Weather

Press, 10 July 1989, Page 36

Weather

Today’s N.Z. forecast:ln the north cloudy periods in the west, with brief showers, otherwise fine. In the west of the South Island rain, elsewhere fine, although a south-east change may bring some rain later today. Canterbury:Mostly fine although south-east change may bring rain in the evening. Nelson, Marlborough: Fine, light winds. Buller, Westland: Cloud increasing, scattered rain, light winds. Tomorrow: North easterlies and rain.

Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island:Rain widespread in the west and south on Tuesday. Cloudy in the east with rain on Wednesday. Cold southerlies and showers on Thursday. Clearing in the west. North Island: Northerlies and rain developing with a change near the end of the week to southerlies, with some showers.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: ■_ deg. Yesterday Bhr 48min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Saturday Bhrs 48min Saturday nil Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month ... To date this month .. . trace Millibars. . . 1018.7 1.017.5 To date this year .... To date this year 308 To date last year .... 1190 To date last year 176 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date. ..... 356 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July. . . . . 62 yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. Per cent at noon .. . . 68 Wettest July (1977) ... 181 minimum—l deg,grass—6deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 81 Driest July (1967) .... 5 rainfall nil. mm

Sun — Rises, 8.01 a.m.; sets 5.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.00 a.m.; sets, 5.08 p.m. Moon — Rises, 11.15 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.33 a.m.; sets, 12.29 a.m. Phases — First quarter, July 11. Full moon, July 19. Last quarter, July 26. New moon. August 2. High tide at Lyttelton — 10.05 a.m. and 10.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.51 a.m. and 11.08 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 13 deg., cloudy, W., 11 knots. Wellington 13, partly cloudy, S.W., 12. Christchurch 9, fine, calm. Dunedin 10, partly cloudy, calm.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 12; Brisbane, 11, 22; Canberra, 5, 11; Hobart, 7, .8; Melbourne, 10, 13; Perth, 5, 13; Sydney, 8, 14. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 16, 21; Athens, 24, 34; Bahrain, 30, 40; Bangkok, 26, 34; Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 24, 32; Belgrade, 19, 33; Berlin, 17, 28; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 4, 18; Brussels, 18, 27; Budapest, 20, 33; Buenos Aires, 5, 11; Cairo, 22, 35; Caracas, 19, 28; Copenhagen, 20, 30; Dublin, 11, 20; Frankfurt, 18, 32; Geneva, 19, 25; Havana, 23, 31; Helsinki, 13, 15; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 23, 31; Istanbul, 19, 29; Jerusalem, 21, 30; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 16, 26; London, 17, 24; Los Angeles, 19, 31; Madrid, 18, 35; Manila, 24, 33; Mexico City, 12, 25; Montevideo, 3, 12; Montreal, 21, 27; Moscow, 12, 24; Nairobi, 12, 20; Nassau, 22, 32; New Delhi, 27, 40; New York, 22, 33; Nicosia, 22, 38; Oslo, 14, 24; Peking, 20, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 22; Rome, 16, 30; Santiago, 1, 14; Sao Paulo, 8, 12; Seoul, 21, 23; Singapore, 25, 30; Stockholm, 25, 30; Taipei, 27, 36; Tel Aviv, 21, 30; Tokyo, 20, 27; Toronto, 22, 29; Vienna, 19, 31; Warsaw, 15, 30.