Weather

Press, 23 November 1988, Page 80

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine over most of New Zealand; some cloud in the south and east of the South Island spreading to the eastern North Island. Canterbury: Coastal cloud clearing; becoming fine. Marlborough: Morning coastal southerlies with cloud; fine from afternoon. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and mild; sea breezes. Tomorrow: Fine; cloud in the east. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Fine, north-easterlies in the east, turning to northerlies at the week-end. Fine and mild, then freshening northerlies, cloud, scattered rain in the west. North Island: Mostly fine, some cloud and showers, warm north-westerlies developing in the east. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: . hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 11 hr 12 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 To date this month ... 181 To date this month ... 36 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 2032 To date this year 286 Millibars. . . 1020.2 1023.8 To date last year .... 1878 To date last year 535 Temperatures and rainfall Average for November. 207 Average to date 582 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for November. 49 yesterday: Maximum 16 deg, Per cent at noon .... 58 Wettest November (1942) 140 minimum 7 deg, grass 4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 64 Driest November (1947) 8 deg, rainfall Nil. Sun — Rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 8.45 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.48 a.m.; sets, 8.46 p.m. Moon — Rises, 8.35 p.m.; sets, 4.47 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.49 p.m.; sets, 5.24 a.m. Phases.— Full moon: November 24. Last quarter: December 1. New moon: December 9. First quarter: December 17. High tide at Lyttelton: 4.28 a.m. and 4.51 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.22 a.m. and 5.46 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, 18deg., recent showers, N.E., 7 knots. Wellington, 18, fine, N.E., 5. Christchurch, 18, fine, S., 13. Dunedin, 15, partly cloudy, S.W., 18. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 19; Brisbane, 22, 32; Canberra, 7, 18; Darwin, 26, 31; Hobart, 14, 17; Melbourne, 13, 16; Perth, 19, 25; Sydney, 16, 23. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —3, 3; Athens, 11, 16; Bahrain, 18, 23; Bangkok, 22, 30; Beirut, 7, 15; Belgrade, 2,4; Berlin, —4, 0; Bermuda, 20, 25; Bogota, 5, 17; Brussels, —6, 4; Budapest, —4, —2; Buenos Aires, 17, 25; Cairo, 10, 22; Copenhagen, —7, 1; Dublin, —5, 6; Frankfurt, —2, 3; Geneva, 3,6; Harare, 10, 26; Helsinki, —l5, —9; Hong Kong, 18, 22; Honolulu, 24, 31; Islamabad, 7, 25; Istanbul, 7, 15; Jakarta, 25, 32; Jerusalem, 7, 16; Johannesburg, 10, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 16, 23; Lisbon, 13, 17; London, 1,4; Madrid, —l, 6; Manila, 22, 31; Mexico City, 9, 25; Miami, 25, 28; Montevideo, 15, 24; Montreal, 0,3; Moscow, —l4, —7; Nairobi, 14, 23; Nassau, 24, 30; New Delhi, 12, 27; New York, 7, 15; Nicosia, 9, 15; Oslo, —ll, —2; Paris, —I, 6; Peking, 1,9; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 35; Rome, 3, 14; San Francisco, 10, 13; San Juan, 25, 29; Santiago, 5, 23; Seoul, 3, 13; Singapore, 22, 31; Stockholm,—ll, —6; Taipei, 20, 24; Tel Aviv, 10, 21; Tokyo, 5, 13; Toronto, 4,6; Vancouver, 6,9; Vienna, 0,1; Warsaw, —7, 0.