Weather

Press, 13 September 1988, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Light showers in the north and west of the North Island, also Wellington; more persistent rain developing south from Taranaki; mostly dry in the east; more heavy widespread rain on the West Coast; north-westerly gales in Wellington and Canterbury easing.

Canterbury: Strong or gale north to north-westerlies moderating; some heavy rain about the Alps. Marlborough: North-westerly gales easing slowly. Nelson: North-westerlies, strong at times. Buller: North-westerlies, some heavy rain. Westland: Northerlies moderating, some heavy rain. Tomorrow: Clearing in the east and west; rain in the north.

, Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Dry, then southerlies, cold, rain, low-level snow in the east; westerlies, cold, dry, rain in some districts in the west. North Island: Dry, then widespread rain in most districts; unsettled, gusty north-westerlies dying out in the south.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: .. - - hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday ohr 18 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 To date this month ... ‘5B To date this month ... 4 Barometer:. 6 p.m. U p.m. To date this year ..... 1522 To date this year 238 Millibars... 1002.1 1003.2 To date last year ... . 1424 To date last year 440 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 473 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. Per cent at noon .... 49 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 10 deg, grass 7 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 44 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall trace.

Sun— Rises, 6.34 a.m.; sets 6.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.33 a.m.; sets, 6.16 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.07 a.m.; sets, 8.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.25 a.m.; sets 9.21 p.m. Phases— First quarter: September 19. full moon: September 26. Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10. High tide at Lyttelton—s.36 a.m. and 5.56 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.25 a.m. and 6.47 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland 16 deg., cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. Wellington 13, cloudy, N.W., 34. Christchurch 18. cloudy. N.E., 18. Dunedin 16, cloudy. N.E., 15. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide 9,1; Brisbane, 17, 22; Canberra, 7, 13; Darwin, 23, 31; Hobart, 9, 10; Melbourne, 11, 15; Perth, 10, 22; Sydney, 14, 23. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13,19; Athens, 18, 29; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 24 31; Barbadoes, 24, 25; Beirut, 24, 30; Belgrade, 11, 26; Berlin, 9, 20; Bermuda, 28, 33Bogota, 5, 18; Brussels, 8, 20; Budapest, 14, 26; Buenos Aires, 6, 19; Cairo, 21, 33; Copenhagen, 14, 22; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 11, 25; Geneva, 13, 24; Harare, 13, 29; Helsinki, 12, 18; Hong Kong, 29, 31; Honolulu, 23, 30; Istanbul, 15, 25; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 18, 31; Johannesburg, 13, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 14,19; Lisbon, 21, 31; London, 14,19; Los Angeles, 16, 25; Madrid, 15, 32; Manila 24, 33; Montevideo, 3,18; Montreal, 12, 23; Nairobi, 13, 21; New Delhi, 23, 32; New York, 19. 29; Nicosia, 16, 34; Oslo, 12, 19; Paris, 15, 20; Peking, 17, 28; Rio De Janeiro, 16, 36; Rome, 12, 29; San Francisco, 13, 20; Santiago, 2, 21; Seoul, 21, 26; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 12, 16; Taipei, 25, 35; Tel Aviv, 22, 31; Tokyo, 21, 28; Toronto, 14, 23; Vancouver, 8, 15; Vienna 13, 25; Warsaw, 7, 20.