Weather

Press, 7 December 1988, Page 84

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain or showers developing in most North Island districts; showery south-westerlies in the east of the South Island; widespread rain easing to showers on the West Coast. Canterbury: Cloudy; rain easing to showers later; mild north-westerlies turning to cooler south-westerlies. Marlborough: North-westerlies, gales about the Sounds; cooler south-westerlies later. Nelson: Cloudy, mild; some rain; southerly change. Buller, Westland: Widespread rain easing to showers; northerlies turning to fresh cool south-westerlies. Tomorrow: Mostly fine. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Mostly fine, some rain on Sunday. North Island: Fine in most districts; rain late Sunday in Wellington. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: ’ mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Ihr 30 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 To date this month ... 42 To date this month ... 6 Barometer: . 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year ... . 2112 To date this year 294 Millibars... 1006.9 1005.9 To date last year .... 1966 To date last year 559 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 605 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity- Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, Per cent at noon .... 46 Wettest December (1978) 149 minimum 12 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 42 Driest December (1943) 5 deg, rainfall nil. S U n Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets, 9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets, 9 p.m. Moon — Rises 3 43 a.m., sets, 7.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.13 a.m.; sets, 8.18 p.m. Phases—New moon: December 9. First quarter: December 17. Full moon: December 23. Last quarter: December 30. High tide at Lyttelton —3.36 a.m. and 3.51 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.18 a.m. and 4.35 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 19 deg., cloudy, N., 9 knots. Wellington 17, cloudy, N.W., 13. Christchurch 21, rain, N.W, 18. Dunedin 19, overcast, N.E. 7. and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13. 23; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 19, 26; Darwin,'2s, 31; Hobart, 11, 19; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth, 15, 27; Sydney, 19, 22. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 7,9; Athens, 9, 17; Bahrain, 16, 24; Bangkok, 21, 31- Barbados 24, 28; Beirut, 13, 20; Berlin 4,8; Bermuda 15, 23; Bogota, 9, 17; Brussels, 8 IT Budapest, 1,3; Buenos Aires, 24, 38; Cairo, 13, 24; Calgary, —l, 18; Caracas, 16, 24; Copenhagen, 3,4; Dublin, 3,7; Frankfurt, 6, 12; Geneva, 6, 10; Harare, 16, 26; Havana, 20 23' Helsinki, —5, —3; Hong Kong, 17, 21; Honolulu, 19, 30; Islamabad, 3, 24; Istanbul, io’ 15- Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 9, 19; Johannesburg, 12, 27; Kiev, —7, —7; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lisbon, 10, 17; London, 7,9; Madrid, 3, 14; Manila, 21, 31; Mexico City, 8 22- Miami, 18, 22; Montevideo, 22, 33; Montreal, —5, 8; Moscow, —l6, —9; Nairobi, 13 23- Nassau, 15, 27; New Delhi, 7, 24; New York, —l, 11; Oslo. —2, —1; Paris, 8; 14; Peking —5 6- Rio de Janeiro, 15, 30; Rome, 6, 17; San Francisco, 9, 20; San Juan. 20, 29- Santiago, 12, 28; Sao Paulo, 14, 27; Seoul, —5, 1; Singapore. 24, 30; Stockholm, 0,2; Taipei 12 17; Tel Aviv, 12, 21; Tokyo, 8, 18; Toronto, 3,6; Vancouver, 2 12; Vienna, 2, 5.