Weather

Press, 25 August 1988, Page 38

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain over the north of the North Island; showers in the southern North Island and on the Kaikoura coast with fine intervals; fine elsewhere apart from showers in a few districts. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine, apart from showers and cold coastal southerlies. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate cool southerlies; fine. Tomorrow: Fine; light winds. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Cold southerlies, showers, then milder northerlies in the east; fine, frosty at first in the west, then strong north-westerlies and rain in Westland. North Island: Dry in the north; mostly fine in central and western districts; showery southerlies, then milder northerlies in the east and south. ' CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Bhr 06 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 To date this month .. . 132 To date this month ... 31 Barometer.. 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year ... . 1406 To date this year 230 Millibars... 996.0 1000.5 To date last year .... 1342 To date last year 422 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August... 145 Average to date 443 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August ... 56 yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, Per cent at noon .... 63 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum 1 deg, grass —3 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 70 Driest August (1948). . . 5 deg, rainfall nil mm. Sun —Rises, 7.09 a.m.; sets, 5.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.08 a.m.; sets, 5.56 p.m. Moon —Rises, 2.44 p.m.; sets, 5.47 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.08 p.m.; sets, 6.54 a.m. Phases— Full moon: August 27. Last quarter: September 3. New moon: September 11. First quarter: September 19. High tide at Lyttelton —1.43 a.m. and 2.11 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.32 a.m. and 3 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 16 deg., fain, W., 23 knots. Wellington 14, partly cloudy, N., 10. Christchurch 13, cloudy, N.E., 5. Dunedin 7, showers, W., 29. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 15; Brisbane, 11, 18; Canberra, 3, 12; Darwin, 24, 33; Hobart, 1, 12; Melbourne, 8, 14; Perth, 11, 20; Sydney, 10, 14.. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 16; Athens, 19, 32; Bahrain, 30, 40; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 25, 31; Belgrade, 16, 28; Berlin, 13, 18; Bermuda, 28, 31; Brussels, 15, 22; Buenos Aires, 8, 22; Cairo, 24, 36; Caracas, 20, 27; Copenhagen, 11, 19; Dublin, 12, 18; Frankfurt, 12, 20; Geneva, 11, 19; Harare, 9, 24; Havana, 24, 31; Hong Kong, 28, 30; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad, 26, 34; Istanbul, 20, 20; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 20, 30; Johannesburg, 9, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 13, 1,7; Lisbon, 17, 31; London, 13, 20; Madrid, 14, 32; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 13, 25; Miami, 27, 31; Montreal, 9, 18; Moscow, 14, 27; Nairobi, 13, 17; New Delhi, 25, 35; New York, 18, 27; Nicosia, 24, 38; Paris, 10, 20; Peking, 18, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 29; Rome, 20, 29; San Francisco, 14, 22; Seoul, 21, 28; Singapore, 23, 27; Stockholm, 16, 19; Taipei, 26, 37; Tel Aviv, 22, 31; Tokyo, 27, 33; Toronto, 6, 20; Vancouver, 11, 22; Vienna, 14, 15; Warsaw, 11, 22.