Weather

Press, 15 September 1988, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain in the North Island clearing during the day; fine over most of the South Island but showers in Fiordland, Southland and South Otago. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine; moderate winds. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine; moderate winds; cloudy periods. Tomorrow: Fine; north-easterly winds. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine; light winds; some rain during the week-end and wind increasing. North Island: Cloudy; showers and light winds; clearing in the east at the week-end. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun — Rises, 6.32 a.m.; sets, 6.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.30 a.m.; sets, 6.18 p.m. Moon — 7 45 a m.- sets, 10.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.8 a.m.; sets, 11.36 p.m. Phases — First quarter: September 19. Full moon: September 26. Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10. High tide at Lyttelton — 7.16 a.m. and 7.36 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.4 a.m. and 8.23 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 19deg., cloudy, W., 11 knots. Wellington 12, overcast, N.W., 20. Christchurch 13, fine, E„ 7. Dunedin 15, fine, N.W., 16.. t World weather. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 22; Brisbane, 13, 16; Canberra, —l, 15; Darwin, 25, 34; Hobart, 7, 17; Melbourne, 5, 17; Perth, 15, 18; Sydney, 9, 17. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13, 16; Athens, 18, 31; Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok, 26 34- Barbados, 23, 31; Beirut, 24, 31; Belgrade, 14, 28; Berlin, 13, 16; Bermuda, 26, 31; Bogota TO 15- Brussels, 8, 14; Budapest, 14, 21; Cairo, 20, 32; Caracas, 16, 25; Copenhagen 11, 16; Dublin, 9, 16; Frankfurt, 9, 20; Geneva, 14, 23; Havana, 26, 31; Helsinki 6 15- Hong Kong, 25, 30; Honolulu, 24, 31; Istanbul, 15, 27; Jerusalem, 18, 29; Johannesburg 8, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 13, 18; London, 11, 15; Los Angeles, 16 24- Madrid 19, 35; Manila, 24, 31; Mecca, 30, 41; Mexico City, 12, 24; Montreal, 8, 18; Moscow 12 16- Nairobi, 12, 25; Nassau, 26, 31; New Delhi, 25, 36; New York, 13, 24; Nicosia 22 34- Oslo, 10, 16; Paris, 11, 19; Peking, 18, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 39; Rome, 12 29- San Juan 24 31; Santiago, 4, 17; Seoul, 18, 26; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 11, 13- Taipei, 26, 31; Tel Aviv, 19, 31; Tokyo, 23, 28; Toronto, 8, 22; Vienna, 14, 20; Warsaw, 13’ 18.

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. deg. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: Yesterday 10 hr 42 min To date this month . . . 75 9 a.m. to 11 p.m To date this month . . . nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 4 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 16 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1539 To date this year 238 Millibars.,. 1017.8 1021.1 To date last year .... 1441 To date last year 441 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date. ..... 476 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Per cent at noon .... 66 Average for September. Wettest September (1946) 43 yesterday; Maximum 120 minimum 7 deg, 22 deg, grass 3 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . 73 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil.