Weather

Press, 21 October 1989, Page 96

Weather

Cold * Worm Occluded Stationary Today’s New Zealand forecast: Rain in the north and west of both islands, including Wellington; mainly fine with some brief rain in the east; increasing cloud and scattered rain in the south. Canterbury, Marlborough: Some rain in the north and in the Alps today; mainly fine on the coast and in Canterbury with variable high cloud and moderate to fresh north-easterlies. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Occasional rain and fresh north-easterlies, moderating. Cloudy. Tomorrow: Showers in the west and the Alps but fine elsewhere with fresh westerlies. Extended range forecast to Wednesday. South Island: Unsettled in the west and south over the long week-end. Mainly fine elsewhere with westerlies continuing. North Island: Unsettled, showery weather in the north and west over the long week-end clearing early in the week; elsewhere mainly dry with fresh west to north-westwards. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport yesterday Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: m m. Temperature: ' deg. Yesterday 10 hr 35 mm 9a.mtollp.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 To date this month .. . 94 To date th-s month ... 104 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1539 To date this year 581 Millibars. . . 1003.7 1004.8 ’mJ r> e ?V '’ ’ 'onn T° date I . as L y . ear 249 Temperatures and rainfall Average for October . . 200 Average to date 529 for the 24 hours to 9a m. Humidity: Average for October. . . 47 yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, Per cent at noon .... 67 Wettest October (1947) . 137 minimum 5 deg, grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 54 Driest October (1961). . 3 deg, rainfall Trace. Sun-Rises, 6.29 a.m.; sets, 8.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.27 a.m.; sets, 8.02 p.m. Moon— Rises, 2.30 a.m.; sets, 10.14 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.07 a.m.; sets, 12.26 p.m. Phases— Ust quarter: October 22. New moon: October 30. First quarter: November 7. Full moon: November 13. High tide at Lyttelton— lo.s2 a.m. and 11.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.50 a.m. and 12.20 a.m. pfvX F ?? ss - 45 ™ n: Port Levy ’ less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25mm, Kaikoura, add 17mm; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather Auckland, 15deg showers, N„ 8 knots. Wellington, 15, partly cloudy, N., 23. Christchurch, 14, fine, E., 10. Dunedin, 13, fine, N.E., 14. and maximum. temperatures in the main Australian y a is Ad o ld F; 1 1’ 18 ; Brisbane, 20, 32; Canberra, 8, 16; Darwin, 27, 34; Hobart, 9, 15, Melbourne, 9, 17; Perth, 10, 20- Sydney 17 24 T^ e, Lt™T d fi ai ?; 9 n V Athens - U - 21 : Bahrain. 25, 32; Bangkok, 23, 29; ?o- d 99 -8 Be tc ,n 4. 5 J 6 ’ Bo B ota - 9 . 19; Brussels, 11, 19; Budapest, 10, 19, Buenos Aires, 13, 22, Cairo, 16, 23; Calgary. —1 20' Caracas 17 Chicapn 1 5' He?sinkf 8 o n ’io 13 Hnnp 7i 2 ’ofi s ’xi Frankfurt ’ 6 ’ 16; Geneva, 2, 17; Harare, 14, 30; Jakarta’94 ?4- ?prn= a u.m g ’ I ? 1 ’.o 6 ’T H u onolulu ’ 22 . 31 ; Islamabad, 9, 28; Istanbul, 9, 16; 39 k^7ma 24 i5 34 9/ T ’io 13 ’J B ’T Johannesbur B’ 12 > 27; Kiev, 2 .9; Kuala Lumpur. 24. MannT 94 15 9>: 12 « 22 ; 1 L0nd0n ’ 141 I 8; Los Angeles, 14, 27; Madrid, 13, 22; Mnntraa| 24 h 3 9- E™ 25 ’ t 3B ’^,* l - 00 C,ty ’ U « 25; 26, 30; Montevideo, 7, 21; q 94- 2 R o’ o' 1 ’- 4 ’, n Na| robi, 15, 25; New Delhi, 16, 33; New York, 7,9; Sntilon 9 i? 4 9n^ I Snn| 9 ’in a l?’ c- 2 ’ 19; Pekin §> 4 - 13; Rome, 5, 24; San Franciso, 14, 29; Aviv 18 23’Tokva ® 12’ iv Tnj-n IfnBa,p°ra. 1 f n8a , p °ra. 24 ' 32; Stockholm, 6, 12; Taipei, 20. 24; Tel Aviv, 18, 23, Tokyo, 12, 15, Toronto, 1,4; Vancouver, 11, 15; Vienna, 9, 18; Warsaw. 11,