Weather

Press, 14 September 1988, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Scattered showers north of Taupo; dry in the east of the North Island but further rain elsewhere; rain and showers clearing in the South Island. Canterbury: Southerlies, with coastal showers at first; becoming fine. Marlborough, Nelson, Bullen Scattered rain; clearing. Westland: Showers clearing; cooler. Tomorrow: Fine in the east; clearing in the north; showers in the west. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Cloudy, light rain, freshening northerlies, fine in the east; unsettled in the north; widespread rain, freshening northerlies in the west. North Island: Northerlies, rain in northern and central districts; unsettled in the west and south, freshening northerlies in the east. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: ‘ mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 6hr 3 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 To date this month ... 64 To date this month ... 4 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m To date this year ... . 1529 To date this year 238 Millibars... 1011.6 1019 0 To date last year .... 1431 To date last year 441 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 475 for the 24 hours to 9 a m Humidity: Average for September . 43 yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, Per cent at noon .... 48 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 13 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 70 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 6.33 a.m.; sets 6.16 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.32 a.m.; sets 6 17pm Moon— Rises, 7.25 a.m., sets 9.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.45 a.m.; sets, 10.28 p m Phases—First quarter: September 19. Full moon: September 26. Last quarter: October 3 New moonOctober 10. ’ High tide at Lyttelton—B.22 a.m. and 8.47 a.m. Tomorrow: 9.14 a.m and 941 pm (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 20 deg., cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. Wellington 13, rain N 10 Christchurch 21, cloudy, N.W., 18. Dunedin 16, cloudy, S.W. 20. ’ ’ World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 6, 17; Brisbane, 14, 23; Canberra, 3, 13: Darwin 26 35Hobart, 3, 15; Melbourne, 7, 14; Perth, 15, 16; Sydney, 11, 15. ’ ’ ’ ’ Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 9, 18; Athens, 18, 30; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok 25 32; Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 24, 30; Belgrade? 12, 28; Berlin, 9, 20; Bermuda, 25’ 32 : Bogota, 10, 19; Brussels, 11, 18; Budapest, 14, 23; Buenos Aires, 6, 21; Cairo, 19, 32; Caracas, 16, 26; Copenhagen, 11, 16; Dublin, 10, 16; Frankfurt, 13, 22; Geneva, 12, 25 : Harare, 14, 29; Havana, 26, 31; Helsinki, 12, 16; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 21, 36; Istanbul, 15, 25; Jakarta, 24, 34; Jerusalem, 19, 31; Johannesburg I’’ 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 17, 30; London, 11, 17; Madrid, 18,’ 34 : Manila, 23, 33; Mexico’City, 13, 26; Montevideo, 4, 20; Montreal, 10, 19; Moscow, 12, 16 : Nairobi, 12, 25; Nassau, 26, 32; New Delhi, 23, 35; New York, 15, 22; Nicosia, 19, 47 : Oslo, 4, 15; Paris, 13, 21; Peking, 17, 25; Rio De Janeiro, 20, 39; Rome, 18, 29-’san Francisco. 11, 25; Santiago, 2, 18; Sao Paulo, 19, 32; Seoul, 17, 26; Singapore, 2i 27Stockholm, 11, 14; Taipei, 26, 31; Tel Aviv, 22, 31; Tokyo, 24, 28; Toronto, 7, 21’ Vancouver, 8, 19; Vienna, 24; Warsaw, 6, 22. f ’ *’