Weather

Press, 19 July 1988, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain over most of the North Island with southerly winds. Fine in Otago and Southland but rain and variable winds elsewhere in the South Island. Canterbury, Marlborough: Cold southerlies and rain. Nelson, Buller: Becoming fine, fresh south-easterlies. Westland: Fine with high cloud, easterly winds. Tomorrow: Becoming fine. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Becoming fine with northerly winds on Thursday from Canterbury to Nelson; rain developing on the West Coast. North Island: Fine tomorrow and Thursday from Northland to Manawatu; southerlies moderating on Thursday in Wairarapa and Wellington. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 36 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 2 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 To date this month ... 78 To date this month ... 24 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1225 To date this year 192 Millibars. . . 1016.8 1017.8 To date last year .... 1170 To date last year 403 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 374 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July 62 yesterday: Maximum 9 deg. Per cent at noon .... 88 Wettest July (1977) ... 181 minimum 7 deg. grass 5 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 94 Driest July (1967) .... 5 deg, rainfall 15 mm. Sun-Rises, 7.55 a.m.; sets 5.16 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, —; sets, —. Moon—Rises, 10.21 a.m., sets, 10.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.37 a.m.; sets, 11.31 p.m. Phases—First quarter: July 22. Full moon: July 29. Last quarter: August 5. New moon: August 13. High tide at Lyttelton—B.2B a.m. and 8.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.13 a.m. and 9.28 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, les 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Noon weather: Auckland 14 deg., cloudy, s.w., 6 knots. Wellington 9, rain, S.E., 27. Christchurch 9, showers, E., 7. Dunedin 8, cloudy, N.E., 9. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 17; Brisbane, 10, 21; Canberra, —2, 14; Hobart, 5, 15; Melbourne, 9, 15; Perth, 8, 14; Sydney, 11, 18. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 18; Athens, 22, 35; Bahrain, 32, 38; Bangkok, 25, 33; Beirut, 22, 31; Belgrade, 15, 24; Berlin, 13, 19; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 5, 17; Brussels, 12, 16; Budapest, 16, 23; Buenos Aires, 11, 20; Cairo, 23, 37; Copenhagen, 13, 21; Dublin, 11, 17; Frankfurt, 13, 16; Geneva, 10, 21; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 23, 33; Islamabad, 24, 33; Istanbul, 21, 32; Jakarta, 25, 33; Jerusalem, 19. 30; Johannesburg, 3, 22- Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 12, 16; Lisbon, 17, 32; London, 15, 20; Los Angeles, 18, 29; Madrid, 12, 32; Manila, 25, 32; Mexico City, 14. 24; Montevideo, 8, 21; Montreal, 17, 25; Moscow, 18, 30; New Delhi, 25, 34; New York, 23, 35; Paris, 12, 15; Peking, 23, 30; Rio De Janeiro, 12, 24; Rome, 16, 26; San Francisco, 12, 30; San Juan, 25, 33; Santiago, 1, 16; Seoul, 21, 29; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 18, 22; Tokyo, 21, 22; Toronto, 19. 35; Vancouver, 12, 19; Vienna, 15, 21; Warsaw, 15, 19.