Weather

Press, 27 July 1989, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain and strong easterlies over north and central North Island areas; mainly fine elsewhere with little wind.

Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and cool with fresh south-easterlies in the sounds; elsewhere calm. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with little wind and some frosts. Tomorrow: Unsettled in the north; fine over most of the South Island.

Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Fine and cool with frosts in some areas; showers likely in the north-east by the week-end, and in the south from Monday. North Island: Rain and strong easterlies in the north moving over the central island; clearing on Monday. Becoming cloudy with showers in the south by the week-end.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9 hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 To date this month ... 115 To date this month ... 61 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1169 To date this year 369 Millibars. . . 1025.5 1025.1 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 .... 64 Wettest (1977> 181 minimum -5 deg, grass -9 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 75 Driest (1967) 5 deg, rainfall nil mm.

Sun Rises, 7.48 a.m.; sets 5.24 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.47 a.m,; sets, 5.25 p.m. Moon — Rises, 2.37 a.m.; sets, 11.48 a.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 3.50 a.m.; sets, 12.30 p.m. Phases — New moon: August 2. First quarter: August 10. Full moon: August 17. Last quarter: August 24. High tide at Lytttelton: 11.42 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.06 a.m. and 12.39 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, 10deg., rain, E., 8 knots. Wellington: 11, fine, S.W. 3. Christchurch: 6, fine, calm. Dunedin, 8, partly cloudy, N.W., 6.

World weathenMinimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 1, 17; Brisbane, 10, 22; Canberra, 0, 13; Darwin, 16, 30; Hobart, 4, 13; Melbourne, 4, 13; Perth, 9, 17; Sydney, 11, 16. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 18, 23; Athens, 21, 33; Bahrain, 32, 40; Bangkok, 25, 31; Beirut, 25, 32; Belgrade, 18, 31; Berlin, 1.4, 29; Bogota, 6, 18; Brussels, 16. 30; Budapest, 19, 30; Buenos Aires,' 9, 14; Cairo, 22, 35; Calgary, 12, 23; Caracas, 18, 26; Chicago, 18, 32; Copenhagen, 15, 26; Dublin, 18, 23; Frankfurt, 18, 27; Helsinki, 10, 25; Hong Kong, 28, 30; Honolulu, 24, 31; Islamabad, 21, 34; Istanbul, 18, 29; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 19, 31; Johannesburg, 0,16; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lisbon, 19, 32; London, 18, 29; Los Angeles, 18, 24; Madrid, 19, 35; Manila, 23, 33; Mecca, 29, 42; Mexico City, 12, 24; Miami, 27, 30; Montevideo, 10, 12; Montreal, 20, 32; Nairobi, 12, 16; New Delhi, 29, 37; New York, 21, 32; Nicosia, 26, 38; Oslo, 13, 28; Paris, 19, 29; Peking, 20, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 32; Rome, 17, 36; San Francisco, 11,19; San Juan, 25. 31; Santiago, 5, 10; Sao Paulo, 12, 27; Seoul, 23, 28; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 18, 30; Taipei, 26, 33; Tel Aviv, 24, 31; Tokyo, 26, 32; Toronto, 19, 33; Vancouver, 13, 23; Vienna, 18, 28; Warsaw, 10, 25.