Weather

Press, 28 September 1988, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Morning drizzle but increasingly fine in the north and west of the North Island and also Wellington; mainly fine in the east of the North Island and the north of the South Island; light rain, then fine, elsewhere. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine; morning drizzle, light winds. Nelson: Fine. Buller, Westland: Fine; early drizzle. Tomorrow: Fine in the east and north; cloudy in the west. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Warm north-westerlies; rain near the Alps, in the east; rain, then cooler showery south-westerlies, in the west. North Island: North-westerlies in most districts, strong at times in exposed places. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday shr 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 To date this month ... 162 To date this month ... 7 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1627 To date this year 241 Millibars. . . 1013.5 1014.3 To date last year .... 1527 To date last year 448 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 495 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, Per cent at noon 60 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 4 deg, grass 0 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 82 Driest September (1980) 2 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 6.08 a.m.; sets 6.34 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.06 a.m.; sets, 6.36 p.m. Moon— Rises, 9.51 p.m., sets, 6.54 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.10 p.m.; sets, 7.23 a.m. Phases—Last quarter: October 3. New moon: October 10. First quarter: October 19. Full moon: October 26. High tide at Lyttelton—B.23 a.m. and 8.48 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.07 a.m. and -9.32 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; showers, W., 6 knots. Wellington 15, partly cloudy, N., 13. Christchurch 16, cloudy, S., 6. Dunedin 13, cloudy, N.E., 9. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 17; Brisbane, 15, 25; Canberra, 7, 20; Darwin, 26, 34; Hobart, 8, 22; Melbourne, 11, 24; Perth, 14, 17; Sydney, 14, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 15; Athens, 19, 29; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 22, 27; Belgrade, 14, 20; Berlin, 12, 19; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, 8, 19; Budapest, 10, 23; Buenos Aires, 10, 24; Cairo, 22, 32; Copenhagen, 12, 14; Dublin, 13, 16; Frankfurt, 15, 17; Harare, 10, 29; Havana, 24, 30; Helsinki, 4, 15; Hong Kong, 22, 27; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad, 19, 32; Istanbul, 15, 25; Jakarta, 24, 33; Johannesburg, 11, 26; Kiev, 8, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon 15 29- London, 16, 19; Madrid, 15, 3-1; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 12, 26; Montevideo, 9, 21; Montreal, 4, 21; Moscow, 9, 12; Nairobi, 14, 21; Nassau, 20, 30; New Delhi, 26, 34; New York, 16, 21; Nicosia, 17, 33; Oslo, 6, 16; Paris, 13, 19; Peking, 14, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 38; Rome, 16, 27; San Francisco, 13, 21; San Juan, 24, 30; Santiago, 6, 19; Seoul, 12, 21; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 12, 14; Taipei, 20, 24; Tokyo, 18, 21; Toronto, 5, 10; Vancouver, 10, 15; Vienna, 14, 23; Warsaw, JO, 15.