Weather

Press, 1 March 1989, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island, scattered showers clearing this morning. Fine in the South Island apart from early coastal drizzle in the east.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Cloudy areas with coastal drizzle at first in the morning, becoming fine in the afternoon. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and mild. Tomorrow: Fine and mild, apart from morning coastal cloud in Marlborough and Canterbury.

Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Some cloud night and morning, otherwise fine. North Island: Mainly fine apart from some coastal cloud.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 4hr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 202 To date this month ... 28 Barometer.. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 446 To date this year 74 Millibars. . . 1020.0 1023.0 To date last year .... 433 To date last year 57 Temperatures and rainfall Average for February . 186 Average to date 96 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity Average for February. . 45 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, Per cent at noon .... 88 Wettest February (1945) 144 minimum 14 deg. grass 12 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 71 Driest February (1973) . 5 deg, rainfall trace.

Sun-Rises, 7.09 a.m.; sets 8.16 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.09 a.m.; sets, 8.14 p.m. Moon— Rises, 11.58 p.m., sets, 3.38 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.54 a.m.; sets, 4.38 p.m. Phases— Last quarter: Today. New moon: March 8. First quarter: March 14. Full moon: March 22. High tide at Lyttelton—ll.s4 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.21 a.m. and 12.41 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, 21 deg., fine, N.W., 2 knots. Wellington, 16, cloudy, S., 15. Christchurch, 15, drizzle, S.W., 16. Dunedin, 14, cloudy, S., 6.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 26, 38; Brisbane, 18, 25; Canberra, 14, 29; Hobart, 15, 27; Melbourne, 19, 33; Perth, 19, 23; Sydney, 20, 26. Amsterdam, 2,6; Athens, 13, 18; Bahrain, 14, 22; Bangkok, 24, 34; Beirut. 14, 18; Belgrade, 6, 12; Berlin, 2,8; Brussels, 0,9; Budapest, 2, 10; Buenos Aires, 18, 27; Cairo, 12, 25; Copenhagen, 4,8, Dublin, 2,8; Frankfurt, 1,6; Geneva, 1, 10; Harare, 16, 22; Havana, 14, 21; Helsinki, 1,5; Hong Kong, 15, 19; Honolulu, 19, 27; Islamabad, 9;'-21; Istanbul, 12, 18; Jakarta, 23, 29; Johannesburg, 13, 26; Kiev, 4,7; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lisbon, 12, 16; London, 2,9; Los Angeles, 15, 27; Madrid, 6,8; Manila, 22, 24; Mecca, 18, 34; Mexico City, 4, 23; Moscow, 2,6; Nairobi, 8, 26; Nassau, 20, 20; New Delhi, 13, 32: New York, —3, 3; Nicosia, 8, 19; Oslo, 2,4; Paris, 3, 10; Peking, —2, 7; Rio De Janeiro, 22, 35; Rome, 10, 15; Seoul, 0, 12; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 1,4; Taipei, 15, 25; Tel Aviv, 18, 22; Tokyo, 4, 12; Vienna. 1, 10; Warsaw, 9, 15.