Weather

Press, 11 May 1989, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine over most of the North Island and the north and west of the South Island. Cloud in the west of the South Island and rain in Fiordland. Some scattered rain in Southland. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine, mild in the afternoon. Buller, Westland: Cloudy and cool with light westerlies. Tomorrow: Cloudy on the West Coast with rain developing in the south. Mainly fine elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: In the west and Fiordland, increasing cloud, north-westerlies from tomorrow with light rain. In the north and east, mainly fine. North Island: Mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg.

Yesterday 1 hr 18 min To date this month . . . To date this year .... To date last year .... Average for May Humidity: Per cent at noon .... Per cent at 6 p.m. . . .

9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. . . 24 To date this month . 874 To date this year. .■. 880 To date last year. . . 125 Average to date. . . . Average for May. . . 71 Wettest May (1959) . 66 Driest May (1960) . .

. . trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 21 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11p.m. 166 Millibars. . . 1023.2 1024.0 114 Temperatures and rainfall ... 237 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. 70 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, . . 198 minimum 2 deg, grass —3 . . 13 deg, rainfall trace.

Sun-Rises, 7.31 a.m.; sets, 5.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.19 p.m. Moon— Rises, 1.06 p.m., sets, 10.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.33 p.m.; sets, 11.38 p.m. Phases— First quarter: May 13. Full moon: May 21. Last quarter: May 28. New moon: June 4. High tide at Lyttelton—9.2B a.m. and 9.52 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.19 a.m. and 10.42 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, 13deg., fine, S., 10 knots. Wellington, 14, cloudy, S., 15. Christchurch, 11, cloudy, calm. Dunedin, 13, cloudy, S.W., 14.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 20; Brisbane, 17, 23; Canberra, 13, 15; Hobart, 10, 13; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth, 12, 21; Sydney, 17, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 8, 17; Athens, 10, 21; Bahrain, 25, 31; Bangkok 27. 32; Beirut, 19, 25; Belgrade, 4, 16; Berlin, 10, 22; Bermuda, 20, 25; Bogota, 10, 16; Brussels, 8, 22; Budapest, 6, 18; Buenos Aires, 6, 16; Cairo, 18, 30; Copenhagen, 10, 15; Dublin, 5, 14; Frankfurt, 5, 19; Geneva, 6, 20; Harare, 9, 24; Havana, 23, 29; Helsinki, 3, 14; Hong Kong, 26, 29; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 16, 36; Istanbul, 7, 15; Jakarta, 24, 32; Johannesburg, 9, 21; Kiev, 6, 12; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 23; Lisbon. 17, 21; London, 12, 19; Los Angeles, 14, 28; Madrid, 11, 29; Manila, 24, 34; Mecca, 25, 41; Mexico City, 9, 25; Miami, 17, 26; Montevideo 5, 18; Montreal, 4, 10; Moscow, 4, 18; Nairobi, 13, 24; Nassau, 20, 30; New Delhi, 22, 37; New York, 6, 14; Nicosia, 10, 25; Oslo, 7, 17; Paris, 11, 24; Peking, 13, 24; Rio De Janeiro, 16, 25; Rome, 6, 22; Seoul, 14, 21; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 8, 14; Taipei, 22, 31; Tokyo, 16, 22; Toronto, 4, 10; Vienna, 7, 19; Warsaw. 5, 17.