Weather

Press, 9 February 1989, Page 34

Weather

Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine apart from morning cloud. Buller, Westland: South-westerlies dying out, mainly fine. Tomorrow: Fine most districts but rain developing in Buller and Westland. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Some rain in the west tomorrow or Saturday, then fine again. Elsewhere, south-westerlies dying out and fine weather, apart from showers about the Alps. North Island: Fine weather becoming general. Northerlies may freshen for a time in the weekend. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 To date this month ... 42 To date this month ... 24 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 286 To date this year. .... 71 Millibars. . . 1005.0 1009.8 To date last year ... . 320 To date last year. . 24 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February . . 186 Average to date 64 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, Per cent at noon .... 49 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 9 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 56 Driest February (1973). 5 deg, rainfall 1 mm. Sun-Rises, 6.41 a.m.; sets, 8.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.42 a.m.; sets, 8,45 p.m. Moon— Rises 9.56 a.m.; sets, 10.04 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.15 a.m.; sets, 10.26 p.m. Phases— First quarter: February 13. Full moon: February 21. Last quarter: March 1. New moon: March 8. High tide at Lyttelton—7.39 a.m. and 8.11 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.40 a.m. and 9.11 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, S.W., 22 knots. Wellington, 12, rain, S., 9. Christchurch, 15, cloudy, 5.W..J4, Duhedin, 12, cloudy, S.W., 24. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 23, 31; Brisbane, 19, 27; Canberra, 11, 31; Hobart, 15, 28: Melbourne, 19, 34; Perth, 15, 25; Sydney, 19, 28. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 7,10; Athens, 2,14; Bahrain 10,17; Bangkok, 24, 32; Beijing, —B, 3; Beirut, 7,17; Berlin, 5,10; Bogota 7,18; Brussels 5,12; Budapest 0,6; Buenos Aires 18, 36; Cairo, 9, 18; Copenhagen, 9, 10; Dublin 11, 12; Frankfurt 1,9; Geneva —l, 7; Harare 16, 20; Helsinki 3,8; Hong Kong 15, 18; Honolulu 18, 28; Islamabad, 3, 17; Istanbul 2,8; Jakarta 24, 28; Johannesburg, 16,-20; Kuala Lumpur 23, 33; Lima, 20, 29; Lisbon, 6, 15; London 9,12; Madrid —2,.12; Manila 18, 30; Moscow, —I, 3; Nairobi, 14, 22; New Delhi, 8, 22; New York —3, 4; Oslo, 3, 13; Paris, 4, 13; Rio De Janeiro, 20, 30; Rome, —l, 16; Sao Paulo, 19, 28; Seoul, —3, 9; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, 4,7; Taipei, 16,18; Tokyo, 6,13; Vancouver —7, 4; Vienna 1,9; Warsaw, 1, 7.