Weather

Press, 31 August 1989, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Cold showers mostly with snow expected in some high country areas.

Canterbury:Southerlies freshening during the day. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Becoming colder, with snow on the hills later in the day. Nelson, Buller: Cold southerlies developing. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain at first but. clearing later in the day. Westland: Cloudy with scattered rain in the north at first, otherwise cool weather with freshening south-east winds. Fiordland: Fine weather, apart from some showers about the south coast. Cold southeasterlies freshening in exposed places. Tomorrow: Cold showers with southerlies in most areas. Extended range forecast to Monday: South Island: Cold southerlies and showers, easing about Saturday with fine, frosty conditions expected on Monday. North Island: Cold southerlies with some showers. Clearing over the week-end except for Taihape, Wanganui and Manawatu where cold, southeasterlies will continue. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Ihr 6 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 To date this month ... 98 To date this month ... 46 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year ..... 1313 To date this year 414 Millibars. . . 997.5 997.5 To date last year .... 1451 To date last year 234 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August... 145 Average to date 454 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August ... 56 yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, Per cent at noon .... 66 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum 6 deg, grass 4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 83 Driest August (1948). . . 5 deg, rainfall trace mm. Sun Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 6.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 6.02 p.m. Moon Rises, 6.49 a.m.; sets, 5.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.07 a.m.; sets, 7.02 p.m. Phases — New moon: today. First quarter: September 8. Full moon: September 15. Last quarter: September 22. High tide at Lyttelton — 4.05 a.m. and 4.26 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.49 a.m. and 5.13 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 15 deg., overcast, N., 13 knots. Wellington 14, partly cloudy, W., 18. Christchurch 12, calm, cloudy. Dunedin 11, cloudy, S., 8. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 13; Brisbane, 7, 24; Canberra, —l, 13; Hobart, 7, 13; Melbourne, 4, 16; Perth, 9, 16; Sydney, 9, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 10, 18; Athens, 21, 34; Bahrain, 31, 39; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 25, 31; Beirut, 23, 33; Belgrade, 14, 18; Berlin, 10, 16; Brussels, 10, 20; Budapest, 12, 16; Buenos Aires, 5, 19; Cairo, 21, 33; Calgary, 6, 14; Chicago, 21, 28; Copenhagen, 10, 12; Dublin, 14, 19; Frankfurt, 11, 18; Geneva, 7, 18; Havana, 25, 31; Helsinki, 9, 12; Hong Kong, 26, 29; Honolulu, 21, 31; Islamabad, 21, 28; Istanbul, 20, 28; Jakarta, 24, 34; Johannesburg, 8, 26; Kiev, 14, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 14, 20; Lisbon, 18, 26; London, 12, 19; Los Angeles, 17, 26; Madrid, 17, 32; Manila, 25, 33; Mexico City, 12, 24; Miami, 27, 31; Montevideo, 4, 18; Montreal, 13, 25; Moscow, 3. 15; Nairobi, 12, 22; New Delhi, 24, 32; New York, 19, 24; Oslo, 6, 18; Paris, 11, 20; Peking, 19, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 26; Rome, 23, 29; San Francisco, 12, 18; San Juan, 24, 32; Santiago, 6, 17: Seoul, 21, 24; Singapore, 23, 27; Stockholm, 10, 18; Taipei, 26, 33; Tel Aviv, 22, 29; Tokyo. 24, 32; Toronto, 13, 26; Vancouver, 13, 20; Vienna, 13, 16; Warsaw, 12, 20.