moon: June 30. Last quarter: July 6. New moon: July 14. High tide at Lyttelton—6.36 a.m. and 7.02 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.30 a.m. and 7.52 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 15deg., partly cloudy, E., 9 knots. Wellington, Kelburn, 10, rain, N.W. 18. Christchurch airport 6, cloudy, S.W., 5. Dunedin city 6, cloudy, calm. ■World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 16; Brisbane, 13, 18; Canberra, 8, 14; Darwin, 18, 31; Hobart, 3, 11; Melbourne, 6, 14; Perth, 16, 18; Sydney, 12, 17. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13, 18; Athens, 20, 34; Bahrain, 29, 40; Bangkok. 26, 35; Barbados, 24, —; Beirut, 22, 31; Belgrade, 15, 27; Berlin, 15, 23; Bermuda, 24, —; Bogota, 8, 18; Brussels, 8, 21; Budapest 14, 25; Buenos Aires, 2, 16; Cairo, 23, 37; Calgary, 7, 20; Caracas, 17, 27; Copenhagen, 12, 24; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 12, 27; Geneva, 15, 22; Harare, 7, 24; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 11, 18; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 23, 31; Islamabad, 24, 39; Istanbul, 17, 25; Jakarta, 24, 33; Johannesburg, 3,16; Kiev, 14, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 14,18; Lisbon, 15, 20; London, 11,19; Madrid, 11, 22; Manila, 24, 33; Mecca, 28, 43; Miami, 23, 27; Montevideo, 4,14; Montreal, 18, 31; Moscow, 11, 21; Nairobi, 13, 20; Nassau, 24, 30; New Delhi, 28, 38; New York, 21, 35; Oslo, 11, 22; Paris, 12, 26; Peking, 15, |0; Rio De Janeiro, 16, 23; Rome, 14, 29; San Francisco, 12, 18; San Juan, 25, 32; Seoul. 19, 29;'Singapore, 27, 33; Stockholm, 15, 20; Taipei, 27, 36; Tokyo, 20, 28; Toronto, 17, 34; Vancouver, 12, 24; Vienna, 16,24; Warsaw, 9, 21. ■ ■ .