Weather

Press, 11 July 1988, Page 40

Weather

Today's New Zealand forecast:Showers in all districts of the North Island; occasional rain in the north and west of the South Island, elsewhere brief rainfalls. Canterbury, Marlborough:Rain and mild north-westerlies, fresh and gusty at times. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fresh northerlies and rain, thunderstorms in the west. Tomorrow: Showers at first, then becoming fine. Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: In the north mainly fine apart from showery southerlies about the coast, wet in the west; mainly fine in the east and south to Otago. Westerlies and showers elsewhere. North Island: In the north east and central districts showers at first becoming fine; scattered rain and southerlies elsewhere. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday.

Sun — Rises, 8 a.m.; sets, 5.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.59 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Moon — Rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 2.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.51 a.m.; sets, 3.01 p.m. Phases — New moon: July 14. First quarter July 22. Full moon: July 29. Last quarter: August 5. High tide at Lyttelton — 2.03 a.m. and 2.32 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.51 a.m. and 3.19 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., showers, N.E., 10 knots. Wellington 12, cloudy, N. 16. Christchurch 14, cloudy, N.E., 13. Dunedin 10, overcast, N.E;., 10. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 16; Brisbane, 9, 23; Canberra, 3,12; Darwin, 21, 32- Hobart 7, 13; Melbourne, 7, 13; Perth, 9, 17; Sydney, 11, 18. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 11, 17; Athens, 28, 42; Bahrain, 31, 41; Bangkok 25, 35; Beijing, 20, 32; Beirut, 22, 32; Belgrade, 22, 30; Berlin, 13, 23; Bermuda, 24, 29; Brussels, 12, 22; Budapest, 15, 24; Buenos Aires, 1, 13; Cairo, 24, 40; Calgary 12’ 21’ Copenhagen, 13, 20; Dublin, 9, 19; Frankfurt, 12, 24; Geneva, 14, 25; Harare, 5’ 22Havana, 25, 33; Helsinki, 17, 23; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad,’ 27, 37 : Istanbul, 23, 34; Jerusalem, 20, 31; Johannesburg, 5, 20; Kiev, 16, 25; Kuala Lumpur 32; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 15, 23; London, 12, 20; Los Angeles, 18, 28; Madrid, 13,' 29Manila, 23, 33; Mecca, 28, 45; Mexico City, 11, 26; Montreal, 23, 32; Moscow’ 15* 18Nairobi, 11, 20; New Delhi, 24, 36; New York, 23, 36; Oslo, 13, 20; Paris, 14, 21’ Rio de Janeiro, 18, 24; Rome, 20, 34; San Francisco, 12, 22; San Juan, 26, 31; Santiago —2 18Seoul, 23, 31; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 17, 21; Taipei, 27, 36; Tokyo, 25, 33- Toronto’ 25, 37; Vancouver, 12, 21; Vienna, 15, 23; Warsaw, 13, 25.

Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 2.42 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 17 Saturday 2.36 min Saturday nil Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this month . . 48 To date this month . . 8 Millibars. . . 1008.5 To date this year . . . 1196 To date this year. . . . 176 To date last year ., . 1160 To date last year. . . . . 377 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July. . ... 122 Average to date. .... . 358 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July... . 62 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. Per cent at noon . . . 57 Wettest July (19'77) . . . 181 minimum 3 deg, grass —1 deg. Per cent at 6 p.m. .. . 56 Driest July (1967) . . . 5 rainfall nil mm