Weather

Press, 6 April 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine weather over most of New Zealand, except for a few showers in southern Fiordland.

Canterbury: Fine apart from morning fog and cloud in the east Northerlies developing, mild. Nelson, Marlborough: Fine, northerly winds. Westland, Bullen Morning low cloud and fog, otherwise fine. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in the east and north. Scattered rain in the south-west.

Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine until Saturday with cool nights and mild days. Southerlies freshening on Saturday or Sunday with showers. Fine Monday. North Island: Fine until Saturday with light winds. Southerlies on Sunday with a few showers. Fine Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 1 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 51 To date this month ... nil Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 104 To date this year 101 Millibars. . . 1029.2 1029.5 To date last year .... 667 To date last year 79 Temperatures and rainfall Average for April.... 150 Average to date 164 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for Aoril .... 60 yesterday: Maximum 21 deg. Per cent at noon .... 72 Wettest April (1978)... 199 minimum 4 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 88 Driest April (1985). ... 10 deg, rainfall nil.

Sun-Rises, 6.52 a.m.; sets 6.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.54 a.m.; sets, 6.11 p.m. Moon— Rises, 6.37 a.m., sets, 5.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.1 a.m., sets, 6.18 p.m. Phases—New moon: today. First quarter: April 13. Full moon: April 21. Last quarter: April 29. High tide at Lyttelton—3.s2 a.m. and 4.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.51 a.m. and 5.24 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 19deg., fine, S., 3 knots. Wellington 16, fine, S.E., 7. Christchurch 16, fine, E., 9. Dunedin 16, fine, calm.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 18, 20; Brisbane, 20, 27; Canberra 15, 24; Hobart, 16, 23; Melbourne, 19, 20; Perth, 13, 24; Sydney, 20, 26.

Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 1,4; Athens, 9, 22; Bahrain, 17, 26; Bangkok, 26, 36; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, TO, 23; Berlin, 1,6; Bogota, 6, 18; Brussels, —2, 6; Budapest, 6, 17; Buenos Aires, 14, 26; Cairo, 14, 28; Copenhagen, —2, 2; Dublin, 2,7; Frankfurt, 3, 5; Geneva, 8, 17; Havana, 21, 29; Helsinki, —4, 2; Hong Kong, 23, 25; Honolulu, 20, 28; Jerusalem, 8, 22; Johannesburg, 10, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 16, 26; Lisbon, 7, 11; London, 3,7; Los Angeles, 14, 27; Madrid, 5,7; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 10, 28; Montevideo, 14, 23; Montreal, 4,9; Moscow, —2, 2; Nairobi, 14, 25; Nassau, 20, 26; New Delhi, 14, 32; New York, 7, 14; Nicosia, 10, 27; Oslo, —2, 5; Paris, 1, 10; Rio de Janeiro. 23, 32; Rome, 8, 19; Santiago, 7, 26; Sao Paulo, 19, 28; Seoul, 4, 16; Singajhsre? 24, 31; Stockholm, —2, 3; Taipei, 19, 22; Tel Aviv, 11, 21; Tokyo, 11, 18; Toronto.Tixl'Or Vie’nna’ 5, 15; Warsaw, —5, 4. . tUE r