Weather

Press, 27 June 1989, Page 38

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers in the north and west of the North Island, mainly fine in the east and south; fine in the north and east of the South Island, showers in the east, rain and snow to low levels in the south from the evening. Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury: Mainly fine, light winds. Westland, Bullen Showers developing. Tomorrow: In the north and east cold showery southerlies with snow to low levels, easing in the west and the south. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Rain easing on Thursday in the north and east, fine in most areas until Saturday. North Island: Rain clearing later in the week, fine on Saturday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 4 hr 42 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 To date this month .. . 83 o.3mm Barometer. 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1026 To date this month ... 64 Millibars. . . 1019.9 1022.0 To date last year ... . 1121 To date this year 307 Temperatures and rainfall Average for June .... 120 To date last year 168 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average to date 331 yesterday: Maximum 10 deg. Per cent at noon .... 69 Average for June 54 minimum 4 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 81 Wettest (1960) 168 deg, rainfall 3 mm. Driest (1979) 5 Sun-Rises, 8.02 a.m.; sets, 5.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.03 a.m. sets, 5.03 p.m. Moon— Rises 12 54 a m.; sets, 12.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.10 a.m.; sets, 12.43 p.m. Phases— New’moon- July 3. First quarter: July 11. Full moon: July 19. Last quaretr: July 26. High tide at Lyttelton— 4.36 a.m. and 11.24 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.56 a.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min- Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kai’koura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30mm.) Noon weather: Auckland 14deg., cloudy, S.W.. 15 knots. Wellington, 10, cloudy, S„ 26. Christchurch, 9, cloudy, S.W., 12. Dunedin, 8, partly cloudy, N.W. 9. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 15; Brisbane, 8, 19; Canberra, 1, 11, Darwin, 21, 30, Hobart, 3, 13; Melbourne, 2, 14; Perth, 7, 19; Sydney, 8, 13. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 17, 25; Athens, 21, 34; Bahrain, 28, 38; Bangkok, 26 34- Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 24, 30; Belgrade, 16, 26; Berlin, 11, 25; Bermuda, 21, 26; Bogota 10 18; Brussels, 14, 28; Budapest, 16, 26; Buenos Aires, 6, 19; Cairo, 20, 35; Calsarv 10 12- Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 18, 30; Copenhagen, 11, 19; Dublin, 12, 20; Frankfurt 12, 23; Geneva, 15, 24; Harare, 10, 20; Havana, 21, 29; Helsinki, 12, 22; Hong Kone 26 29- Honolulu, 21, 32; Islamabad, 23, 41; Istanbul, 18, 28; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 16, 27; Johannesburg, 7, 18; Kiev, 17, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 26; Lisbon, 23, 31; London, 14, 25; Los Angeles, 17, 24; Madrid, 16, 34; Manila, 24, 34; Mecca, 28 43- Mexico City 12 22- Miami, 21, 29; Montevideo, 3, 15: Montreal, 20, 29; Moscow, 16’ 27- Nairobi, 13, 21; New Delhi, 28, 37; New York, 18, 26; Nicosia, 17, 37; Oslo, 9, 22; Paris’l6, 27; Peking, 22, 34; Rome, 18, 28; San Francisco, 14, 19; San Juan, 23, 31; Santiago, 2, 12; Seoul, 19, 29; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 14, 26; Taipei, 24, 34; Tel Aviv, 21, 28; Tokyo, 18, 27; Toronto, 16, 29; Vancouver, 14, 21; Vienna, 15, 24: Warsaw, 14, 26. ’ ’ .