Weather

Press, 11 July 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island and north of the South Island, cloud increasing with rain developing. Rain in the west of the South Island and scattered showers in the east Canterbury: Moderate winds, rain about the alps. Nelson, Marlborough: Light winds, cloud increasing, rain developing. Buller, Westland: Rain, isolated thunderstorms, moderate winds. Tomorrrow: Northeasterlies and periods of rain. Extended range forecast to Saturday South Island: Rain with northerlies in the west, then dry southerlies. In the east and south southerlies developing rain easing to showers bn Friday. North Island: Rain easing to showers, northwest winds. Southerlies developing. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: ’ deg Yesterday hr 0.2 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 To date this month .. . 53 To date this month .. . trace Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1106 To date this year 308 Millibars. . . 1007.7 1011.3 To date last year .... 1193 To date last year 176 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 358 for the 24 hours to 9 a m Humidity: -Average for Ju1y..... 62 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg. Per cent at noon ..... 85 Wettest (1977). 181 minimum 1 deg. grass -4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 51 Driest (1967) ....... 5 deg, rainfall nil mm. Sun-Rises 8 a.m.; sets 5.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 7.59 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Moon— Rises, 11.33 a.m., sets, 12.29 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.53 a.m.; sets, 1.32 am. Phases— First quarter: today. Full moon: July 19. Last quarter July 26. New moon: August 2. High tide at Lyttelton—lo.4B a.m. and 11.11 p.m. Noon weather: Auckland 14deg., cloudy, calm. Wellington 13, cloudy, N., 18 knots, Christchurch 10, cloudy, N,, 3. Dunedin 14, overcast, calm. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures: in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 5, 12; Brisbane, 14, 19; Canberra, 4,8; Hobart, 7, 10; Melbourne, 8, 11; Perth, 7, 14; Sydney, 11, 16. Mdin cities of the world: Athens, 23., 34; Bahrain, 29, 38; Bangkok, 28, 35; Barbados. 24, 28; Beirut, 23, 31; Belgrade, 20, 35; Berlin, 14, 28; Bermuda. 20, 30; Bogota, 3, 19;' Brussels, 16, 23; Budapest, 20, 33; Buenos Aires, 3, 13; Cairo, 22, 35; Caracas, 19, 27Copenhagen, 19, 32; Dublin, 11, 19; Frankfurt, 18, 26; Geneva.ll, 26; Harehare, 8, 20; Havana, 21, 30; Helsinki. 15, 27; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 24, 31; Istanbul, 19, 28; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 19, 30; Johannesburg, 5, 18; Kiev, 15. 24; Kulaia Lumpur, 24 33; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon. 17, 25; London, 15, 20; Los Angeles, 20. 30; Madrid, 15, 33Manila, 24. 32; Mecca, 30, 43; Montevideo, 2, 17; Montreal, 14, 26; Mosccow, 16. 26Nairobi, 12, 15; New Delhi, 29, 39; New York, 20, 29; Nicosia, 19, 36; Oslo, 14, 30; Paris 17, 26; Peking, 21, 33; Rio De Janeiro, 14, 17; Rome, 20, 35; San Juan, 25, 30; Santiago, 5, 12; Singapore, 23, 28; Stockholm, 15, 27; Taipei, 27, 36; Tel Aviv. 20, 30; Tokyo, 23, 27-Toronto,-17, 24; Vienna, 10, 30; Warsaw, 15, 33.