Weather

Press, 24 September 1988, Page 96

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Cloudy, showers but fine intervals in the north and west of the North Island; fine in the east from Bay of Plenty to Canterbury, and in Wellington and Nelson; cloudy, showers on the West Coast. Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine and mild; moderate winds. Buller, Westland: Light winds, cloudy, isolated showers, cool. Tomorrow: Little change. Extended range forecast to Wednesday. South Island: Mainly dry and mild, mild north-westerlies, a cold, showery southerly change then clearing in the east; fresh cool westerlies, then clearing. North Island: Some showers, then cooler south-easterlies in the north and central districts; changeable, cooler southerlies in the west; mainly dry and mild, then cool southerly change in the east; gusty north-westerlies, then colder southerlies in the south. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 3hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. .. . . trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 To date this month ... 134 To date this month ... 7 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1599 To date this year 241 Millibars. . . 1012.0 1016.6 To date last year .... 1503 To date last year 448 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 489 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity. Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 16 deg, Per cent at noon .... 48 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 4 deg, grass 1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 66 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil. Sun—Rises, 6.17 a.m.; sets 6.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.15 a.m.; sets, 6.29 p.m. Moon — Rises 4.24 p.m., sets; 5.19 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises,' 5.46 p.m.; sets, 5.43 a.m. Phases—Full moon: September 26. Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10. First quarter: October 19. High tide at Lyttelton—2.l2 a.m. and 2.38 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.04 a.m. and 3.31 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 15 deg., cloudy, S.W., 14 knots. Wellington 16, cloudy, N.W., 15. Christchurch 18, cloudy, calm. Dunedin 14, cloudy, W., 26. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 20; Brisbane, 12, 24; Canberra, 3, 20; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 11, 23; Melbourne, 17, 25; Perth, 13, 19; Sydney, 13, 27. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 11, 16; Athens, 18, 28; Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok, 25, 34; Barbados, 24, 31; Beirut, 24, 31; Belgrade, 11, 21; Berlin, 12, 19; Bermuda, 25. 31; Bogota, 4, 19; Brussels, 10, 20; Budapest, 11, 18; Buenos Aires, 13, 18; Cairo, 24. 38; Copenhagen, 13, 18; Dublin, 5, 16; Frankfurt, 5, 15; Geneva, 8, 20; Harare, 8, 29; Havana, 25, 31; Helsinki, —l, 11; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 25, 32; Islamabad, 18, 28; Istanbul. 15, 25; Jakarta, 25, 34; Jerusalem, 25, 31; Johannesburg, 12, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 32; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 16, 25; London, 13, 17; Madrid, 14, 26; Manila, 26, 34; Mexico City, 13, 26; Montevideo, 12, 19; Montreal, 15, 18; Moscow, 3, 15; Nairobi, 15, 23; Nassau, 20, 30; New Delhi, 26, 32; New York, 20, 25; Nicosia, 19, 38; Oslo, 11, 16; Paris, 12, 21; Peking, 18, 28; Rio De Janeiro, 16, 31; Rome, 11, 28; San Francisco, 122, 19; Santiago, 6, 14; Sao Paulo, 16, 26; Seoul, 15, 27; Singapore, 22, 28; Stockholm, 13, 17; Taipei, 25, 28; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 20, 23; Toronto, 13, 18; Vancouver, 9, 16; Vienna, 13, 18; Warsaw, 11, 14.