Weather

Press, 29 July 1989, Page 84

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine weather with light winds. Showers clearing in the South Island with isolated showers in the north of the North Island. Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine cool weather with light winds. Extended range forecast until Wednesday. South Island: Fine frosty weather over the week-end with occasional rain from Monday spreading north. North Island: Fine weather with moderate winds. Some rain in central areas from Tuesday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 9hr 30 mln 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 To date this month ... 134 To date this month ... 61 Barometer 6pm 11 pm. To date this year ... . 1188 To date this year 369 Millibars... 10265 1028.6 To date last year .... 1252 To date last year 199 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 394 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for July .... 62 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, Per cent at noon .... 65 Wettest July (1977) ... 181 minimum —3 deg, grass -8 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 51 Driest July (1967) .... 5 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 7.46 a.m.; sets 5.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.45 a.m.; sets, 5.27 p.m Moon— Rises, 5.03 a.m., sets, 1.22 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.03 a.m.; sets, 2.24 p m Phases—New moon: August 1. First quarter August 10. Full Moon: August 17. Last quarter: August 24. High tide at Lyttelton- 1.02 a.m. and 1.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.55 a.m. and 2.25 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min- Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and add 30min) Noon weather Auckland, 12 deg., fine, S.E., 9 knots. Wellington 12 fine N 2 Christchurch 9, fine, calm. Dunedin 12, partly cloudy, W., 2 Q g[on nne> ' ‘ em P er atures in the main Australian cities S, A IT 16; Sidney: Hl9 ’ ; Canberra < 5 - 14 = Hobart, 6, 14; Melbourne, 9,15; Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 18, 22; Athens, 23 35- Bahrain 31 39- Bangkok 26, 31; Beirut, 22. 30; Belgrade, 18, 23; fieri n, 15, 25; Bermuda 28 31 Bogota 9 19 : Brussels, 14, 26; Budapest, 19, 27; Cairo, 22, 33; Copenhagen 20 28 Dublin 14.’ 21 : Kmie kf 30 ’ 32- Hnnntain Va 73 l7 3i 29: T l i arar K’ a’ « Havana ’ 24 > W Helsinki, 13, 25: Hong Kong, 30, 32, Honolulu, 23, 31, Islamabad, 26, 37; Istanbul 20 29* Takarta 24 32* ST V* F lev ,’o 12 ’) 2: Kua'a n Lumpur,a2, K&, 14. Lisbon, 22, 39, London, 17, 25, Los Angeles, 18, 26; Madrid 20 37* Manila 24 31* Mecca ■29, 42; Montevideo, 7, 14; Montreal, 22, 33; Moscow? 14 23- New Demi 281 37< New 18° r 2- 2 Rome Franciw-’ nls^ 2 r l7, 26: Peki “8. 20, 31; Rio De Janeiro, 18, 27, Rome, 20, 33, San Francisco, 13, 20; San Juan, 25. 31* Santiago 12* sao Paulo. 14, 19; Seoul, 20, 24; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 19, 30; Tel Aviv, 2 § 3 SO- Tokyo, 26, 31; Toronto, 21, 32; Vancouver, 14, 23; Vienna, 17, 26; Warsaw, 11, 26.