Weather

Press, 17 May 1989, Page 64

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine in the north of the North Island, also in the east, but further showers in the east by evening. In Wellington and the north and east of the South Island, cloud and brief showers. On the West Coast and the far south, morning cloud then fine. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fresh cool southerlies and a few showers early morning, then clearing. Nelson: Fine. Buller, Westland: Cloudy at first but becoming fine and sunny in the afternoon, with light south-easterlies. Tomorrow: Fine with not much wind. Extended range forecast to Sunday. Mainly fine in all districts until Friday. Freshening westerlies with showers over the week-end. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 7hr 5 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15' To date this month .. . 46 To date this month .. . 21 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 896 To date this year 166 Millibars. . . 1009.7 1010.5 To date last year .... 912 To date last year 115 Temperatures and rainfall Average for MAY .... 125 Average to date 250 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for May 125 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, Per cent at noon .... 80 Wettest May (1959) ... 198 minimum 9 deg, grass 7 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 89 Driest May (I 960 .... 13 deg, rainfall 0.3 mm. Sun-Rises 7.38 a.m.; sets, 5.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.39 a.m.; sets, 5.13 p.m. Moon— Rises 3 6 pm., sets, 3.50 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.26 p.m.; sets, 4.53 a.m. Phases— Full moon May 21; Last quarter, May 28; New moon, June 4; First quarter, June 11. High tide at Lyttelton— 1.48 a.m. and 2.15 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.29 a.m. and 2.55 p.m. (Lake Forsyth less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25tnin- Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland, 16deg., cloudy, S.E., 8 knots. Wellington, 16, cloudy, N„ 3. Christchurch, 13, fine, N.E., 8. Dunedin, 12, cloudy, calm. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 20; Brisbane, 18, 22; Canberra, 10, 15; Hobart, 5, 16; Melbourne, 8, 16; Perth, 15, 19; Sydney, 15, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 7, 21; Athens, 16, 32; Bahrain, 25, 32; Bangkok, 23. 32- Beirut, 18, 26; Belgrade, 14, 24; Berlin, 7, 20; Bogota, 9, 19; Brussels, 10, 20; Budapest. 13’ 21' Buenos Aires, 16, 25; Cairo, 18, 35; Dublin, 12, 16; Frankfurt, 3, 17; Geneva, 9. 16; Harare, 11, 26; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, 7, 14; Hong Kong, 21, 23; Honolulu, 23. 30; Islamabad,’l9, 39; Istanbul, 17, 27; Jakarta, 24, 33; Johannesburg, 11, 19; Kiev, 15. 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 16, 27; London, 9, 21; Los Angeles, 15. 19; Madrid, 11, 27; Manila, 24, 35; Mecca, 23, 41; Mexico City, 9, 26; Montreal. 9, 18: Moscow, 13, 23; Nairobi, 12, 23; Nassau, 24, 30; New Delhi, 26, 41; New York. 13, 20; Nicosia, 15, 33; Oslo, 4, 18; Paris, 9, 18; Peking, 15, 27; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 27; Rome, 12. 25; San Francisco, 12, 15; Santiago, 2, 18; Seoul, 8, 21; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm. 15. 20; Taipei, 20, 24; Tokyo, 14, 22; Toronto, 7, 16; Vancouver, 8, 19; Vienna, 11. 18: Warsaw, 9, 20.