Weather

Press, 27 April 1989, Page 52

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in the east oif both islands. Elsewhere in the North Island arid in Westland, cloudy skies and early morning drizzle, g-Rain ,in Fiordland. < W/ ]4 Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine and mild! Buller, Westland: Cloudy, ; some drizzle. Tomorrow: Cibud increasing all districts. Rain in Westland. ". Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine today but cloud increasing, with freshening northerly winds and scattered rain developing, unsettled over the week-end. North Island: mostly dry but cloudy.] Occasional rain developing Sunday with northerlies. ? ' ' ■■ liX CHRISTCHURCH READINGS X#' Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. "'Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature:'.- _. deg. Yesterday 9 hr 4 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6.p.m.),.. 18 To date this month .. . 189 To date this month ... 26 Barometer . 6p.m.‘ II p.m. To date this year .... 842 To date this year 126 Millibars. . . 1009.9 1012.5 To date last year .... 805 To date last year 95 Temperatures and rainfall Average for April .... 150 Average to date 206 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m Humidity: T Average for April .... 60 yesterday: Maximum .21 deg. Per cent at noon ..... 72 Wettest April (1978). . . 199 minimum:; S-. deg;' grass 3 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 80 Driest April (1985). ... 10 deg, rainfail nil-mm.'. ~J. : - Sun-Rises, 7.14 a.m.; sets 5.38 pan. tomorrow: Rises, 7.16 a.m); sets, 5.37 p.m. Moon— Rises, 9.45 p.m., sets, 1.5' p.m.lTomorrow:' Rises, 10.58 p.m.; sets, 1.43 p.m. Phases—Last quarter: April 29. New moon: May 5. First quarter: May 13. Full moon: May 21. High tide at.Lyttelton-r9.il a.m. and 9.34 p.mf .Tomorrow: 9.57 a.m. arid 10.20 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min;' Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton arid' Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland, 17deg., showers, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington, 18, partly cloudy, N. 23.' Christchurch, 15, cloudy, N.E., 7. Dunedin, 15, cloudy, N.W., 3. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 17, 22; Brisbane, 18, 25; Canberra, 10, 19; Hobart, 11. 19: Melbourne, 12, 25; Perth, 13, 23; Sydney, 17, 22. Main cities Of the world: Amsterdam, 4,8; Athens, 11, 26; Bahrain, 23, 35; Bangkok. 26. 36; Barbados, 22, 25; Beirut, 19, 23; Belgrade, 5, 20; Berlin, 9, 22; Brussels, 3, 11; Budapest, 2, 15; Buenos Aires, 17, 22; Cairo, 20, 37; Copenhagen, 5. 10; Dublin, —2. 8; Frankfurt, 5, 19; Geneva, 3, 18; Harare, 14, 24; Helsinki, —2, 10; Hong Kong, 20, 22; Honolulu, 22, 29; Islamabad, 16, 32; Istanbul, 11, 20; Jakarta, 25, 33; Johannesburg, 7, 21; Kiev, 9, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 23; Lisbon, 10, 14; London, 2,7; Los Angeles, 12, 17; Madrid, 8, 14; Manila, 23, 33; Mecca, 22, 40; Mexico City, 9. 26. Montreal, 1,5; Moscow, 9, 18; Nairobi, 15, 21; Nassau, 19, 28; New Delhi, 25.’37; NewYork, 3, 17; Nicosia, 16, 35; Oslo, 1,9; Paris, 7, 18; Peking, 12, 22; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 29; Rome, 4, 21; Santiago, 6, 21; Sao Paulo, 21, 28; Seoul, 9. 20; Singapore. 24. 31; Stockholm. O, 5; Taipei, 17, 24; Tokyo, 12, 18; Toronto, 4, 10; Vancouver, 5, 14; Vienna. 5, 15Warsaw, 1, 15.