Weather

Press, 26 September 1988, Page 36

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Mainly fine in the north and in the east. Scattered showers in the west and the south. Marlborough, Canterbury: Mainly fine apart from scattered rain about the coast and strong winds in exposed places. Nelson, Buller: Periods of rain especially in the Alps. Elsewhere cloudy. Westland: Showers becoming frequent in afternoon. Colder. Tomorrow: Cool south-west change, clearing on West Coast. Extended range forecast'to Friday. South Island: Cold winds and showers from the south at first. Clearing mid-week to fine weather. Mild winds, increasing cloud on Thursday with trough of low pressure over the Tasman. North Island: Settled at first then southerlies with rain likely. Fine again. About Thursday winds freshening. - CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: ' hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 2tir 36min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. ... .. nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Saturday 11 hr 06min Saturday Trace Barometer. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month ... 148 To date this month ... 7 Millibars. . . 1015.7 1015.9 To date this year .... 1612 To date this year 241 To date last year .... 1523 To date last year 448 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date .492 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, Per cent at noon .... 57 Wettest (1946) 120 minimum 8 deg. grass 7 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. <. . 37 Driest (1980) .... . . .’J; 2 rainfall nil. Sun — Rises, 6.12 a.m.; sets, 6.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.10 a.m.; sets, 6.32 p.m. Moon — Rises 7.07 p.m.; sets, 6.05 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.29 p.m.; sets, 6.28 a.m. Phases — Full moon: September 26. Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10: First quarter: October 19. v '' High tide at Lyttelton 3.59 a.m. and .4.26 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.57 a.m. and 5.26 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, 16deg., cloudy, S.W., 4 knots. Wellington, 14, cloudy, N.W., 15. Christchurch, 14, cloudy, E., 7. Dunedin, 15, cloudy, N.E., 11. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 24; Brisbane, 14, 24; Canberra, 1, 20; Hobart, 8, 16; Melbourne, 8, 20; Perth, 11, 21; Sydney, 13, 21. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 16; Athens, 17, 26; Berlin, 11, 15; Brussels, 7, 17- Buenos Aires, 14, 19; Cairo, 23, 35; Chicago, 14, 20; Dublin, 9, 16; Geneva, 13, 20; Harare 8, 30; Hong Kong, 23, 25; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 21, 31; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Johannesburg, 14, 27; London, 11, 16; Los Angeles, 16, 26; Madrid, 14, 28; Manila, 24, 33; Mecca, 26, 45; Montreal, 12, 21; Moscow, 5, 14; New Delhi, 23, 32; New York, 17, 28; Paris, 10, 18; Peking, 16, 26; Rio de Janeiro, 34, 19; Rome, 13, 24; Seoul, 19, 28; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 14, 16; Tokyo, 19, 23.