Weather

Press, 4 September 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: In the north cloudy with scattered rain. Elsewhere fine apart from some areas of high cloud. Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with a few areas of cloud. Light or moderate variable winds. Frosts overnight. Tomorrow: Little change. Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: Mostly dry weather, with light winds. Scattered showers in the west and cool southwesterlies in the south on Thursday. North Island: In the north showers with northeasterlies developing on Thursday. Elsewhere mostly dry with southerlies developing on Friday. Noon weather: Auckland 12 deg., cloudy, calm. Wellington 11, fine, S., 8 knots. Christchurch 12, fine, S., 8. Dunedin 11, partly cloudy, S., 6. Sun-Rises, 6.57 a.m.; sets 6.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.55 a.m.; sets, 6.04 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.25 a.m., sets, 8.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.42 a.m.; sets, 9.07 p.m. Phases—First quarter: September 8. Full moon: September 15. Last quarter: September 22. New moon: September 30. High tide at Lyttelton—s.3B a.m. and 6.02 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.30 a.m. and 6.54 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.)

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine- hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 8 9 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Saturday 10*12 ' Saturday. nil Barometer. 6p.m. 11p.m. To date this month 29 To date this month .. . trace Millibars. . . 1031.8 1033.1 To date this year .... 1345 To date this year 414 To date last year 1475 To date last year 234 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date. .'.... 460 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 11 deg. Per cent at noon .... 51 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum -2 deg, grass -6 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 82 Driest September (1980) 2 rainfall nil mm World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were- Adelaide, 8, 19; Brisbane, 11, 23; Canberra, 3, 15; Hobart, 5, 16; Melbourne, 9, 15; Perth, 11, 24; Sydney, 11, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13, 18; Athens, 19, 30; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 25 32; Beirut, 22, 32; Belgrade, 10, 23; Berlin, 8, 18; Brussels, 5, 18; Budapest, 15, 22; Buenos Aires, 5, 17; Cairo, 23, 33; Copenhagen, 8, 18; Dublin, 9, 19; Frankfurt, 13, 22; Geneva, 11, 22; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 5, 13; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 25, 31; Islamabad, 18, 34; Istanbul, 17, 27; Jakarta, 25, 32; Johannesburg, 6, 23; Kiev, 14, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 19, 29; London, 13, 19; Los Angeles, 16, 29; Madrid, 16, 30; Manila, 25, 31; Mexico City, 14, 25; Miami, 27, 32; Montreal, 16, 21; Moscow, 11, 22; Nairobi, 13, 22; Nassau, 25, 34; New Delhi, 24, 29; New York, 20. 28; Nicosia, 17, 36; Oslo, 7, 18; Paris, 12, 21; Rome, 14, 25; San Francisco, 14, 22; San Juan, 25 32- Santiago. 4, 23; Seoul, 21, 26; Singapore, 23, 29; Stockholm, 15, 20; Taipei, 26, 34; Tokyo, 26, 31; Toronto, 19, 22; Vancouver, 15, 20; Vienna, 14, 20; Warsaw, 9, 19.