Weather

Press, 28 July 1989, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showery in most of the North Island except fine in Taranaki, mostly fine in the South Island. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine, frosts overnight, moderate winds. Nelson, Buller, Westland: fine cool weather, light winds. Tomorrow: Similar. Extended range forecast until Tuesday. South Island: Fine cool weather in most areas, showers in southern regions Sunday, Monday, spreading north. North Island: North of Wellington, showers with south-easterlies, gradually improving. In the south, dry with some cloudy areas. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 To date this month ... 125 To date this month ... 61 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1178 To date this year 369 Millibars. .. 1023.9 1023.8 To date last year .... 1247 To date last year 199 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date. 392 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July -62 yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, Per cent at noon .... 64 Wettest (1977) 181 minimum -4 deg, grass -8 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 56 Driest (1967) 5 deg, rainfall nil mm. Sun-Rises, 7.47 a.m.; sets 5.25 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.46 a.m.; sets, 5.26 p.m. Moon— Rises, 3.53 a.m., sets, 12.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.3 a.m.; sets, 1.22 p.m. Phases: New moon: August 1. First Quarter: August 10. Full moon: August 11 Last quarter: August 23. High tide at Lyttelton—l2.6 a.m. and 12.39 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.2 a.m. and 1.33 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 12deg„ cloudy, E., 18 knots. Wellington 10, partly cloudy, S., 16; Christchurch 10, fine, calm; Dunedin 11, fine, W., 12. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 7, 19; Brisbane, 12, 21; Canberra, 2, 11; Darwin, 18, 30; Hobart, 4, 14; Melbourne, 5, 16; Perth, 11, 17; Sydney, 11, 15. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 18, 23; Athens, 22, 34; Bahrain, 31, 40; Bangkok, 26, 31; Beirut, 24, 33; Belgrade, 19, 24; Berlin, 17, 29; Bogota, 9, 19; Brussels, 7, 26; Budapest, 16, 25; Buenos Aires, 6, 10; Cairo, 22, 35; Copenhagen, 15, 27; Dublin, 13, 21; Frankfurt, 17, 26; Geneva, 17, 28; Havana, 25, 30; Helsinki, 12, 26; Hong Kong, 28. 31; Honolulu, 24, 30; Islamabad, 25, 36; Istanbul, 18, 28; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 19, 30; Johannesburg, 1, 17; Kiev, 14, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 21, 35; London, 19; 26; Los Angeles, 17, 28; Madrid, 18, 26; Manila, 23 30; Mexico City, 13, 25; Montevideo, 3, 11; Montreal, 20, 32; Moscow, 11, 19; Nairobi, 8, 20; New Delhi, 28, 35; New York, 23, 33; Oslo, 13, 29; Paris, 20, 29; Peking, 20, 32; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 28; Rome, 17, 36; San Francisco, 12, 18; Santiago, 6, 11; Sao Paulo, 16, 22; Seoul, 23, 30; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 24, 29; Tel Aviv, 24, 30; Tokyo, 25, 31; Toronto, 19, 33; Vancouver, 13, 23; Vienna, 19, 25; Warsaw, 13, 25.