Weather

Press, 7 October 1988, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers easing in most North Island districts; showers on the West Coast; dry in the east; north-west gales in Cook Strait. Canterbury: High-country showers; mainly fine and mild in the east; fresh, gusty westerlies to north-westerlies. Marlborough: Fine; variable high cloud; warm north-westerlies, sometimes strong. Nelson: Mostly dry; north-wester-lies. Buller: Cloudy, showers. Westland: Showery, light to moderate winds. Tomorrow: Showers in the west; fine elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Rain about the Alps; strong, gusty westerlies or north-westerlies, then cool south-westerlies in the east; general rain, then cool south-westerlies, with fine intervals, in the west. North Island: Rain developing in most districts, clearing Monday; showers, strong north-westerlies, in the east. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 11 hr min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 To date this month ... 35 To date this month ... 2 Barometer: . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1675 To date this year 244 Millibars. . . 991.7 995.0 To date last year .... 1580 To date last year 450 Temperatures and rainfall Average for October . . 200 Average to date 508 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for October. . . 47 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, Per cent at noon .... 27 Wettest (1947) 137 minimum 5 deg. grass 1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 56 Driest (1961) 3 deg, rainfall Nil Sun—Rises, 5.52 a.m.; sets 6.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.50 a.m.; sets, 6.44 p.m. Moon— Rises, 4.21 a.m., sets, 3.01 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 4.39 a.m.; sets, 4.04 p.m. Phases —New moon: October 10. First quarter: October 19. Full moon: October 26. Last quarter: November 1. High tide at Lyttelton—l.3B a.m. and 1.57 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.21 a.m. and 2.37 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., rain, N.W., 16 knots. Wellington 18, fine, N.W., 14. Christchurch 22, partly cloudy, N.W., 19. Dunedin 18, partly cloudy, N.W., 14. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 18; Brisbane, 16, 28; Canberra, 4, 17; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 4, 15; Melbourne, 7, 20; Perth, 9, 19; Sydney, 14, 22. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 11, 16; Athens, 13, 20; Bahrain, 28, 35; Bangkok, 25, 30, Beirut, 21, 27; Belgrade, 12, 23; Berlin, 7, 17; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 9, 19; Brussels, 6, 18; Budapest, 6, 18; Buenos Aires, 11, 19; Cairo, 20, 31; Copenhagen, 6, 15; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 6, 15; Geneva, 11, 16; Harare, 15, 31; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, 6, 16; Hong Kong, 24, 29; Honolulu, 22, 32; Islamabad, 14, 30; Istanbul, 14, 20; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 27; Johannesburg, 13, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima. 13, 18; Lisbon, 18, 26; London, 12, 16; Madrid, 13, 27; Manila, 25, 29; Mexico City, 8, 19; Montevideo, 10, 14; Montreal, 4, 10; Moscow, 1, 11; Nairobi, 14, 25; Nassau, 23, 31; New Delhi, 24, 33; New York, 14, 17; Nicosia, 16, 33; Oslo, 9, 13; Paris, 12, 18; Peking. 7, 20; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 36; Rome, 16, 27; San Francisco, 12, 22; Santiago, 5, 26; Seoul, 16, 20; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 9, 16; Taipei, 22, 28; Tel Aviv, 20, 29; Tokyo, 17, 22' Vienna, 10, 18; Warsaw, 5, 18.