Weather

Press, 1 September 1989, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New' Zealand forecast: Continuing cold with southerlies and occasional showers over most of the country. Snow expected in the mountains and to low levels in the south. Canterbury: Cold southerlies becoming strong in exposed places. Occasional showers with snow to low levels. Nelson, Buller, Westland, Fiordland: Scattered snow falls in the mountains, otherwise fine with light or moderate southerlies predominating. Marlborough: Mainly fine with light winds. Occasional showers along the coast. Tomorrow: Southerlies moderating, mainly fine. Extended range forecast to Tuesday. South Island: Cold southerlies, showers and some snow. Conditions easing with brighter intervals from Sunday. Fine and frosty inland from Monday. Generally fine with cold southerlies in Nelson, Buller and Westland. North Island: Mainly fine near Wellington and Gisborne with south-westerlies and showers in the north. Rain expected in the south from Friday, changing to fine with southerlies in the north.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: . : . hrs Rainfall: mtn. Temperature: deg. ..Yesterday 2hr 9 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 To date this month ... 100 To date this month ... 46 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. ;.To date this year ... . 1316 To date this year 44 Millibars... 1000 1004 ?To date last year .. . . 1462 To date last year 234 Temperatures and rainfall •Average for August.. . 145 Average to date 456 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. 'tßuinidity: ‘ Average for August ... 56 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, Ter cent at noon ... . 66 Wettest (1975) 149 minimum 6 deg, grass 4 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 79 Driest (1948) 5 deg, rainfall trace mm.

Sun-Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets 6.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.57 a.m.; sets 6.03 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.07 a.m.; sets, 7.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.25 a.m.; sets, 8.05 p.m. Phases—First quarter, September 8; full moon. September 15; last quarter, September 22, new moon, September 30. High tide at Lyttelton— 4.49 a.m. and 5.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.58 a.m. and 6.02 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; '• Ashburton andßakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add t3omin). f 4 Noon weather: Auckland 14deg., showers, N.W., 28 knots. Wellington 9, recent showers, |S. ; ’ 25; Christchurch 10, cloudy, S.W., 9. Dunedin 8, cloudy, calm. World weather: Minimuum and maximum temperatues in the main Australian cities /.yesterday were: Adelaide. 10, . 15; Brisbane, 7, 23; Canberra, —2, 15; Hobart, 4, 15; Melbourne, 8,?47; Perth, 10, 19; Sydney, 7, 21. ‘ Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 14, 20; Athens, 20, 27; Bahrain, 30, 40; Bangkok, 25, 32; Beirut, 24, 34; Belgrade, 10, 16; Berlin, 12, 19; Brussels, 7, 24; Budapest, 12, 17; Buenos Aires, 10, 20; Cairo, 22, 33; Copenhagen, 8, 18; Dublin, 17, 19; Frankfurt, 8, 17; Geneva, 7, 19; Havana, 26, 30; Helsinki, 5, 14; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 18, 32; Istanbul, 21, 30; Jakarta, 24, 32; Johannesburg, 9, 22; Kiev, 16, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 13, 17; Lisbon, 18, 25; London, 17, 24; Los Angeles. 16, 24; Madrid, 17, 34; Manila, 25, 33; Mecca, 29, 40; Mexico City, 12, 23; Montevideo, 9, 22; Montreal, 16, 25; Moscow, 12, 17; Nairobi, 12, 19; New Delhi, 24, 33; New York, 21, 24; Oslo, 6, 18; Peking, 19, 29; Rome, 15, 26; San Francisco, 12, 20; Santiago, 8, 16; Seoul, 18, 25; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 17, 20; Taipei, 26, 35; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 24, 31; Toronto, 19, 29; Vancouver, 12, 20; Vienna, 10, 14; Warsaw, 10, 19.