Weather

Press, 13 April 1989, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Mainly fine. Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with light winds. Tomorrow: Cloudy, northerlies, rain developing. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine today, freshening northerlies tomorrow and some rain on Saturday, followed by a southwesterly change and showers. Mainly fine on Monday. North Island: Fine until tomorrow. Northerlies and occasional rain in the week-end. Southwesterlies and scattered showers on Monday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs .Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 18 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 To date this month ... 92 To date this month ... 20 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. ■To date this year .... 744 To date this year 120 Millibars. . . 1030.2 1030.5 To date last year .... 707 To date last year 95 Temperatures and rainfall Average for April .... 150 Average to date 178 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for April .... 60 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg. Per cent at noon .... 63 Wettest April (1978)... 199 minimum 1 deg, grass —2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 72 Driest April (1985). ... 10 deg, rainfall 10 mm. Sun-Rises, 6.58 a.m.; sets 6.1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets 6 p.m. Moon— Rises, 1.54 p.m., sets, 10.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.34 p.m.; sets, 11.34 p.m. Phases— First quarter: Today. Full moon: April 21. Last quarter: April 29. New mooh: May 5. High tide at Lyttelton—lo.44 a.m. and 11.10 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.36 a.m. 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, 17deg., fine, S.E., 11 knots. Wellington, 13. cloudy. S., 7. Christchurch, 12, fine, N.E., 14. Dunedin, 12, fine, N.E., 8. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 20; Brisbane, 18, 26; Canberra, 10. 15; Hobart, 13, 22: Melbourne, 14, 20; Perth, 16, 27; Sydney, 17, 26. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 8, 14; Athens, 10, 25; Bahrain, 20, 27; Bangkok. 27. 35; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, 12, 28; Berlin, 6, 15; Brussels, 6, 16; Budapest, 9, 21; Buenos Aires, 10, 21; Cairo, 17, 32; Copenhagen, 7, 11; Dublin. 5, 10; Frankfurt, 10, 14; Geneva, 6, 15; Harare, 10, 24; Havana, 20, 30; Helsinki. 1,4: Hong Kong, 19, 21; Honolulu, 16, 23; Istanbul, 9, 18; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 14, 24; Johannesburg, 11; 24; Kiev, 7, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 16, 24; Lisbon. 11. 17; London, 9, 12; Los Angeles, 16, 23; Madrid, 5, 15; Manila, 20, 35; Mecca, 17, 32; Mexico City, 10, 27; Montreal, —3, 4; Moscow, 4, 14; Nairobi, 13, 23; Nassau, 21, 30; New Delhi. 19, 32; New York, 4, 12; Nicosia, 10, 30; Oslo, 5,9; Paris, 6, 15; Peking, 8. 25: Rio De Janeiro, 20, 37; Rome, 6, 21; Santiago, 8, 26; Seoul, 5, 17; Singapore, 24. 30; Stockholm. 8. 12; Taipei, 15, 25; Tokyo, 13, 19; Toronto, —7, 2; Vienna, 9, 20; Warsaw. 7, 13.