Weather

Press, 8 December 1988, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in most districts; overnight showers in the east clearing. Canterbury: Moderate south-westerlies; fine; morning coastal showers. Marlborough: Showery coastal southerlies dying; otherwise fine. Nelson: Fine. Buller, Westland: Cool south-westerlies; fine. Tomorrow: Fine; some coastal cloud in the west. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine until Sunday, then northerlies and rain, clearing Monday in the east, turning to showers in the west. North Island: Mainly fine; rain in some districts. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 11 hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 29 To date this month ... 53 To date this month ... 6 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 2123 To date this year 295 Millibars. . . 996.7 1003.9 To date last year .... 1967 To date last year 560 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 607 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 25 deg. Per cent at noon .... 39 Wettest December (1978) 149 minimum 16 deg. grass 12 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 45 Driest December (1943) 5 deg, rainfall trace mm. Sun-Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets, 9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets, 9.1 p.m. Moon— Rises, 4.13 a.m.; sets, 6.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.53 a.m.; sets, 9.25 p.m. Phases—New moon: tomorrow. First quarter: December 17. Full moon: December 23. Last quarter: December 30. High tide at Lyttelton—4.l3 a.m. and 4.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.4 a.m. and 5.25 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 20 deg., overcast, N.W., 11 knots. Wellington 15, showers, N.W., 26. Christchurch 28, partly cloudy, N.W., 21. Dunedin 9, rain, W., 12. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 25; Brisbane, 23, 27; Canberra, 14, 18; Darwin, 25 3T Hobart, 9, 18; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth, 18, 29; Sydney, 18, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 4,7; Athens, 13, 19; Bahrain, 16, 24; Bangkok, 19, 31; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 7, 17; Belgrade, 0,6; Berlin, 2,5; Bermuda, 15, 20; Bogota 10, 19; Brussels, 0,8; Budapest, 4,5; Buenos Aires, 23, 30; Cairo, 10, 21; Calgary, 1, 12; Caracas, 16, 25; Copenhagen, 3,6; Dublin, 2,8; Frankfurt, 3,8; Geneva, 10, 13; 14, 25; Havana, 20, 24; Helsinki, —4, 0; Hong Kong, 17, 19; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad, 20, 24; Istanbul, 9, 14; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 8, 15; Johannesburg, 13, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 12, 16; London, 5,7; Madrid, 0, 16; Manila, 20, 31; Mexico City. 6, 17; Miami, 15, 23; Montreal, —l2, —8; Moscow. —B, —8; Nairobi. 11 24Nassau, 18, 25; New Delhi, 7, 24; New York, 1,7; Nicosia, 10. 18; Oslo, —3. 0; Paris. 5. 12; Peking, 1,9; Rio De Janeiro, 18, 32; Rome, 5, 19; San Francisco, 9, 20; San Juan. 22, 28; Santiago, 11; 20; Sao Paulo, 16, 28; Seoul, —3, 8; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, —2, 0; Taipei, 13, 24; Tel Aviv, 10, 18; Tokyo, 6, 14; Toronto, —2, 4; Vancouver, 6,9; Vienna, 3, 4; Warsaw —2, 4. #