Weather

Press, 11 September 1989, Page 40

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showery in the far north, rain easing in the east of the North Island, mainly fine elsewhere apart from rain in the eastern ranges. Drizzle in the east of the South Island, mainly fine in the west. ~ ■ Canterbury, Marlborough: Drizzle about the coasts, mainly night and morning, easterlies. Cloud breaking in inland Canterbury in the-afternoon. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Some cloud, light winds, fine and mild. Tomorrow: Little change. ‘ Extended range forecast to Friday. South Island: In the east, areas of coastal drizzle, north-easterlies, mainly dry inland. Rain Thursday or Friday. In the west, mostly dry at first, little wind from Wednesday, unsettled with some rain. North Island: In the east, areas of drizzle, mainly dry inland. Elsewhere, showers, fresh north-easterlies developing from Wednesday. In the south, dry apart from some rain Thursday or Friday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: ram. Temperature: deg. Yesterday Ihr 36min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Saturday nil Saturday 31 Barometer.. 6p.m. 11 p.m. To date this month .... 49 To date this month ... 41 Millibars. . . 1012.6 1019.6 To date this year .... 1366 To date this year 455 To date last year .... 1513 To date last year 238 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 470 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, Per cent at noon . . . .' 73 Wettest (1946) 120 minimum 10 deg, grass 9 deg, Per cent at 6 p.m. . . 91 Driest (1980) 2 rainfall 4 mm Sun-Rises, 6.41 a.m,; sets 6.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.39 a.m.; sets, 6.15 p.m. Moon— Rises, 12.49 p.m.; sets, 4.4 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.3 p.m.; sets, 4.43 a.m. Phases—Full moon: September 15. Last quarter: September 22. New moon: September 30. High tide at Lyttelton— 12.20 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.10 a.m. and 1.35 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 19deg., fine, S.E., 13 knots. Wellington 13, drizzle, S., 10. Christchurch 12, cloudy, N.E., 20. Dunedin 12, partly cloudy, N.E., 20.

World weather: Minimum and. maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 13; Brisbane, 9, 25; Canberra, 2, 20; Darwin, 22, 31; Hobart, 5, 15; Melbourne, 8,19; Perth, 13, 18; Sydney, 14, 28. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 12, 24; Athens, 20, 29; Bahrain, 29, 43; Bangkok, 25, 32; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 22, 30; Berlin, 13, 25; Bermuda, 24, 30; Brussels, 11, 22; Budapest, 10, 22; Buenos Aires, 7, 19; Cairo, 21, 32; Calgary, 4, 11; Chicago, 20, 30; Copenhagen, 14, 18; Dublin, 6, 15; Geneva, 9, 24; Havana, 24,.31; Helsinki, 11, 15; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 24, 31; Istanbul, 15, 24; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 19, 27; Johannesburg, 1, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lisbon, 17, 24; London, 14, 15; Los Angeles, 15, 26; Madrid, 13, 21; Manila, 26, 30; Mexico'City, 13, 23; Miami, 27, 30; Montreal, 17, 28; Moscow, 6,16; Nairobi, 14, 25; New Delhi, 26, 36; New York, 16, 27; Paris, 14, 27; Peking, 18, 24; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 26; Rome, 17, 25; San Francisco, 14, 19; San Juan, 23, 32; Seoul, 20, 28; Singapore, 22, 30; Stockholm, 8, 16; Taipei, 26, 32; Tokyo, 25, 31; Vancouver, 14, 24; Vienna, 9, 21; Warsaw, 10, 22.