Weather

Press, 13 July 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Mainly fine in the east of the North Island, showers elsewhere; fine in the south.of the South Island, rain and snow to low levels elsewhere.

Marlborough: Scattered rain. Nelson, Bullen Showers with fine intervals, variable winds. Westland: Easterlies with light rain. Canterbury: Cold southeasterlies with rain and snow to 300 m. Tomorrow: Rain in the east, mainly fine elsewhere.

Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Scattered rain in most areas with snow to low levels on Saturday, gradually clearing from Sunday. North Island: Showers in all districts, clearing on Sunday in Manawatu.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday nil 9 a.m. to ll p.m 12 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 5 To date this month ... 53 To date this month ... 5 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1106 To date this year 313 Millibars. . . 1009.4 1010.7 To date last year .. . . 1210 To date last year. .... 176 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 362 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July 62 yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, Per cent at noon .... 90 Wettest July (1977) ... 181 minimum 3 deg, grass 1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 97 Driest July (1967) .... 5 deg, rainfall 5 mm.

Sun—Rises 7.59 a.m., sets 5.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 7.58 a.m., sets. 5.12 p.m. Moon— Rises 12.17 p.m., sets 2.37 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 12.47 p.m., sets 3.43 a.m. Phases—Full moon, July 19. Last quarter, July 26. New moon, August 2. First quarter, August 17. High tide at Lyttelton—l2.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.39 a.m. and 1.07 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 15deg., cloudy, N.W., 9 knots. Wellington 12, cloudy,. S.W., 2. Christchurch 4, rain, S., 5. Dunedin 7,. fine, N.E., 10.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 5,13; Brisbane, 5,19; Canberra, 0,10; Darwin, 23, 31; Hobart, 6,9; Melbourne, 7, 12; Perth, 9, 14; Sydney, 10, 16. Main cities of the world: Athens, 23, 34; Bahrain, 30, 37; Bangkok, 26, 34; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 24, 30; Belgrade, 22, 34; Berlin, 15, 23; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 4, 17; Brisbane, 10, 14; Brussels, 16, 25; Budapest, 19, 30; Buenos Aires, 8, 16; Cairo, 21, 34; Calgary, 10, 15; Caracas, 18, 26; Chicago, 26, 38; Copenhagen, 16, 21; Dublin, 10, 20; Frankfurt, 15, 24; Geneva, 17, 22; Harare, 5, 24; Havana, 24, 30; Helsinki, 10, 19; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 24, 32; Islamabad, 27, 41; Istanbul, 19, 28; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 20, 30; Johannesburg, 3,19; Kiev, 20, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14,18; Lisbon, 20, 36; London, 17, 26; Los Angeles, 19, 27; Madrid, 18, 33; Manila, 24, 33; Mecca, 29, 45; Mexico City, 12, 25; Miami, 27, 31; Montevideo, 5, 18; Montreal, 16, 27; Moscow, 18, 29; Nairobi, 13, 18; Nassau, 25, 31; New York, 23, 32; Nicosia, 19, 38; Oslo, 16, 25; Paris, 15, 23; Peking, 20, 33; Rio De Janeiro. 15, 23; Rome, 20, 31; San Francisco, 12, 22; San Juan, 24, 30; Seoul, 19, 23; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 18, 22; Taipei. 28, 36; Tel Aviv, 22, 39; Tokyo, 24, 30; Toronto, 23, 32; Vancouver, 12, 21; Vienna. 18, 27; Warsaw. 19, 30. ..