Weather

Press, 31 March 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: For all the North Island and most of the South Island, fine apart from some cloudy areas; in the south, showers along the coast, mainly fine inland.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Mainly fine and cool; fresh south-westerlies about the coast. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine in the north, moderate southwesterlies in the west. Tomorrow: Fine and cool with south-westerlies.

Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: In the north and west mainly dry, fresh south-westerlies; mainly dry in the east apart from isolated showers along the coast; mainly dry in the south. North Island: Mainly dry in all districts, southerlies prevailing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9 hr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 To date this month ... 200 To date this month ... 26 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 647 To date this year 100 Millibars. . . 1026.8 1020.5 To date last year .... 630 To date last year 79 Temperatures and rainfall Average for March ... 163 Average to date 152 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for March. ... 58 yesterday: Maximum 14 deg. Per cent at noon .... 65 Wettest (1979) 173 minimum 8 deg, grass 5 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 72 Driest (1977) 3 deg, rainfall 3 mm.

Sun-Rises, 6.44 a.m.; sets, 6.22 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.45 a.m.; sets, 6.21 p.m. Moon— Rises, 11.57 p.m.; sets, 3.7 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12 midnight; sets, 3.44 p.m. Phases— New moon: April 6. First quarter: April 13. Full moon: April 21. Last .quarter: April 29. High tide at Lyttelton—ll.ll a.m. and 11.37 p.m. Tomorrow: noon and — . (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 20 deg., cloudy, S.W., 18 knots. Wellington 19, fine, N., 19. Christchurch 18, fine, E., 7. Dunedin 15, recent showers, W., 22.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 25; Brisbane, 16, 25; Canberra, 8, 20; Darwin, 25, 30Melbourne, 12, 19; Perth, 21, 31; Sydney, 16, 24.

Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 7, 16; Athens, 10, 22; Bahrain, 17, 24; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 14, 17; Berlin, 5, 15; Bermuda, 18, 20; Brussels, 2, 16; Budapest, 8, 21; Buenos Aires, 13, 27; Cairo, 13, 24; Copenhagen, 5, 17; Dublin, 4. 13 : Frankfurt, 9, 24; Geneva, 5, 22; Harare, 14, 26; Havana, 21, 30; Helsinki, 1,5; Hong Kong, 18, 22; Honlulu, 22, 30; Islamabad, 11, 24; Istanbul, 4, 13; Jakarta, 23, 32Jersualem, 6, 16; Johannesburg, 13, 24; Kiev, —5, 5; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 18, 27; Lisbon, 8, 15; London, 7, 16; Los Angeles, 11, 22; Madrid, 4, 11; Manila, 24, 33; Mecca’ 21, 31; Miami, 23, 26; Montevideo, 13, 30; Montreal, 4, 19; Moscow, —4, 4; Nairobi, 12,' 25New Delhi, 14, 26; New York, 13, 28; Nicosia, 10, 18; Oslo, 2,8; Paris, 13, 23; Peking, 1, 16; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 31; Rome, 5, 23; San Juan, 20, 28; Sao Paulo, 19, 31; Seoul.J, 15Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 6,9; Taipei, 14, 23; Tel Aviv, 12, 21; Tokyo, 6 16- Toronto 10, 22; Vienna, 10, 21; Warsaw, —4, 17.