Weather

Press, 6 September 1989, Page 72

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Scattered rain in Northland possibly spreading into Auckland. In the east from Gisborne to Otago cloudy areas, with coastal drizzle mainly night and morning. Elsewhere fine apart from some cloud. Canterbury, Marlborough: Extensive low cloud and drizzle about the coasts and plains, mainly night and morning. Fine intervals in inland Marlborough and in Canterbury in the afternoon. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine,, light winds, mild afternoons. Tomorrow: Cloudy with coastal drizzle in the east, mainly fine in the west. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: In the east from Marlborough to Southland, coastal cloud and drizzle, mainly fine inland. In the west from Nelson to Fiordland, mainly fine, mild days. North Island: Occasional rain and fresh easterlies in most areas to the week-end, then clearing except for Northland. Mainly fine in Wellington. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday nil hr min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. .... trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9> To date this month ... 35 To date this month .. . trace Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1351 To date this year 414 Millibars. . . 1026.4 1026.4 To date last year .... 1477 To date last year 234 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 463 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, Per cent at noon .... 86 Wettest (1946) 120 minimum 6 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 90 Driest (1980) 2 deg, rainfall trace mm. Sun — Rises, 6.48 a.m.; sets, 6.8 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.47 a.m.; sets, 6.9 p.m. Moon — Rises, 8.47 a.m.; sets, 12 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.17 a.m.; sets, 12.20 a.m. Phases — First quarter: September-8. Full moon: September 15. Last quarter: September 22. New moon: September 30. High tide at Lyttelton — 8.49 a.m. and 9.10 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.31 a.m. and 9.57 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, cloudy, N.E., 17 knots. Wellington 11, fine S. 5. Christchurch 8, overcast, N.E., 10. Dunedin 6, overcast, calm. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Brisbane, 8, 24; Canberra, 2, 18; Darwin, 20, 32; Hobart 8 18’ Melbourne, 8, 21; Perth, 11, 21; Sydney , 10, 19. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13, 18; Athens, 20, 31; Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 22, 31; Berlin, 8, 20; Bermuda, 28, 29; Brussels, 4, 19; Budapest, 13, 17; Buenos Aires, 11, 20; Cairo, 21, 35; Calgary, 9, 19; Chicago, 17,’ 23; Copenhagen, 7, 18; Dublin, 12, 16; Geneva, 12, 18; Harare, 16, 29; Hong Kong, 26, 31; Honolulu, 24, 31; Islamabad, 21, 34; Istanbul, 20, 30; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 16, 29 Johannesburg, 11, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 20, 31; London, 14, 20; Los Angeles, 17, 30; Madrid, 16, 29; Manila, 24, 30; Mexico City, 12, 24; Miami, 26, 32; Montreal, 7, 21; Moscow, 12, 20; Nairobi, 11, 29; New Delhi, 24, 31; New York, 14, 24Oslo, 7, 20; Paris, 11, 20; Peking, 17, 27; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 23; Rome, 14, 26; Sari Francisco, 11, 22; San Juan, 25, 31; Santiago, 9, 11; Seoul, 17, 26; Singapore, 22, 26; Stockholm, 11, 19; Taipei, 26, 32; Tokyo, 23, 26; Vancouver, 11, . 19; Vienna, 12 17Warsaw, 12, 14.