Weather

Press, 18 March 1989, Page 96

Weather

Cold Warm Occluded Stationary Today’s New Zealand forecast: Cool south-easterlies and showers in central and north of the North Island; fine elsewhere. Fine in Nelson, Marlborough and Canterbury; cool southerly showers elsewhere. Canterbury: Mostly fine, except a brief southerly change late morning with a few showers. Marlborough: Fine, westerlies. Buller, Westland, Fiordland: Cloudy with occasional showers; southwesterlies, cool. Tomorrow: Showers in the west of both islands and in the far south of the. South Island; fine elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Wednesday — North Island: Showers and westerlies in the north and central regions, clearing on Sunday. Fine elsewhere. South Island: Showers clearing from Sunday. Sun — Rises, 6.28 a.m.; sets, 6.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.29 a.m.; sets, 6.45 p'.m. Moon — Rises, 5.2 p.m.; sets, 1.44 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.24 p.m.; sets, 3.2 a.m. Phases — Full moon: March 22; Last quarter: March 30; New moon: April 6; First quarter: April 13. High tide at Lyttelton — 1.19 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 2 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakala, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland, 20deg., cloudy, S.W., 33 knots. Wellington, 19, cloudy, N.W., 12. Christchurch, 11, showers, §., 20. Dunedin, 10, cloudy, W., 18.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 6 hr 6 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 To date this month ... 109 To date this month ... 15 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 555 To date this year 90 Millibars: . . 1004.7 1007.4 To date last year .... 552 To date last year 77 Temperatures and rainfall Average for March . . . 163 Average to date 128 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity. Average for March. ... 58 yesterday: Maximum 26 deg. Per cent at noon .... 63 Wettest March (1979). . 173 minimum 7 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 50 Driest March (1977)... 3 deg, rainfall nil mm. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Brisbane, 25, 27; Perth, 18, 28; Sydney, 18, 21.

Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 0,7; Athens, 7, 18; Bahrain, 18, 24; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 21, 29; Beirut, 9, 14; Belgrade, 3,14; Berlin, 3,11; Bermuda, 20, 25; Bogota, 10, 19; Brussels, 4, 13; Budapest, 7, 12; Buenos Aires, 21, 29; Cairo, 10. 22; Caracas, 17, 27; Copenhagen, 4,7; Dublin, 1,8; Frankfurt, 5,9; Geneva, 4,11; Harare, 15, 30; Havana, 19, 30; Helsinki —l, 2; Hong Kong, 21, 24; Honolulu, 19, 28; Islamabad, 9, 27; Istanbul, 4, 12; Jakarta, 24, 32; Johannesburg, 11, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 17, 24; Lisbon, 9, 17; London, 7,7; Los Angeles, 12, 22; Madrid, 4, 25; Manila, 22, 32; Mecca, 14, 28; Mexico City, 8, 26; Montevideo, 19, 29; Montreal, 4, 12; Moscow, —2, 5; Nairobi, 14. 25; Nassau, 19, 27; New Delhi, 16, 27; New York, 8, 21; Nicosia, 10, 19; Oslo, 1,6; Paris, 10, 15; Peking, 4, 17; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 32; Rome, 5, 20; San Francisco, 8, 16; San Juan, 21, 28; Santiago, 11, 28; Sao Paulo, 18, 26; Seoul, 1,7; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 2,5; Taipei, 17, 22; Tel Aviv, 9, 16; Tokyo, 7,14; Toronto, —3,10; Vancouver, 1. 8; Vienna, 8, 14; Warsaw, 1, 10. . , - < ■ .. .