Weather

Press, 15 August 1988, Page 36

Weather

Canterbury: Fine and cool with variable winds. Marlborough: Fine, westerlies fresh in exposed places. Nelson: Fine with southwesterlies. Buller: Mostly cloudy and cool, light showers. Westland: Cloudy and cool with showers. Tomorrow: Fine with little wind in Canterbury.

Extended forecast to Friday. South Island: Mostly fine in the north; cloudy with some rain in the west; mostly dry in the south; fine in the east but becoming cloudy on Thursday. North Island: Cool southwesterlies in the north; mild westerlies and fine in the east; mostly fine in the south.

S Un Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.45 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.22 a.m.; sets, 5.45 p.m. Moon— Rises 8.27 a.m., sets, 8.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.43 a.m.; sets, 9.22 p.m. Phases— First quarter August 21. Full: August 27. Last quarter: September 3. Full: September 11. High tide at Lyttelton— 6.12 a.m. and 6.34 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.02 a.m. and 7.23 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 13deg., showers, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington 13, cloudy, N„ 5. Christchurch 12, cloudy, S., 6. Dunedin 10, cloudy, W., 20.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 24; Brisbane, 11, 20; Canberra, —l, 16; Hobart, 4, 17; Melbourne, 8, 18; Perth, 9, 13; Sydney, 11, 17. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 17, 21; Athens, 23, 37; Bahrain, 30, 36; Bangkok, 26 33’ Barbados, 25, 32; Beirut, 23, 28; Belgrade, 20, 37; Berlin, 14, 23; Bermuda, 29, 33; Bogota 8 18- Brussels, 12, 27; Budapest, 18, 29; Buenos Aires, 7, 19; Cairo, 23, 34; Calgary 7 23; Caracas, 18, 26; Chicago, 24, 34; Copenhagen, 16, 21; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 19, 29; Geneva, 18, 28; Harare, 7, 23; Havana, 25, 28; Helsinki, 12, 19; Hong Kong 26 30; Honolulu, 26, 32; Istanbul, 22, 31; Jakarta, 22, 30; Jerusalem, 19, 28; Johannesburg, 8, 21; Kiev, 18, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 13, 16; Lisbon, 17, 27; London 12, 20; Los Angeles, 17, 25; Madrid, 19, 35; Manila, 24, 33; Mexico City, 14, 25; Miami 25, 29; Montevideo, 10, 18; Montreal, 19, 31; Moscow, 12, 18; Nairobi, 12, 19; Nassau 25 31’ New York, 27, 34; Nicosia, 25, 37; Oslo, 14, 21; Paris, 15, 25; Rio de Janeiro 14, 23; Rome, 18, 34; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 25, 34; Santiago, 8, 12; Seoul 24 33- Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 16, 19; Taipei, 26, 32; Tel Aviv, 23, 31; Tokyo, 24, 31; Toronto, 19, 33;, Vancouver, 12, 22; Vienna, 21, 30; Warsaw, 16, 27.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hrs 18mins 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 14 Saturday 9hrs 48mins Saturday 3 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date' this month . . . 71 To date this month . . . 17 Millibars. . . 1017.4 1018.7 To date this year .... 1346 To date this year 215 To date last year .... 1309 To date last year 422 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August. . . 145 Average to date 425 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August . . . 56 yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, Per cent at noon .... 62 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum —1 deg, grass —5 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 86 Driest August (1948). . . 5 rainfall nil.