Weather

Press, 18 February 1989, Page 92

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine apart from some morning coastal drizzle in the east of both islands. Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine apart from scattered coastal drizzle. Tomorrow: Fine with light winds but northwesterlies and cloudy in Westland. Extended range forecast to Wednesday. South Island: In the west and south, fine tomorrow, some rain Sunday, clearing Monday. In the east, southerly drizzle tomorrow then fine. North Island: Mainly fine, but cloudy areas at first From Monday, freshening north-easterlies with showers, except in the east. ' ' ■ . - ■ CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: ’ deg. Yesterday ohr 18 mln 9 a.m. to 11 pjn.. .... 1 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 112 To date this month ..: 25 . Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 356 To date this year. .... 72 Millibars. . . 1017.7 1020.3 To date last year .... 344 To date last year 38 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February . 186 Average to date 78 for the U hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. Per cent at noon .... -89 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 13 deg, grass 11 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 81 priest February (1973) . 5 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 6.54 a.m.; sets 8.34 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6:55 a.m.; sets, 8.32 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.31p.m., sets, 3.45 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.56 p.m.; sets, 4.53 a.m. Phases—Full moon: February 21. Last quarter: March 1. New moon: March 8. First quarter: March 22. High tide at Lyttelton—3.3l a.m. and 3.5 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.17 a.m. and 4.38 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kalkoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland, 22deg., cloudy, S.W., 4 knots. Wellington, 16, cloudy, S.E., 10. Christchurch, 15, drizzle,. S.W., 4. Dunedin, .12, drizzle, S.W., 8. World weather Minimum and maximum, temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 20, 26; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 17, 27; Hobart. 17, 25; Melbourne, 19, 28; Perth, 18, 23; Sydney, 22, 27. . Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 3,12; Athens, 3, 12; Bahrain, 11, 18; Bangkok, 25, 32; Beirut, 14, 17; Belgrade, 2,4; Berlin, 2,6; Brussels, 3,9; Budapest, 1,4; Copenhagen, 2,7; Dublin, 0,8; Frankfurt, 6,2; Geneva, —4, 9; Harare 16,25; Havana, 20, 28; Helsinki, 0,5; Hong Kong 18, 23; Honolulu, 17, 27; Islamabad, 5,9; Istanbul, 4,7; Jakarta, 23, 30; Johannesburg, 14, 17; Kiev, 4; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 19, 27; Lisbon, 8, 20; London, 3,8; Los Angeles, 6, 18; Madrid, 3, 19; Manila, 22, 33; Mecca, 14, 28; Mexico City, 8, 25; Miami, 23, 25; Montreal, —2, 2; Moscow, —2, 2; Nairobi, 14, 24: Nassau. 21, 25; New Delhi, 9, 22; New York, 4,5; Oslo, 0,9; Peking, —2, 4; Rome. 3. 13; Seoul, 2,9; Singapore. 24, 31; Stockholm, r-1, 3; Taipei, 16, 27; Tokyo, 2,13; Toronto, —2,1; Vienna, 2,5; Warsaw, 0, 5. * 1 /