Weather

Press, 9 November 1988, Page 72

Weather

Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine; becoming milder. Nelson, Buller: Fine; sunny; some cloud. Westland: Cloud increasing; rain developing. Tomorrow: Rain in the west; cloudy elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Fine, apart from showery southerlies on Friday, in the east; fresh south-westerlies, fine intervals, showers in the west. North Island: Rain, south-westerlies in most districts; strong westerlies, showers in the west; showery southerlies, then fine with north-westerlies in the south.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 13 hr 48 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 To date this month ... 65 To date this month ... 32 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1917 To date this year 282 Millibars. . . 1024.6 1025.0 To date last year .... 1780 To date last year 532 Temperatures and rainfall Average for November. 207 Average to date 559 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for November . 49 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. Per cent at noon ... . 43 Wettest November (1942) 140 minimum 7 deg, grass 2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 43 Driest November (1947) 8 deg, rainfall nil. Sun — Rises, 6.1 a.m.; sets, 8.27 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.00 a.m.; sets, 8.28 p.m. Moon — Rises, 5.16 a.m.; sets, 8.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.52 a.m.; sets, 9.25 p.m. Phases — New moon: today. First quarter: November 17. Full moon: November 24. Last quarter: December 1. High tide at Lyttelton — 4.49 a.m. and 5.5 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.33 a.m. and 5.51 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 17deg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Wellington, 16deg., fine, N., 9. Christchurch, 21, fine, E., 5. Dunedin, 16, fine, N.E., 12. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 23; Brisbane, 16, 26; Canberra, 5, 26; Darwin. 25, 32; Hobart, 15, 22; Melbourne, 17, 26; Perth, 13, 19; Sydney, 17, 24. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —l, 7; Athens, 6, 14; Bahrain, 25. 33; Bangkok, 20, 31; Beirut, 17, 23; Belgrade, —5, 5; Berlin, 4,7; Bermuda, 25, 28; Bogota, 8, 17; Brussels, —l, 7; Budapest, —2, 4; Buenos Aires, 21, 31; Cairo, 15, 28; Copenhagen, 4,9: Dublin, 7, 14; Frankfurt, —4, 7; Geneva, 0,9; Harare, 17, 28; Havana, 25, 29; Helsinki. —2, 2; Hong Kong, 19, 24; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad, 12, 29; Istanbul, 4,7; Jakarta. 24, 33; Johannesburg, 13, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 17, 20; London, 3, 11; Madrid, 13, 16; Manila, 23. 28; Mexico City, 9, 26; Miami, 21. 30; Montevideo, 18. 31; Montreal, 10, 15; Moscow, —2, 2; Nairobi, 15, 23; Nassau, 23, 30; New Delhi. 14, 30; New York, 21, 20; Nicosia, 9, 20; Oslo, —4, 7; Paris, 2, 10; Peking, 4, 17; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 23; Rome, —l, 16; San Francisco, 12, 20; Santiago, 12, 28; Seoul. 5, 17; Singapore. 24, 30; Stockholm, —2, 2; Taipei, 19, 25; Tokyo, 8, 19; Toronto. 4,7; Vancouver, 8, 12; Vienna. —3, 5; Warsaw, —7, 2.