Weather

Press, 24 August 1988, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Widespread rain in the North Island, with cold southerlies later in many districts; cold southerlies and showers in the South Island, with snow to low levels in Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Canterbury, Marlborough: Cold southerlies, rain. Nelsqn, Buller: Changeable; showers, fine intervals. Westland: Cold southerlies. Tomorrow: Becoming fine in the east and west. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Southerlies moderating, becoming fine in the east; fine, cool, frosty then showers and rain in the west. North Island: Clearing to fine in most districts; fine with frosts, then northwesterlies, in the south. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Ihr 18 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . i 17 To date this month ... 124 To date this month ... 31 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year ... . 1398 To date this year 230 Millibars... 992.8 994.5 To date last year .... 1341 To date last year 422 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August... 145 Average to date 442 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August .... 145 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, Per cent at noon .... 46 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum 0 deg, grass —3 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 52 Driest August (1948). . . 5 deg, rainfall trace Sun-Rises 7.14 a.m., sets 5.53 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 7.13 ,a.m., sets 5.52 p.m. Moon— Rises 1.25 p.m., sets 4.59 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 2.44 p.m., sets 5.47 a.m. Phases—Full moon: August 27. Last quarter September 3. New moon: September 11. First quarter: September 19. ' High tide at Lyttelton—l2.s3 a.m. and 1.22 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.43 a.m. and 2.11 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„ cloudy, N.W., 11 knots. Wellington, 12, cloudy, N.W., 20. Christchurch 15, cloudy, N.W., 16. Dunedin 15, partly cloudy, N.W., 17. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 5, 15: Brisbane, 16, 19; Canberra, 4,6; Darwin, 24, 35; Hobart, 4, 14- Melbourne, 9, 13; Perth, 10, 19; Sydney, 13, 14. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 15; Athens, 20, 34; Bahrain, 30, 37; Bangkok, 24, 32; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 26, 32; Belgrade, 20, 28; Berlin, 13, 20; Bermuda, 28, 32; Bogota, 9, 17; Brussels, 9, 18; Budapest, 15, 19; Buenos Aires, 10, 22; Cairo, 23, 37; Caracas, 17, 28; Copenhagen, 13, 19; Dublin, 10, 17; Frankfurt, 11, 20; Geneva, 13, 22; Harare, 8, 24; Havana, 24, 31; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad, 26, 34; Istanbul, 20, 29; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 21, 35; Johannesburg, 5, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 13, 17; Lisbon, 16, 25; London, 12, 19; Madrid, 18, 33: Manila, 23, 34; Mexico City, 13, 25; Miami, 26, 31; Montevideo, 9, 14; Montreal, 11, 18; Moscow, 12, 21; Nairobi, 13, 21; New Delhi, 24, 32; New York, 17, 31; Nicosia, 28, 40; Paris, 14, 19; Peking, 19, 30; Rome, 24, 32; San Francisco, 14, 20; Santiago, 6, 21; Seoul, 23, 28; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 16, 20; Taipei, 26. 33; Tel Aviv, 21, 32; Tokyo, 26, 33; Toronto, 12, 23; Vancouver, 11, 20; Vienna. 15. 19.