Weather

Press, 12 June 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Unsettled, with rain in most districts; a cooler south-west change developing over the southern half of the South Island. Canterbury: Misty and occasional light rain, cooler southwesterlies later today. Marlborough: Rain, heavy in the north and west, mild. Nelson: Heavy rain, northerlies fresh in exposed places. Buller: Rain with moderate northeasterlies. Westland: Rain, but clearing later, variable winds. Tomorrow: Clearing in Canterbury, winds becoming light. Extended forecast to Friday. South Island: Rain to tomorrow in the north, then mainly fine; showers in the west; showers today in the south, mostly fine from tomorrow; showers in the east to tomorrow, then mostly fine. North Island: Rain in the north to tomorrow, then mostly dry with little wind; scattered rain in the east, mostly fine from midweek; rain in the south, northwesterlies from Wednesday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 4 hrs 6min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 20 Saturday 0 hrs 12min Saturday 1 Barometer:. fi p.m 11pm. To date this month ... 28 To date this month ... 37 Millibars. . . 1001.1 1002.7 To date this year .... 971 To date this year 280 To date last year .... 1071 To date last year 143 Temperatures and rainfall Average for June .... 120 Average to date 304 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for June 54 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. Per cent at noon .... 83 Wettest (1960) 168 minimum 6 deg. grass 2 deg Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 81 Driest (1979) 5 rainfall 1 mm Sun— Rises, 7.59 a.m.; sets, 4.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.59 a.m.; sets, 4.59 p.m. Moon— Rises, 12.53 p.m.; sets, 12.38 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.11 p.m.; sets. 1.40 a.m. Phases— Full moon, June 19; last quarter, June 26; new, July 3; first quarter, July 11. High tide at Lyttelton— ll.26 a.m. and 11.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.14 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaora, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland, 19 deg., rain. N., 18 knots. Wellington, 16. drizzle, N.. 18. Christchurch, 15, cloudy, calm. Dunedin, 9, fog, S., 6. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 15; Brisbane, 9, 17; Canberra, 4, 12; Hobart, 10. 12: Melbourne, 9, 15; Perth, 11, 15; Sydney, 10, 14. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 8, 14; Athens, 19, 32; Bahrain. 28. 39; Bangkok. 26. 33; Barbados, 23, 30; Belgrade. 12, 24; Berlin, 10. 23; Bermuda, 24. 29; Bogota. 5. 19; Brussels, 15, 20; Budapest, 14, 23; Buenos Aires, 9, 15; Cairo, 17, 32; Calgary. 11. 19; Caracas, 19, 24; Chicago,- 15, 19; Copenhagen. 7, 15; Dublin. 8, 18; Frankfurt. 8, 20; Geneva,’ 7, 23; Harare, 8, 23; Havana, 25. 30; Helsinki, 11, 16; Hong Kong. 21. 29: Honolulu, 24, 32: Islamabad, 24, 40; Istanbul. 16. 26; Jakarta, 25. 33; Jerusalem, 15, 22; Johannesburg, 1, 16; Kiev, 17, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 32; Lima. 13. 18; Lisbon. 14. 23; London, 14, 21; Los Angeles, 16, 20; Madrid, 12, 26; Manila, 24. 31; Mexico City. 14. 30: Miami, 27, 30; Montreal, 13, 22; Moscow, 16, 29; Nairobi, 12, 21; Nassau. 25. 31; New Delhi, 29, 41; New York. 18, 20; Nicosia, 15. 33; Oslo. 10. 18; Paris. 14. 22; Peking. 18. 28: Rome, 15, 29; San Francisco. 10, 18; San Juan. 24. 30; Santiago. 5. 23; Seoul. 14. 23: Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 10, 19; Taipei, 27, 34; Tel Aviv. 18. 26; Tokyo. 12. 15: Toronto, 16, 20; Vienna, 14, 26; Warsaw. 10. 19.