Weather

Press, 21 August 1989, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island, rain spreading south; cold and cloudy in most areas, with some fine patches in central areas. In the south fine inland with frosts; cloudy periods around the coast. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and frosty with some cloud about the coast. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine and cool with light winds and overnight frosts. Tomorrow: Increasing cloud with some coastal showers in the east.

Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: Fine at first with light winds and frosts. From Tuesday increasing cloud and easterlies, with occasional rain. North Island: Fine and frosty at first, with widespread rain in the north spreading south from Tuesday; southerly winds developing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 6hr 54min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Saturday lOhr 18min Saturday Nil Barometer:. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month ... 75 To date this month ... 20 Millibars. . . 1036.3 1037.7 To date this year .... 1291 To date this year 389 To date last year .... 1382 To date last year 224 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August. . . 145 Average to date 436 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August ... 56 yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, Per cent at noon .... 83 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum —1 deg, grass —5 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 73 Driest August (1948). . . 5 rainfall Nil. Sun-Rises, 7.15 a.m.; sets, 5.51 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.13 a.m.; sets, 5.52 p.m. Moon— Rises, 11.05 p.m.; sets, 8.51 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, — ; sets, 9.17 a.m. Phases—Last quarter: August 24. New Moon: August 31. First quarter: September 8. Full moon: September 15. High tide at Lyttelton— 7.4s a.m. and 8.11 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.41 a.m. and 7.08 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., fine, S., 3 knots. Wellington, 11, recent showers, S., 14. Christchurch, 9, cloudy, E., 12. Dunedin, 11, S.E., 6.

World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 6, 15; Brisbane, 12, 22; Canberra, 3, 13; Darwin, 16, 29; Hobart, 6, 14; Melbourne, 6, 15; Perth, 9, 18; Sydney, 12, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 24; Athens, 22, 35; Bahrain, 31, 38; Bangkok, 25, 34; Barbados, 27, 32; Beirut, 26, 35; Belgrade, 20, 33; Berlin, 15, 27; Bermuda, 27, 31; Bogota, 4, 19; Brussels, 13, 30; Budapest 16, 25; Buenos Aires, 14, 23; Cairo, 23, 35; Calgary, 12, 20; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 13, 26; Copenhagen, 12, 22; Dublin, 12, 19; Frankfurt, 11, 26; Geneva, 15, 28; Harare, 10, 24; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 14, 21; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 23, 29; Islamabad, 26, 35; Istanbul, 21, 31; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 18, 29; Johannesburg, 7, 21; Kiev, 20, 32; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 13, 27; Lisbon, 19, 28; London, 14, 26; Los Angeles, 18, 26; Madrid, 19, 33; Manila, 25, 30; Mecca, 25, 44; Mexico City, 13, 23; Miami, 25, 30; Montevideo, 13, 24; Montreal, 10, 25; Moscow, 18, 29; Nairobi, 12, 18; Nassau, 23, 31; New Delhi, 26, 34; New York, 20, 23; Nicosia, 24, 39; Oslo, 10, 20; Paris, 16, 29; Peking, 25, 34; Rome, 20, 36; San Francisco, 14, 19; San Juan, 24, 31; Santiago, 8, 14; Seoul, 23, 27; Singapore, 24, 28; Stockholm, 16, 20; Taipei, 25, 33; Tel Aviv, 24, 33; Tokyo, 25, 30; Toronto, 10, 23; Vancouver, 14, 22; Vienna, 13, 21; Warsaw, 17, 28.