Weather

Press, 26 October 1989, Page 52

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine and mild throughout the North Island; rain developing in the west of the South Island, fine elsewhere. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine with mild north-easterlies. Nelson, Buller: Fine at first, cloudy northeriies later. Westland: Cloudy, northerlies, rain later. Tomorrow: Rain in most areas. Extended range forecast to Monday. South Island: Rain clearing in most districts on Sunday, fine on Monday. North Island: Rain on Saturday, clearing late on Sunday or on Monday. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 12 hr 54 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 146 To date this month ... 137 Barometer:. 6 p.m. II p.m. To date this year .. . 1591 To date this year 614 Millibars. . . 1020.6 1022.9. To date last year .. . 1808 To date last year. .... 250 Temperatures and rainfall Average for October . . 200 Average to date 537 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for October. . . 47 yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. Per cent at noon .... 68 Wettest October (1947) . 137 minimum 8 deg, grass 6 Per cent'at 6 p.m. ... 75 Driest October (1961). . 3 deg, rainfall nil. Sun — Rises, 6.21 a.m.; sets, 8.07 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 8.08 p.m. Moon — Rises, 4.38 a.m., sets, 4.49 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.56 a.m.; sets, 5.51 p.m. Phases — New moon: October 30. First quarter: November 7. Full moon: November 13. Last quarter: November 20. High tide at Lyttelton — 3.05 a.m. and 3.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.52 a.m. and 4.13 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashuurton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland IBdeg., partly cloudy, S.W., 11 .knots. Wellington 17, fine, N., 15. Christchurch 16, fine, E., 10. Dunedin 15, fine, S., 6. Australian weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 24; Brisbane, 20, 22; Canberra, 13, 20; Darwin, 27, 33; Hobart, 9, 16; Melbourne, 13, 20; Perth, 10, 17; Sydney, 19, 32. World weather Amsterdam, 12, 16; Athens, 12, 21; Bahrain, 24, 32; Bangkok, 23, 33; Beirut, 18, 27; Belgrade, 12, 25; Berlin, 7, 15; Brussels, 12, 16; Budapest, 7, 21; Buenos Aires,, 18, 27; Cairo, 17, 28; Calgary, 1, 15; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 6, 22; Copenhagen, 12, 15; Dublin, 10, 14; Frankfurt, 10, 22; Geneva, 5, 22; Harare, 16, 26; Helsinki, 8, 11; Hong Kong, 23, 26; Honolulu, 23, 29; Islamabad, 12„ 28; Istanbul, 12, 20; Jakarta, 24, 34; Jerusalem, 13, 23; Johannesburg, 10, 20; Kiev, 11, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 30; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 16, 22; London, 10, 17; Los Angeles, 18, 23; Madrid, 11, 21; Manila, 24, 34; Mecca, 24, 38; Mexico City, 6, 23; Miami, 17, 26; Montreal, 1, 15; Moscow, 8, 16; Nairobi, 14, 27; New Delhi, 16, 32; New York, 6, 19; Nicosia, 11, 26; Oslo, 2, 15; Paris 14, 22; Peking, 8. 20; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 30; Rome, 9, 25; San Francisco, 14, 17; Santiago 9, 24; Sao Paulo, 16, 22; Seoul, 7, 19; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 8, 12; Taipei, 22„ 28; Tel Aviv, 16, 25; Tokyo, 12, 18; Toronto, 4, 18; Vancouver, 10, 15; Vienna, 8, 20- Warsaw 8, 22.