Weather

Press, 31 January 1989, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Mainly fine; cloud increasing in Fiordland and the north of the North Island. Canterbury, Westland: Fine; daytime sea breezes; warm inland. Marlborough, Nelson, Bullen Fine and warm; afternoon sea breezes. Tomorrow: Fine; high cloud. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Mainly fine, but cool, showery south-easterlies late Thursday or early Friday, then dry. North Island: Fine, then cool, showery south-easterlies in most districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm Temperature: deg Yesterday 12 hr min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m) . . 27 To date this month ... 236 To date this month ... 47 Ba>;««« er: • ®P m - 11 P ™, To date this vear .... 236 To date this year 47 Millibars. .. 1014.9 1014.3 To date last year .... 274 To date last year 17 Temperatures and rainfall Mr Average to date 50 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for January. . . 51 yesterday: Maximum 23 deg. Per cent at noon ... . 59 Wettest January (1980) . 139 minimum 11 deg, grass 7 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 51 Driest January (1954). . 8 deg, rainfall Nil. Sun-Rises, 6.28 a.m.; sets 8.57 p.m. tomorrow: Rises, 6.29 a.m.; sets, 8.56 p.m. Moon—Rises, 1.08 a.m., sets, 3.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.10 a.m.; sets, 4.48 p.m. Phases—New: February 6. First quarter:. February 13. Full: February 21. Last quarter March 1. High tide at Lyttelton—l2.lo a.m. and 12.28 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.56 a.m. and 1.14 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 23deg., cloudy, S.W., 7 knots. Wellington 23, fine, N.W., 9. Christchurch 24, cloudy, S., 3. Dunedin 18, cloudy, S., 6. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 16, 26; Brisbane, 18, 32; Canberra, 12, 29; Darwin, 23, 29; Hobart, 16, 20; Melbourne, 17, 22; Perth, 20, 33; Sydney, 19, 27. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, —l, 6; Athens, 8, 13; Bahrain, 12, 17; Bangkok, 23, 31; Barbados, 21, 25; Beirut 10, 18; Belgrade, —2, 2; Berlin, 1,7; Bermuda, 15, 18; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 5, 10; Budapest —3, —1; Buenos Aires, 22, 33; Cairo, 7, 15; Copenhagen, 2,8; Dublin, 4, 11; Frankfurt, —2, 4; Geneva, —4, 0; Harare, 15, 27; Havana, 19, 27; Helsinki, —l, 5; Hong Kong, 12, 15; Honolulu, 16, 29; Islamabad, 3, 18; Istanbul, 3,7; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem, 2,9; Johannesburg, 12, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 20, 27; Lisbon, 6, 14; London, 1, 10; Madrid, —3, 11; Manila, 23, 27; Montevideo, 17, 31; Montreal, —l4, 5; Moscow, —l, 2; Nairobi, 11. 24; Nassau, 15, 26; New Delhi, 8, 22; New York, 0,8; Nicosia, 1, 13; Oslo, 5, 10; Paris, 1, 12; Peking, —7, 0; Rio De Janeiro, 22, 35; Rome, —4, 14; San Francisco, 8, 12; San Juan, 19, 28; Santiago, 14, 29; Sao Paulo, 17, 31; Seoul, —9, 1; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 3,6; Taipei, 11,13; Tel Aviv, 6, 16; Tokyo, 1, 11; Toronto, —3, 9; Vancouver, 2,8; Vienna, —2, 3; Warsaw, -6. 5.