Weather

Press, 2 November 1989, Page 52

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Some showers in the north "and west of the North Island and about Cook Strait. Otherwise fine. In the east from Gisborne to Canterbury mostly fine. Elsewhere some rain, clearing later. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine at first with some showers and cool, southwesterly showers later in the day in Canterbury. Mainly fine, with moderate westerlies and isolated showers developing later in Marlborough. Nelson,' Buller, Westland: Showers at first. Clearing later. Tomorrow: Fine weather in all districts apart from a few afternoon showers inland. Extended range forecast to Sunday South Island: Variable winds with some showers. Mainly fine from Friday. North Island: Some showers. Otherwise fine with variable winds. Mostly fine for the week-end. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 3 hr 6 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 To date this month ... 3 To date this month ... — Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11 p.m. ■To date this year .... 1641 To date this year 615 Millibars. . . 999.1 1000.3 To date last year .... 1858 To date last year 250 Temperatures and rainfall Average for November. 207 Average to date 548 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for November. 49 yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, Per cent at noon .... 58 Wettest November (1942) 140 minimum 12 . deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 36 Driest November (1947) 8 deg, rainfall nil mm. Sun-Rises, 6.12 a.m.; sets 8.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.11 a.m.; sets, 8.18 p.m. Moon— Rises, 7.36 a.m.; sets, 12.5 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.25 a.m.; sets, 12.55 a.m. Phases: First quarter: November 7. Full moon: November 13. Last quarter: November 20. New moon:. November 28. High tide at Lyttelton 7.58 a.m. and 8.22 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.42 a.m. and 9.11 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., cloudy, N.W., 11 knots. Wellington, 17, cloudy, N., 30. Christchurch, 19, cloudy, N.E., 3. Dunedin, 21, cloudy, N.E., 5. Australian weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 20; Brisbane, 16, 27; Canberra, 5, 18; Darwin, 28, 33; Hobart, 7, 17; Melbourne, 9, 18; Perth, 15, 32; Sydney, 14, 20. . ? World weather: Amsterdam, 7, 11; Athens, 12, 23; Bahrain, 24, 33; Bangkok, 24, 33; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, 13, 18; Berlin, 8, 12; Bogota, 10, 20; Brussels, 6, 16; Budapest, 7, 17; Buenos Aires, 11, 18; Cairo, -17, 27; Calgary, 1,9; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 13, 24; Copenhagen, 10, 11; Dublin, 10, 13; Frankfurt, 9, 18; Geneva, 9, 18; Harare, 13, 30; Helsinki, 3,4; Hong Kong, 24, 28; Honolulu, 19, 30; Islamabad, 9, 26; Istanbul, 11, 19; Jakarta, 25, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 18; Johannesburg, 12, 28; Kiev, 8, 10; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 16, 24; London, 12, 17; Los Angeles, 11, 28; Madrid, 9, 24; Manila, 22, 30; Mecca, 24, 36; Mexico City, 7, 25; Miami, 20, 27; Montevideo, 14, 16; “ Montreal, 6, 21; Moscow, 2,3; Nairobi, 14, 20; New Delhi, 15, 31; New York, 13, 23; Nicosia, 11, 24; Oslo, 6,9; Paris, 15, 19; Peking, 3, 18; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 32; San Francisco, 10, 22; Santiago, 9, 20; Sao Paulo, 15, 29; Seoul, 12, 15; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 5,7; Taipei, 17, 21; Tel Aviv, 13, 26; Tokyo, 12, 16; Toronto, 4, 20; Vancouver, 3,7; Vienna, 8, T 9; Warsaw, 9, 14. ,