Weather

Press, 12 September 1988, Page 32

Weather

In the east from Gisborne to Canterbury, showers about the western ranges but dry elsewhere; for the north and west of the North Island, mostly cloudy with scattered showers; rain elsewhere, heavy on the West Coast of the South Island. Canterbury, Marlborough: Rain about the Alps and the western ranges; mainly dry in the east; gale-force north-westerlies in the Sounds. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Overcast with rain, heavy at times in the west. Tomorrow: Rain. . CHRISTCHURCH READINGS SS!“ ““ “ fTES" omc s . ■ c a ' m ‘ t 0 11 p ’ m trace Maximum (to 6 pm) Saturday shr 18min Saturday nil Barometer- Bnm .. 19 To date this month ... 157 To date this month ... 4 Millibars. .'' 10*12 0 To date this year .... 1522 To date this year 238 • lul2 - u 1012.5 To date last year ... . 1419 To date last year 440 Temperatures ana HuSv- 01 ' SeP ‘ ember - 162 a 7 S° da,e 472 for lh ® 24 “ours fo “ Humidity. Average for September. 43 yesterday Maximum Per cent a noon .... 59 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum OdS XJ°7 d« Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 66 Driest September (1980) 2 rainfall nil. 8 ' Bra& 7 de& Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: Rain or showers for most of the week in all districts, but mainly dry in the east on Wednesday. North Island: Mainly dry in the east, rain and showers elsewhere. Sun-Rises, 6.36 a.m.; sets, 6.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.34 a.m.; sets, 6.15 p.m. Moon— Rises, 6.50 a.m.; sets, 7.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.07 a.m.; sets, 8.17 p.m. Phases—First quarter: September 19. Full moon: September 26. Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10. High tide at Lyttelton—4.so a.m. and 5.09 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.36 a.m. and 5.56 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, W., 12 knots. Wellington 12, overcast, N.W., 17. Christchurch 16,. recent rain,’ S., 8. Dunedin 13, cloudy, S.W., 3. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 18; Brisbane, 14, 25; Canberra, 12, 18; Darwin, 24, 33; Hobart, 11, 18; Melbourne, 13, 20; Perth, 11, 18; Sydney, 17, 25. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 20; Athens, 18, 29; Bahrain, 30, 39; Bangkok, 23, 32; Barbados, 23, 25; Belgrade, 10, 24; Berlin, 8, 22; Bermuda, 27, 33; Bogota, 7, 18; Brussels, 8, 19; Buenos Aires, 7, 18; Cairo, 22, 33; Calgary, 3, 16; Caracas, 17, 26; Copenhagen, 8, 20; Dublin, 10, 16; Frankfurt, 9, 24; Geneva, 12, 24; Harare, 9, 26; Helsinki, 12, 18; Hong Kong, 30, 31; Honolulu, 25, 31; Islamabad, 21, 33; Istanbul, 14, 20; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 14, 26; Johannesburg, 12, 24; Kiev, 9, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 24, 36; London, 14, 23; Los Angeles, 16, 25; Madrid, 20, 36; Manila, 23, 33,- Mecca, 30, 49; Mexico City, 12, 25; Miami, 30, 28; Montevideo, 10, 13; Montreal, 13, 25; Moscow, 8, 15; Nairobi, 13, 20; New Delhi, 23, 35; New York, 19, 29; Oslo, 12, 18; Paris, 16, 23; Peking, 17, 28; Rio De Janeiro, 14, 34; Rome, 12, 28; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 20, 25; Santiago, 1, 20; Seoul, 21, 24; Singapore, 24, 31;Stockholm, 15, 19; Taipei, 26, 34; Tel Aviv, 20, 28; Tokyo, 23, 27; Toronto, 14, 26; Vancouver, 12, 18; Vienna, 13, 25; Warsaw, 10, 19.