Weather

Press, 14 July 1988, Page 52

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Easterlies slowly freshening in the north of the North Island and rain spreading south; cold southerlies and showers in the east from Gisborne to Canterbury, and for Wellington, but showers clearing south of Kaikoura later; sunny in Nelson and the West Coast; becoming fine in Otago and Southland. Canterbury: Cold southerlies dying out; showers clearing. Marlborough: Fresh, cold southerlies; occasional showers. Nelson: Fine and cool. Buller and Westland: Becoming fine; cool. Tomorrow: Rain in North Island districts; mainly fine and frosty elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine; overnight frosts in the north and east; fine, cloudy northerlies from Monday in the west. North Island: Easterlies during the week-end in most districts; scattered rain in the east; becoming fine in the south, then cloudy south-easterlies and showers. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun: Rises, 7.58 a.m; sets 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.58 a.m; sets 5.13 p.m. Moon: Rises, 8.25 a.m; sets 5.06 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.58 a.m; sets, 6.13 p.m. Phases: New moon: today. First quarter: July 22. Full moon: July 29. Last quarter: August 5. High tide at Lyttelton: 4.23 a.m. and 4.49 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.10 a.m. and 5.35 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, 14deg., overcast, S.W., 7 knots. Wellington, 12, cloudy, N„ 14. Christchurch, 10, fine, N.E., 7. Dunedin, 13, partly cloudy, N.W., 5. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 15; Brisbane, 15, 21; Canberra, —2, 15; Darwin, 21, 33; Hobart, 9, 17; Melbourne, 7, 15; Perth, 11, 17; Sydney, 11, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 18; Athens, 24, 34; Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok, 26 34- Barbados, 25, 27; Beirut, 21, 30; Belgrade, 17, 30; Berlin, 15, 22; Bermuda, 24, 31; Bogota, 8, 18; Brussels, 9, 23; Budapest, 16, 25; Buenos Aires, 0, 11; Cairo, 24, 35; Calgary, 12, 24; Caracas, 19, 26; Copenhagen, 13, 22; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 13, 30; Geneva, 17, 29; Harare, 9, 20; Helsinki, 19, 25; Hong Kong, 26, 31; Honolulu, 23, 31; Islamabad, 27, 34; Istanbul, 17, 25; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 23, 33; Johannesburg, —l, 13- Kiev, 18, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 12, 18; Lisbon, 19, 30; London, 12, 20; Madrid, 17, 35; Manila, 23, 33; Mecca, 28, 45; Mexico City, 13, 26; Miami, 28, 31; Montevideo, 6,8; Montreal, 22, 27; Moscow, 18, 24; Nairobi, 14, 20; New Delhi, 28, 35; New York, 26, 37; Nicosia, 22, 37; Oslo, 11, 20; Paris, 13, 21; Peking, 22, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 26; Rome, 18, 34; San Francisco, 11, 18; San Juan, 27, 32; Santiago, 3, 17; Seoul, 22, 26; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 20, 25; Taipei, 28, 36; Tel Aviv, 22, 31; Tokyo, 23, 30; Toronto, 21, 30; Vancouver, 13, 17; Vienna, 15, 23; Warsaw, 9, 24.

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 8 hr 42 min To date this month . . . 9 a m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) Barometer:. 6 p.m. 14 74 To date this month . . . 8 11 p.m. To date this year .... To date last year .... 1222 To date this year 176 Millibars. . . 1019.6 1023.6 To date last year 393 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 364 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July 62 yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, Per cent at noon .... 81 Wettest July (1977) . . . 181 minimum —2 deg, grass —5 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 83 Driest July (1967) .... 5 deg, rainfall Nil.