Weather

Press, 16 December 1988, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in most districts, but morning' and evening drizzle in the east from Gisborne to Canterbury: some cloud.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Coastal cloud; some drizzle; fine later; fine and mild away from the coast. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine; mild; light winds. Tomorrow: Mostly fine; light winds.

Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: North-easterlies on the coast, warm westerlies inland in the east; dry, south-westerlies in the west. North Island: Mostly fine; week-end north-westerlies in the south.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday ohr 48 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 124 To date this month ... 8 Barometer.. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 2194 To date this year 297 Millibars. . . 1030.5 1032.6 To date last year .... 2004 To date last year 568 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 621 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. Per cent at noon .... 68 Wettest (1978) 149 minimum 13 deg, grass 12 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 64 Driest (1943) 5 deg, rainfall tee. mm.

Sun-Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets 9.7 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.7 p.m. Moon— Rises, 1.8 p.m., sets, 1.13 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.24 p.m.; sets, 1.35 a.m. Phases—First quarter: tomorrow. Full moon: December 23. Last quarter: December 30. New moon: January 5. High tide at Lyttelton—ll.6 a.m. and 11.35 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.1 a.m. and 12.32 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 20deg., cloudy, N., 8 knots. Wellington 15, cloudy, S.E., 19. Christchurch 14, overcast, S., 6. Dunedin 14, cloudy, S., 6.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australia cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 26, 38; Brisbane, 18, 27; Canberra, 12, 22; Darwin, 25, 30; Hobart, 16, 29; Melbourne, 20, 30; Perth, 15, 22; Sydney, 19, 22.

Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 7,8; Athens, 2, 11; Bahrain, 18, 24; Bangkok, 17, 30; Barbados, 25, 29; Beirut, 8, 17; Belgrade, 2,6; Berlin, 2,3; Bermuda, 14, 20; Bogota, 7, 18; BRussels, 5,8; Budapest, 3,5; Buenos Aires, 15, 25; Cairo, 9, 19; Copenhagen, 3,7; Dublin, 9, 10; Frankfurt, 6,7; Geneva, 4,7; Harare, 16, 28; Havana, 21, 25; Helsinki, —6, —2; Hong Kong, 15, 20; Honolulu, 20, 28; Islamabad, 7, 24; Istanbul, 6,9; Jakarta, 25, 32; Jerusalem, 8, 16; Johannesburg, 13, 22; Kiev, —, —6; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 30; Lima, 18, 25; Lisbon, 8, 14; London, 9, 11; Madrid, —2, 10; Manila, 15, 34; Mexico City, 6, 23; Miami, 14, 18; Montevideo, 19, 26; Montreal, —l7, —4; Moscow, —lO, —7; Nairobi, 13, 23; Nassau, 20, 26; New Delhi, 8, 26; New York, —9, —2; Nicosia, 6, 20; Oslo, —l, 8; Paris, 7,9; Peking, —B, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 39; Rome, 2, 15; San Francisco, 9, 19; San Juan, 21, 29; Santiago, 11, 31; Seoul, —7, —1; Singapore, 24, 27; Stockholm, —5, —2; Taipei, 12, 21; Tel Aviv, 12, 20; Tokyo, 7, 17; Toronto, —6, —2; Vancouver, 6,9; Vienna, 3,5; Warsaw, —2, 3. -