Weather

Press, 22 June 1989, Page 52

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers clearing in the North Island and throughout- most of the South Island?* < Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury: Fine, cool, frosty with variable winds. Buller, Wefctland: Moderate south-westerlies, mainly fine, cool. Tomorrow: Northerliesarain in Fiordland, fine elsewhere. Extended irnge,. forecast to Monday. South Island, sOuth-westerlies with showersMnd snow to low levels from Saturday,. partially clearing on Monday. North Island: Scattered rain in most areas at the" week-end, clearing on Monday. ! J .< A CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taketa at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: '7 hrs Rainfall:?? mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 42 min ‘ ' 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 To date this month .. . 69 To date this month .. . 53 Barometer:. 6p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .t . . 1012 To date this year 297 Millibars. . . 1015.5 1018.8 To date last year .I. . 1098 To date last year 167 Temperatures and rainfall Average for June 120 Average to date 322 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Jfc Average for June 54 yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, Per cent at noon .£ . . 66 Wettest June (1960) .. . 168 minimum 2 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. i. . 87 Driest June (1979).... 5 deg, rainfall 2 mm. 1 Sun-r-Rises, 8.52 a.m.; sets 5.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.02 a.m.; sets, 5.03 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.53; p;m., sets 10.18 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.09 p.m.; sets, 10.48 a.m. Phases— Last quarter: June 26. New moon: July 3. First quarter: July 11. Full moon: July 19. High tide at Lyttelton—6.3o a.m. and 7 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.25 a.m. and 7.52 p.m! (Lake Forsyth, less-60fnin; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min. Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland 10deg., partly cloudy, S., 14 knots. Wellington 9, cloudy, S.W., 26. Christchurch* 7, cloudy, S.W., 17. Dunedin 6, rain, W., 16. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:.Adelaide, 8, 14; Brisbane, 8,19; Canberra, 3, 11; Darwin, 18, 26; Hobart, 2,9; Melbourne, 7, 15; Perth, 7, 16; Sydney, 13, 16. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 16, 27; Athens, 16, 30; Bahrain, 28, 36; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 21, 27; Belgrade, 12, 23; Berlin, 13, 25; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, 11, 27; Budapest, 15, 19; Buenos Aires, 10, 19; Cairo, 20, 33; Calgary, 10, 17; Caracas, 19, 25; Chicago, 15, 28; Copenhagen, 16, 26; Dublin, 15, 24; Frankfurt, 12, 28; Geneva, 13, 27; Harare, 7, 22; Havana, 20, 33; Helsinki, 13, 23; Hong Kong, 26, 29; Honolulu, 24, 31; Islamabad, 19, 36; Istanbul, 15, 24; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 15, 28; Johannesburg, 2, 18; Kiev, 15, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lisbon, 15, 26; London, 16, 30; Los Angeles, 18, 37; Madrid, 17, 33; Manila, 25, 34; Mecca, 28, 36; Mexico City, 11, 22; Miami, 25, 31; Montevideo, 9, 17; Moscow, 17, 26; Nairobi, 12, 21; Nassau, 23, 31; New Delhi, 26, 38; New York, 19, 26; Nicosia, 15, 34; Oslo, 15, 29; Paris, 18,.29; Peking, 21, 29; Rome, 11, 28; San Francisco, 13, 26; San Juan, 23, 30; Santiago, 5, 15; Seoul, 15, 25; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 14, 26; Taipei, 21, 26; Tel Aviv, 20, 28; Tokyo, 15, 21; Toronto, 13, 26; Vienna, 12, 19; Warsaw, 9, 20.