Weather

Press, 1 August 1989, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine but high cloud over most of the South Island with cloud thickening and rain developing on the West Coast Fine cool weather over most of the North Island with moderate northerlies to northCanterbury, Marlborough: Moderate north-easterlies about the Kaikoura ‘ coast with light winds elsewhere. Some cloudy periods from Wednesday. Buller, Westland: Cloud increasing with some rain developing. Moderate : north-easterlies with scattered rain on Wednesday. Extended range forecast until Saturday. South Island: Mainly fine on the east coast with scattered rain about the western ranges from Wednesday. On the West Coast, dry at first but occasional rain from Wednesday. Moderate north-easterlies predominating. North Island: Fine with moderate northerlies spreading north. Cloud increasing from Wednesday and scattered rain likely in most areas on Thursday and Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Sun-Rises, 7.43 a.m.; seis 5.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.42 a.m.; sets, 5.30 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.30 a.m., sets, 4.45 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.59 a.m.; sets, 5.56 p.m. Phases—New moon: Today. First quarter. August 10. Full moon: August 17. Last quarter. August 24. High tide at Lyttelton—3.3s a.m. and 4.3 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.24 a.m. and 4.52 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, 11 deg., fine, S.W., 3 knots. Wellington, 12, fine, N., 2. Christchurch, 9, cloudy, N.E., 12. Dunedin, 8, partly cloudy, N.E., 17. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities- ' were: Adelaide, 7, 13; Brisbane, 9, 21; Canberra, —J, 10; Darwin, 30, 30; Hobart, 3,9;- 1 Melbourne, 8, .10; Perth, 8, 17; Sydney, 11, 19. . , ». Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 14, 20; Athens, 21, 31; Bahrain, 31, 41; Bangkok, ’ < 26, 35; Beirut, 24, 31; Belgrade, 16, 28; Berlin, 14, 24; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 13, 22;, * Budapest, 13, 26; Buenos Aires, 9, 21; Cairo, 24, 36; Copenhagen, 19, 22; Dublin, 12,19;- ‘ Frankfurt, 26,14; Geneva, 13, 30; Helsinki, 12. 23; Hong Kong, 22, 25; Honolulu, 24, 31;' , Islamabad, 22, 25; Istanbul, 20, 28; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 18, 31; Johannesburg, 6/ 21; Kiev, 17, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 15,19; Lisbon, 18, 32; London, 16, 20; Los' ’ Angeles, 16, 29; Madrid, 23, 24; Manila, 25, 31; Mecca, 28, 46; Mexico City, 12, 22;.' Montevideo, 8, 11; Montreal, 15, 24; Moscow, 15, 23; Nairobi, 12, 20; New Delhi, 26, 29;- , New York, 16, 27; Oslo, 16,18; Paris, 12,19; Peking, 23, 32; Rome, 17, 32; San Francisco,' 13, 19; Santiago, 5,16; Seoul, 24, 31; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 18, 22; Tel Aviv, 22,1 30; Tokyo, 24, 29; Toronto, 17, 25; Vancouver, 13. 22; Warsaw, 17, 21 .V •*

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. deg. : Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: Yesterday 9 hr 4 mln 9 a.m. to 11 p.m...... nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 10 To date this month Sv. 163 To date this month . . . 61 Barometer.. 6 p.m. 11p.m. < To date this year-. . . . 1216 To date this year. .. ; . 369 Millibars. .. 1020.9 1022 • To date last year .... 1271 To date last year 199 Temperatures and rainfall Average for July 122 Average to date 400 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: . Average for July 62 yesterday: Maximum H deg, ’ Per cent at noon . .. 72 Wettest July (1977) . . . 181 minimum —2 deg, grass—6 . Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 84 Driest July. (1967) .... 5 deg, rainfall nil.