Weather

Press, 14 September 1989, Page 44

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast Mostly showers with some south easterlies in the North Island. Mainly fine in the south with some showers in Marlborough, along the Kaikoura Coast, Canterbury and Otago. Canterbury: Generally cloudy in the east with fresh northeasterlies and some rain at times. Marlborough: Mostly cloudy with scattered light rain. Nelson, Bullen Fine and mild. Westland: Fine with light winds. Tomorrow: Showers mostly but fine weather expected in Canterbury.

Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Showers in most places except for Southland. Clearing on Monday with showers expected in Otago and Southland. North Island: Showers clearing on Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: nun. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 0.4 hr 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 2 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 To date this month .... 56 To date this month ... 41 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .. . . 1373 To date this year 455 Millibars. . . 1026.0 1025.2 To date last year .... 1526 To date last year 238 Temperatures and rainfall Average for September. 162 Average to date 475 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg. Per cent at noon .... 78 Wettest (1946) 120 minimum 9 deg, grass 8 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 96 Driest (1980) 2 deg, rainfall o.lmm. Sun-Rises, 6.35 a.m.; sets 6.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.33 a.m.; sets, 6.18 p.m. Moon— Rises, 4.40 p.m., sets, 5.41 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6 p.m.; sets, 6.05 a.m. Phases — Full moon: tomorrow. Last quarter: September 22. New moon: September 30. First quarter: October 8. High tide at Lyttelton 2.49 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.40 a.m. and 4.07 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 18 deg., S.E., partly cloudy. Wellington 12, S.E., drizzle. Christchurch 11, E., cloudy. Dunedin 10, N.E., drizzle. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide 8,16; Brisbane 13, 21; Canberra 0, 11; Darwin 24, 33; Hobart 4, 13; Melbourne 7, 15; Perth 12, 23; Sydney 9, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 13, 17; Athens, 21, 34; Bahrain, 31, 37; Bangkok, 26, 35; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 22, 30; Belgrade, 13, 22; Berlin, 11, 19; Bermuda, 25, 30; Brussels, 7, 23; Budapest, 14, 21; Buenos Aires, 12, 17; Cairo, 23, 34; Chicago, 11, 24; Copenhagen, 11, 17; Dublin, 14, 16; Frankfurt, 14, 26; Geneva, 14, 21; Helsinki, 1, 11; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 23, 32; Islamabad, 21, 31; Istanbul, 19, 28; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 18, 30; Johannesburg, 7, 22; Kiev, 10, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 14, 23; London, 16, 22; Los Angeles, 16, 25; Madrid, 12, 25; Manila, 23, 30; Mecca, 27, 43; Mexico City, 10, 25; Miami, 27, 30; Montevideo, 11, 16; Montreal, 16, 20; Moscow, 5, 14; Nairobi, 18, 20; New Delhi, 24, 36; New York, 23, 33; Oslo, 5, 17; Paris, 15. 23; Rome, 16, 24; San Francisco, 13, 15; San Juan, 24, 31; Santiago, 2, 16; Seoul, 21, 28; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 2, 16; Taipei, 25, 30; Tel Aviv, 22, 30; Tokyo, 26, 31; Toronto, 15, 22; Vancouver, 11, 23; Vienna, 14, 20; Warsaw, 11, 18.