Weather

Press, 2 June 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Scattered rain over most of the North Island; showers over the South Island and snow to low levels.

Nelson, Buller: Easterlies and rain. Marlborough, Canterbury, Westland: Strong, cold south-easterlies with rain and snow down to 400 m. Tomorrow: South-easterlies with rain and snow to 400 m in most areas; fine in Fiordland.

Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Southerlies and showers easing on Sunday; fine, cold with frosts. North Island: Rain clearing on Sunday, fine from Monday in the north, centre and west; showers easing on Monday, fine on Tuesday in the east and south.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 0.1 hr min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 2 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 To date this month ... nil To date this month ... nil Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 943 To date this year 243 Millibars. . . 999 998 To date last year .... 1007 To date last year 139 Temperatures and rainfall Average for June .... 120 Average to date 286 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for June 54 yesterday: Maximum 9 deg. Per cent at noon .... 76 Wettest June (1960) ... 168 minimum -2 deg, grass -5 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 79 Driest June (1979).... 5 deg, rainfall nil mm.

Sun-Rises, 7.51 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.52 a.m.; sets, 5.2 p.m Moon— Rises 5.47 a.m.; sets, 3.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.7 a.m.; sets, 3.55 pm Phases—New moon; June 4. First quarter: June 11. Full moon: June 19. Last quarter: June 26. High tide at Lyttelton—2.23 a.m. and 2.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.16 a.m. and 348 pm (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 15 deg., partly cloudy, N„ 6 knots. Wellington 12 cloudv N 23. Christchurch 5, rain, N., 2. Dunedin 8, cloudy, N.E., 24. ’

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 5, 10; Brisbane, 10, 18; Canberra, 0, 10- Darwin 21 31 • Hobart, 2, 10; Melbourne, 2, 12; Perth, 10, 19; Sydney, 7, 15. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 14; Athens, 14, 30- Bahrain 27 35- Bangkok 24, 33; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 21, 28; Belgrade, 15, 28; Berlin 7 16 ; Bermuda 20 25 : Bogota, 4, 19; Brussels, 5, 18; Budapest, 13, 24; Buenos Aires, 13,'19- Cairo'lB'32 : Calgary, 2, 18; Caracas, 20, 26; Chicago, 17, 29; Copenhagen, 8, 15; Dublin 2 13 Frankfurt, 8, 22; Geneva, 11, 24; Havana, 24, 30; Helsinki, 4, 12; Hong Kong ’22 23 : Honolulu, 17, 25; Islamabad, 23, 42; Istanbul, 14, 24; Jakarta, 22 30- Jerusalem 14 25 : Johannesburg, 5, 20; Kiev, 10, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima 15 - 19- Lisbon’ 14' ’->■ London, 7, 16; Los Angeles, 15, 21; Madrid, 12. 22; Manila, 25, 35; Mecca, 28 46 ; Mexico City, 9, 29; Miami, 24, 29; Montreal, 14, 16; Moscow. 10, 24; Nairobi 12 21 ; Nassau 24 30; New Delhi, 32, 41; New York, 15, 24; Nicosia, 13, 29; Oslo, 6, 17; Paris, 7, 23- Peking' 17, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 27; Rome, 11, 28; San Francisco, 9, 21; San Juan 24 29Santiago, 9, 14; Sao Paulo, 13, 21; Seoul, 15, 24; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm 12 15 T a 'P e >. ?,?’ 24; Te L A « V ’ 19 ’ 26; Tokyo ’ 15 ’ 22; Toront °. 14. 24; Vancouver, 12, 18; Vienna' 14, 23; Warsaw, 6, 25.