Weather

Press, 26 July 1989, Page 60

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Widespread rain in the northern half of the North Island; elsewhere fine and frosty. Canterbury, Marlborough: Coastal cloud, otherwise fine, light winds and frosts. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine, light winds, frosty. Tomorrow: Cloudy, winds freshening. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Fine, frosty, with light winds in most areas; rain developing in the north-east from Thursday. North Island: Rain and fresh easterlies in the north from mid-week, moving south by the week-end.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 4 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 To date this month ... 106 To date this month ... 61 Barometer.. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1160 To date this year 369 Millibars. . . 1030.5 1030.6 To date last year .... 1246 To date last year. 199 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 388 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July 62 yesterday: Maximum 10 deg. Per cent at noon .... 66 Wettest (1977). ...... 181 minimum —4 deg, grass —8 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 66 Driest (1967) 5 deg, rainfall nil. Sun Rises, 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.48 a.m.; sets, 5.24 p.m. Moonßises, 1.18 a.m.; sets, 11.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.37 a.m.; sets, 11.48 p.m. Phases: Last quarter, today; new moon, August 2; first quarter, August 10; full moon. August 17. High tide at Lyttelton 10.45 a.m. and 11.10 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.42 a.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60mm; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min) Noon weather: Auckland 10 deg., cloudy, calm. Wellington 9, partly cloudy, N.W., 3 knots. Christchurch 5, fine, calm. Dunedin 8, cloudy, W., 11. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 1,16; Brisbane, 7,18; Canberra, 4,14; Darwin. 21, 30- Hobart, 5, 13; Melbourne, 8, 15; Perth, 10, 19; Sydney, 9, 17. ... Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 18, 25; Athens, 20, 33; Bahrain, 31 41- Bangkok, 25, 32; Barbados, 25, 31; Beirut, 24, 33; Belgrade. 17. 32; Berlin, 18, 26; Be’rmuda, 27, 31; Bogota, 6, 18; Brussels, 18, 33; Budapest, 17, 29; Buenos Aires, 10, 11- Cairo 23 36; Caracas, 19, 26; Copenhagen 17, 25; Frankfurt, 17, 31; Geneva, 19, 34- Havana-23 31Helsinki 8 22; Hong Kong 27, 30; Honolulu. 25, 31; Islamabad, 24, 28; Istanbul’, 18'. 28; Jakarta, 23, 33; Kiev, 12, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33;.Lima, 14 18- Lisbon 19 28- Los Angeles, 20, 25; Madrid, 16, 33; Manila, 23, 34; Mexico City, 12, 23 Miami 26 3t Montevideo, 8,10; Montreal, 16, 30; Moscow, 12,19; Nairobi, 10, 20- Nassau 26 3 r New Delhi, 29, 38; New York, 23, 34; Nicosia, 24, 38; Oslo, 13, 25; Paris, 21 22 34; Rio De Janeiro 14, 31; Rome, 17,33; San Francisco, 12,19; San Juan, 25,31; Santiago, 3, 14; Sao Paulo, 11, 27; Seoul 24, 31; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 18, 28; Taipei, 25, 33; Tokyo, 25, 31; Toronto, 18, 31; Vancouver, 12, 23; Vienna, 19, 28- Warsaw 9 24