Weather

Press, 1 June 1989, Page 56

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain spreading to most areas during the afternoon, although remaining dry in Hawke's Bay', Wairarapa, Marlborough and Canterbury.

Canterbury: Rain developing near Alps, otherwise dry with high cloud, northeasterlies. Marlborough, Nelson: Cloud increasing, some rain. Moderate northerlies. Buller, Westland: Rain developing with freshening northeast winds. Tomorrow: Rain. Northerlies changing to strong cold southerlies.

Extended range forecast to Monday, South Island: Unsettled with showers. Cold southerlies tomorrow, snow to low levels. Conditions may clear briefly on Saturday. North Island: In the north fresh westerlies, becoming colder on Saturday. Elsewhere fresh cold southerlies and wintry showers.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg Yesterday 7hr 48 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 To date this month ... 93 To date this month ... 98 Barometer: . 6 p.m. i p.m To date this year ... . 943 To date this year 243 Millibars. . 1008.2 1007 6 To date last year ... 998 To date last year 139 Temperatures and ramfall Average for May ii • • 125 Average to date 284 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humiditv- Average for May 70 yesterday: Maximum 7 deg. Percent at noon .... 77 Wettest May (1959) ... 198 minimum -3 deg. grass -7 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 86 Driest May (1960) .... 13 deg. rainfall 2 mm.

Sun-Rises, 7.51 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.51 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Moon— Rises, 4.25 a.m.; sets, 2.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.47 a.m.; sets, 3.14 p.m. Phases— New moon: June 4. First quarter: June 11. Full moon: June 19. Last quarter: June 26. High tide at Lyttelton— 1.29 a.m. and 2.01 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.23 a.m. and 2.54 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 weathenAuckland 15deg„ partly cloudy, W., 16 knots. Wellington 14, cloudy, S„ 14. Christchurch 6, fine, N., 3. Dunedin 7, partly cloudy, N.E., 13.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 14; Brisbane, 12, 22; Canberra, 7, 11; Hobart, 2,8; Melbourne, 7, 11; Perth, 11, 17; Sydney, 13, 17. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 6, 16; Athens, 14, 26; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 24, 33- Beirut, 20, 27; Belgrade, 13, 27; Berlin, 10, 23; Bogota, 10, 18; Brussels, 4, 21; Budapest, 15, 24; Buenos Aires, 14, 18; Cairo, 25, 34; Copenhagen, 9, 14; Dublin, 5, 15; Frankfurt, 10, 25; Geneva, 13, 22; Havana, 24, 30; Helsinki, 8, 16; Hong Kong, 25, 25; Honolulu, 23, 31; Istanbul, 11, 20; Jerusalem, 24, 28; Johannesburg, 6, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 14, 21; London, 11, 15; Los Angeles, 15, 21; Madrid, 12. 24; Manila, 25, 35; Mexico City, 10, 28; Montevideo, 9, 20; Montreal, 10, 25; Moscow, 11, 22; Nairobi, 13, 19; New Delhi, 28, 42; New York, 11, 26; Nicosia, 17, 31; Oslo. 5, 16; Paris, 14, Peking, 17, 28; 25; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 25; Rome, 11, 28; Santiago, 8, 14; Sao Paulo, 13, 20; Seoul, 15, 24; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 12, 15; Taipei, 20, 24; Tel Aviv, 22, 27; Tokyo, 15, 22; Toronto, 6, 24,j Vienna, 14, 25; Warsaw, 11, 23. * (