Weather

Press, 12 October 1988, Page 68

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers, fine intervals, in the north and west of the North Island and on the West Coast; dry in the east.

Canterbury: Fine; showers in the west. Marlborough: Fine, mild. Nelson: Mostly fine. Buller, Westland: Showers; sunny periods. Tomorrow: Rain in the south and west spreading north; dry in the east.

Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Mostly fine in the east; showers in the Alps, showery southerlies in Canterbury on Friday; showery westerlies to south-westerlies with fine intervals, in the west. North Island: Strong, at times gusty, westerlies or south-westerlies; fine periods; fine, with strong north-westerlies, in the south.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 6hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 To date this month ... 73 To date this month ... 3 Barometer:. 6 P-m. 11 p.m. To date this vear .... 1714 To date this year 244 Millibars. . . 989.7 991.0 To date last year .... 1614 To date last year 451 Temperatures and rainfall Average for October . . 200 Average to date 516 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for October. . . 47 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. Per cent at noon .... 26 Wettest October (1947) . 137 minimum 11 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 43 Driest October (1961) . . 3 deg, rainfall nil.

Sun — Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets 6.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 6.51 p.m. Moon Rises 548 a m ■ sets, 8.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.12 a.m.; sets, 9.27 p.m. Phases — First quarter: October 19. Full moon: October 26. Last quarter: November 1. New moon: November 9. , „„ . . High tide at Lyttelton — 5.3 a.m. and 5.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.52 a.m. and 6.13 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17rnin; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Noon weather: Auckland 16 deg., rain, N„ 14 knots. Wellington, 16, cloudy, N., 11. Christchurch 22. cloudy, N.W., 18. Dunedin 16, cloudy, N.W., 7.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 27; Brisbane, 12, 26; Canberra, 7, 20; Darwin, 26, 33; Hobart, 7, 17; Melbourne, 12, 24; Perth, 13, 21; Sydney, 13, 22. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 9, 12; Athens, 14, 25; Bahrain, 27, 35; Bangkok, 26, 30; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 20, 27; Belgrade, 10, 24; Berlin, 5, 15; Bermuda, 20, 25; Brussels 1 16' Budapest, 10, 18; Buenos Aires. 9, 19; Copenhagen, 10, 13; Dublin, 1, 12; Frankfurt ’ll ’2l' Geneva, 6, 23; Harare, 19, 33; Havana, 24, 28; Helsinki, 8, 11; Hong Kong, 24,’ 28; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 13, 28; Istanbul, 12, 19; Jakarta, 25, 34; Jerusalem, 12, 22; Johannesburg, 17, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 12, 23- London 7 14; Madrid, 14, 29; Manila, 23, 37; Mexico City, 11, 21; Montevideo, 12, 16; Montreal 3,8; Moscow, 4, 11; Nairobi, 14, 26; Nassau, 21, 28; New Delhi, 21, 33; New York 3 15- Nicosia, 16, 29; Oslo, 2, II; Paris, 9, 19; Peking, 12, 22; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 31- Rome, 10, 25; San Francisco, 12, 29; San Juan, 24, 33; Santiago, 9, 26; Seoul, 13, 25; Singapore, 25, 33; Stockholm, 8, 10; Taipei, 24. 28; Tel Aviv, 19, 27; Tokyo, 16, 24; Toronto, 5, 10; Vancouver, 8, 12; Vienna, 9, 17; Warsaw, 6, 15.