Weather

Press, 22 August 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the North Island cloudy with scattered rain. South-easterlies or easterlies reaching gale force in some places. More moderate north-east or easterly winds in the South Island. Some rain about the coast; elsewhere fine. Canterbury, Marlborough: Overcast with rain especially in coastal areas and north of Banks Peninsula; elsewhere mainly fine with little wind. Nelson, Bulier, Westland. Mostly fine but a few showers about the ranges. Light variable winds, cool. Tomorrow: Mostly dry with some coastal drizzle. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Becoming cloudy about the Canterbury coast with some drizzle patches; cool easterlies predominating mostly fine elsewhere with frosts at night. North Island: Rain easing to showers on Wednesday with cool south-west winds. Increasing fine period in Wellington by Friday. Continuing showers elsewhere. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: - hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 12 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 To date this month ... 85 To date this month ... 20 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1301 To date this year. . ... 389 Millibars. . . 1032.4 1031.9 To date last year .... 1387 To date last year 230 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August... 145 Average to date 438 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August ... 56 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, Per cent at noon .... 68 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum 0 deg, grass —5 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 75 Driest August (1948). . . 5 deg, rainfall nil. Sun-Rises, 7.13 a.m.; sets 5.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.11 a.m.; sets, 5.53 p.m. Moon— Rises, 11.05 p.m., sets, 8.51 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, midnight; 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—7.3s a.m. and 8.05 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.35 a.m. and 9.02 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, 13 deg., recent showers, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington 12, rain, N.E., 2. Christchurch, 10, fine, N.E., 16. Dunedin, 9, fine, N.E., 12. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 13; Brisbane, 11, 22; Canberra, 1, 12; Darwin, 18, 30; Hobart, 5, 12; Melbourne, 7, 13; Perth, 10, 22; Sydney, 10 19 Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 30; Athens, 22, 33; Bahrain 31 40- Bangkok, 26, 35; Beirut, 26, 36; Belgrade, 20, 34; Berlin, 13, 28; Brussels, 16, 30- Budapest 17, 27; Buenos Aires, 9, 16; Cairo, 23, 34; Copenhagen, 16, 22; Dublin, 18, 22;’Frankfurt, 15, 29; Geneva, 13, 29; Harare, 10, 23; Helsinki, 9, 21; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 24, 29; Islamabad, 21, 29; Istanbul, 20, 29; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 20, 31’ Johannesburg, 7, 23; Kiev, 16, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 20, 29; London, 17, 29; Los Angeles, 18, 26; Madrid, 20, 33; Manila, 24, 26; Mecca 27, 43- Mexico City, 10, 24; Montevideo, 10, 14; Montreal, 13, 27; Moscow, 12, 23; New Delhi, 26, 35; New York, 18, 21; Oslo, 13, 21; Pans, 17, 27; Peking, 17, 25; Rio De Janeiro, 16, 30- Rome 20, 36; San Francisco, 14, 20; San Juan, 25, 32; Santiago, 5, 10; Sao Paulo, 15 27- Seoul, 25, 27; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 10, 24; Tel Aviv, 25, 31; Tokyo 23 29- Toronto, 16, 25; Vancouver, 14, 22; Vienna, 17, 24; Warsaw, 11, 26.