Weather

Press, 15 February 1989, Page 76

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island, fine apart from scattered showers in Northland and Gisborne. In the South Island, fine apart from cloud about Otago coast at first. 1

Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: A few cloudy periods but mostly fine. Tomorrow: Little change.

Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Mainly fine in the north and west but cloud developing and drizzle over the week-end. In the south and east, fine apart from a few cloudy periods, but north-westerlies freshing from Saturday. North Island: Mainly fine but northerlies developing in the week-end, with cloudy periods.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 12 hr 30 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . '23 To date this month ... 92 To date this month ... 24 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 336 To date this year 71 Millibars. . . 1025.2 1021.7 To date last year .... 337 To date last year 26 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February . 186 Average to date 74 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. Per cent at noon .... 61 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 6 deg, grass 2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 67 Driest February (1973) . 5 deg, rainfall Nil.

Sun: Rises, 6.50 a.m; sets 8.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.52 a.m.; sets 8.39 p.m. Moon Rises, 5.24 p.m., sets 1 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.16 p.m., sets 1.36 a.m. Phases — Full moon: February 20. Last quarter: March 1. New moon: March 8. First quarter: March 14. High tide at Lyttelton 12.56 a.m. and 1.20 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.50 a.m. and 2.14 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: 21deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 2 knots. Wellington: 16, partly cloudy, S.E., 13. Christchurch: 19, fine, S., 8. Dunedin: 19, cloudy, S.E., 6.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 30; Brisbane, 20, 28; Canberra, 15, 27; Hobart, 14, 24; Melbourne, 18, 29; Perth, 23, 29; Sydney, 21, 26. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 1,4; Athens, 4, 13; Bahrain, 12, 19; Bangkok 22. 33; Barbados, 23, 24; Beirut, 5, 10; Belgrade, 0,6; Berlin, 2,6; Brussels, 0,8; Budapest 0,6; Buenos Aires, 22, 35; Copenhagen, 2,7; Dublin, 3. 11; Frankfurt O, 6: Geneva. —l, 5; Harare, 18, 26; Helsinki, 0,2; Hong Kong, 12, 17; Islamabad, 4, 17; Istanbul, —l, 8; Jakarta, 24, 30; Johannesburg, 14, 18; Kiev, —l, 2; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 33; Lima. 20, 28; Lisbon, 9, 17; London, 5,9; Los Angeles, 6, 17; Madrid, 3, 13; Montevideo, 1 12, 35; Montreal, —6, —3; Moscow, —l, —1; Nairobi, 9, 25; Nassau, 15, 26; New Delhi, 7, 20; >New York, —l, 5; Paris, 4, 12; Peking, —2, 9; Rib de Janeiro, 21, 35; Rome, —l, 16; Santiago, 15, 32; Seoul, —l, 7; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 3,6; Taipei, 13. 18; Tokyo, 4. 9; Toronto, —6, —1; Vienna, 5,7; Warsaw, 1, 5.