Weather

Press, 24 June 1989, Page 92

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Widespread rain in the North Island, easing later in the north, mild northerly winds. Rain developing over the South Island in the afternoon. Canterbury, Marlborough: Cloud increasing, with rain in the afternoon. Winds freshening. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Freshening north-easterlies, and rain developing in the morning. Tomorrow: Wet southerlies in the east, rain easing in the west and north. Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: In the north mainly fine with frosts; elsewhere cold south-west winds with showers. North Island: Mainly fine with some isolated showers. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 5 hr 12 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . ir To date this month ... 77 To date this month ... 55 Barometer: . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1020 To date this year 299 Millibars. . . 1023.6 1022.2 To date last year .... 1106 To date last year 167 Temperatures and rainfall Average for June .... 120 Average to date 325 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for June 54 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, Per cent at noon .... 72 Wettest June (1960) ... 168 minimum 2 deg, grass —2 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 78 Driest June (1979).... 5 deg, rainfall nil. Sun — Rises, 8.2 a.m.; sets, 5.2 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.2 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Moon — Rises, 10.24 p.m.; sets, 11.13 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.39 p.m.; sets, 11.35 a.m. Phases.— Last quarter: June 26. New moon: July 3. First quarter: July 11. Full moon: July 19. High tide at Lyttelton — 8.18 a.m. and 8.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.11 a.m. and 10.36 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 weather: Auckland, 13deg., cloudy, N.E., Il knots. Wellington, 11, cloudy, N.E., 6. Christchurch, 10, partly cloudy, N.E., 11. Dunedin, 7, fine, calm. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 5, 13; Brisbane, 10, 22; Canberra, 1, 12; Darwin, 15, 27; Hobart, 1, 10; Melbourne, 5, 11; Perth, 8, 17; Sydney, 12, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 19; Athens, 18, 30; Bahrain, 26, 35; Bangkok, 24, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 23, 29; Belgrade, 13, 20; Berlin, 13, 28; Bermuda, 24. 30; Brussels, 12, 23; Budapest, 12, 25; Buenos Aires, 12, 15; Cairo, 22, 38; Calgarv, 8, 18; Caracas, 18, 27; Chicago, 14, 28; Copenhagen, 16, 25; Dublin, 7, 20; Frankfurt’ 15, 31; Geneva, 12, 29; Harare, 10, 24; Havana, 10, 24; Helsinki, 16, 24; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad, 21, 39; Istanbul, 17, 26; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem. 16, 28; Johannesburg, 3, 18; Kiev, 14, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon. 18. 30; London, 13, 19; Los Angeles, 18, 33; Madrid, 17, 35; Manila, 22, 30; Mecca, 25, 45; Mexico City, 12, 22; Miami, 26, 31: Montevideo, 8, 16; Montreal, 18, 28; Moscow, 16, 30; Nairobi. 15, 21; Nassau, 26, 32; New Delhi, 29, 37; New York, 21, 25; Nicosia, 15. 34; Oslo, 16, 26; Paris, 19, 29; Peking, 22, 30; Rome, 12, 27; San Francisco, 15, 34; San Juan, 23. 30; Santiago, 2, 18; Seoul, 16, .28; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 17, 26; Taipei, 23, 29; Tel Aviv, 20, 29; Tokyo, 17, 23; Toronto, 16, 22; Vancouver, 9, 19; Vienna, 14, 26.