Weather

Press, 19 May 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Scattered showers in the east of the North Island, also in Fiordland. Elsewhere fine.

Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine with light winds. Westland: Increasing cloud. Tomorrow: Becoming cloudy and showers likely later in the day.

Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: In the north and east, fine at first, rain in the Alps tomorrow, cold southerlies and showers on Sunday, becoming fine Tuesday. On the West Coast and Fiordland, cloud increasing, rain tomorrow with westerlies, clearing Sunday with south-east winds. North Island: Fine until Sunday, then southerly showers through to Tuesday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 0 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 To date this month ... 55 To date this month ... 36 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 905 To date this year 181 Millibars. . . 1026.8 1027.8 To date last year .... 926 To date last year. .... 119 Temperatures and rainfall Average for May 125 Average to date 255 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for May 70 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. Per cent at noon .... 76 Wettest May (1959) ... 198 minimum 2 deg, grass —2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 80 Driest May (1960) .... 13 deg, rainfall 15 mm.

Sun-Rises, 7.40 a.m.; sets 5.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.41 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Moon— Rises, 3.49 p.m., sets, 5.58 a.m. Tomorrow: 4.17 p.m.; sets, 7.4 a.m. Phases—Full moon: May 21; Last quarter: May 28; New moon: June 4; First quarter: June 11. High tide at Lyttelton—3.B a.m. and 3.34 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.49 a.m. and 4.16 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45in; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura. add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland, 15deg., fine, S.W., 12 knots. Wellington, 11, cloudy, S.W., 12. Christchurch, 12, fine, calm. Dunedin, 11, fine, calm.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 21; Brisbane, 18, 24; Canberra, 11, 17; Hobart, 7, 19; Melbourne, 12, 20; Perth, 13, 22; Sydney, 15, 22. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 8, 18; Athens, 16, 28; Bahrain, 24, 36; Bangkok, 26, 35; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade, 11, 20; Berlin, 10, 24; Bogota, 5, 21; Brussels, 9, 25; Budapest, 14, 24; Buenos Aires, 6, 18; Cairo, 20, 36; Copenhagen, 10, 22; Dublin, 7, 17; Frankfurt, 7, 22; Geneva, 5, 20; Harare, 10, 25; Havana, 24, 33; Helsinki, 8, 17; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 23, 31; Islamabad, 23, 36; Istanbul, 16, 23; Jakarta, 25, 32; Johannesburg, 10, 22; Kiev, 9, 10; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 20, 26; London, 14. 22; Los Angeles, 12, 22; Madrid, 11, 29; Manila, 22, 30; Mecca, 27, 43; Mexico City, 11, 27; Montreal, 10, 25; Moscow, 6, 16; Nairobi, 14, 21; Nassau, 24, 30; New Delhi, 24, 43; New York, 13, 15; Nicosia, 21, 39; Oslo, 2, 14; Paris, 12, 23; Peking, 15; 26; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 29; Rome, 9, 21; San Francisco, 11, 21; Santiago, 3, 18; Sao Paulo, 13, 22; Seoul. It, 26; Singapore, 25, 30; Stockholm, 8, 19; Taipei, 24, 31; Tokyo, 18, 21; Toronto, 10, 24; Vienna, 12, 23; Warsaw, 8, 21.