Weather

Press, 5 December 1988, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in the North Island, Marlborough, Nelson and Canterbury; clody elsewhere, with rain developing.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine, apart from cloud in the east and evening showers about the alps; north-westerlies developing. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Cloud developing, otherwise fine. TomorrowiCloud developing, showers in the west, otherwise fine.

Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: Fine, changing to showers and strong southwesterlies on Wednesday. North Island: Fine with variable winds, changing on Wednesday to rain and southwesterlies in most areas. Sun-Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets 8.49 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 8.50 p.m. Moon —Rises, 2.39 a.m., sets, 3.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.58 a.m.; sets, 4.53 p.m. Phases—New moon: Dec 9. First quarter: Dec 16. Full moon: Dec 23. High tide at Lyttelton— 2.2o a.m. and 2.40 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.4 a.m. and 3.23 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, 21deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Wellington, 20, cloudy, E., 7. Christchurch, 19, cloudy, N.E., 17. Dunedin, 18, partly cloudy, N.E., 21. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday llhr 24min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Saturday lOhr 6min Saturday Trace Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month ... 29 To date' this month ... 6 Millibars. . . 1025.8 1024.9 To date this year .... 2099 To date this year 294 To date last year .... 1956 To date last year 551 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 602 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. Per cent at noon .... 69 Wettest December (1978) 149 minimum 13 deg, grass 12 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 69 Driest December (1943) 5 rainfall Trace mm

World weather: Minimum and maximum tempartures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 20, 27; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 18, 29; Darwin, 24, 30; Hobart, 14, 19; Melbourne, 16, 23; Perth, 15, 23; Sydney, 22, 29. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —l, 3; Athens, 4, 18; Bahrain, 19, 25; Bangkok, 20, 30; Barbados, 21, 28; Beirut, 7, 19; Belgrade, 3, 10; Berlin, —3, —2; Bermuda, 15, 24; Bogota, 7, 18; Brussels, 5, 12; Budapest, 3,4; Buenos Aires, 19, 31; Cairo, 12, 24; Caracas, 18, 26; Copenhagen, —l, 2; Dublin, 6, 10; Frankfurt, 0,4; Geneva, 5,7; Harare, 17, 26; Havana, 20, 23; Helsinki, —lO, —4; Hong Kong, 17, 20; Honolulu, 21, 30; Istanbul, 10, 15; Jerusalem, 9, 20; Johannesburg, 13, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 17, 23; Lisbon, 9, 17; London, 4,9; Los Angeles, 12, 27; Madrid, 3, 12; Manila, 20, 31; Mexico City, 8, 15; Montevideo, 15, 29; Montreal, —B, 1; Moscow, —9, —9; Nairobi, 13, 23; Nassau. 20, 25; New Delhi, 8, 25; New York, 1,6; Nicosia, 8, 20; Oslo —l5, —10; Paris, 6, 10; Peking, — 2,7; Rio De Janerio, 19, 30; Rome, 11, 15; Santiago, 11, 27; Seoul. —l, 8; Singapore, 24. 30; Stockholm, —l2, —8; Taipei, 14, 23; Tel Aviv, 12, 33; Tokyo, 5, 12; Toronto, —3, 2; Vienna, 1,4; Warsaw, —9, —3.