Weather

Press, 19 July 1989, Page 68

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: North of Taupo, showers, cool. Elsewhere in North Island, southerlies, scattered rain. Canterbury, Marlborough: Occasional rain, cold southerlies. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate southerlies, light rain. Tomorrow: Cold southerly flow \ over much of the country with rain in most places. Dry in Westland and s.Fiordland. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: North of Christchurch, mostly dry after Thursday. In the south, cold southerlies with showers. North Island: Southerlies over entire region with scattered showers. Clearing in west after Thursday. Sun-Rises, 7.56 a.m.; sets 5.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.55 a.m.; sets, 5.15 p.m. MoonRises, 5.36 p.m., sets, 8.17 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.53 p.m.; sets, 8.50 a.m. Phases—Full moon: today. Last quarter: July 26. New moon: August 2. First quarter: August 10. High tide at Lyttelton—4.ls a.m. and 4.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.05 a.m. and 5.35 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, N., 7 knots. Wellington 13, overcast, N., 16. Christchurch -7, partly cloudy, S.W., 10. Dunedin 7, recent showers, W., 11. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Ihr 42 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 To date this month . . 62 To date this month ... 20 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1115 To date this year. ... . 328 Millibars... 998.2 997.9 To date last year 1222 To date last year 177 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July. 122 Average to date 372 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July 62 yesterday: Maximum 9 deg. Per cent at noon ... . 78 Wettest (1977). 181 minimum 0 deg, grass -3 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 92 Driest (1967) 5 deg, rainfall nil mm. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 3, 15; Brisbane, 8, 16; Canberra, 1,8; Darwin, 21, 30; Hobart, 3,8; Melbourne, 6, 13; Perth, 9, 18; Sydney, 7, 13. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 19; Athens, 22, 36; Bahrain, 30, 37; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 21, 26; Belgrade, 13. 25; Berlin, 12, 18; Bermuda, 25, 30; Bogota, 5, 19; Brussels, 11, 24; Budapest, 15, 26; Cairo, 21, 35; Copenhagen, 11, 17; Dublin, 14, 25; Frankfurt. 9, 24; Geneva, 10, 27; Harare, 8, 24; Havana, 25. 30; Helsinki, < 8, 21; Hopg Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 25, 31; Islamabad, 24, 34; Istanbul, 19. 28; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 21, 29; Johannesburg, 5, 19; Kiev. 12, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 15, T 9; Lisbon, 18, 32; Londpn, 16, 26; Los Angeles, 18, 30; Madrid, 19. 37; Manila, 24, 27; Mecca, 29, 44; Mexico City, 12, 24; Montevideo, 5. 21; Montreal, 12, 27; Moscow, 16, 24: Nairobi, 12, 22; New Delhi, 26, 35; New York, 17, 23; Oslo, 11, 21; Paris, 14. 29; Peking, 20, 26; Rio De Janeiro, 14, 24; Rome, 18, 28; San Francisco, 13, 23; San Juan, 25, 31: ; Santiago, 6, 11; Sao Paulo, 9, 17; Seoul, 24, 30; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm. 9, 16; .Taipei, 27, 33; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 20, 26; Toronto, 10, 26; Vancouver, ! 4,16; Vienna. 14,22) Warsaw, 11, 19.