Weather

Press, 13 December 1989, Page 80

Weather

■Today’s New Zealand forecast: Generally fine in most areas; mild. Rain developing in the west and south of the South Island during the day. Canterbury, Marlborough: Mainly fine and warm with some high cloud. Northwest winds gradaully freshening. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Cloudy, with some drizzle likely. Mild, with northerlies slowly freshening. Tomorrow: Scattered rain in most areas. Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Rain on Thursday in the east; from Friday mainly dry, cool. In the west and south, cold and showery, clearing by Sunday. North Island: Rain in the south on Thursday moving north; to cover most areas. Showers likely to persist over the week-end. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 3 hr 48 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 To date this month ... 78 To date this month ... 4 Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 1955 To date this year. .... 645 Millibars. . . 1013.6 1013.0 To date last year .... 2175 To date last year. .... 297 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 616 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, Per cent at noon .... 93 Wettest December (1978) 149 minimum 13 deg, grass 11 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 73 Driest December (1943) 5 deg, rainfall 0.1 mm. Sun Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.05 p.m. Moon — Risese, 10.02 p.m., sets, 5.21 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.54 p.m., sets, 6.29 a.m. Phases — Full moon: Today. Last quarter: December 20. New moon: December 28. First quarter: January 4. High tide at Lyttelton 5.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.27 a.m. and 6.56 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, 21deg., cloudy, N., 8 knots. Wellington, 19, cloudy, N., 28. Christchurch, 15, recent drizzle, E., 8. Dunedin, 17, partly cloudy, N.E., 13. Australian weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 24; Brisbane, 19, 20; Canberra, 15, 24; Darwin, 25, 27; Hobart, 13, 18; Melbourne, 15, 23; Perth, 16, 27; Sydney, 21, 27. World weather: Amsterdam, 2,7; Athens, 5,9; Bahrain, 13, 20; Bangkok, 19, 32; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 11, 16; Belgrade, —lO, 0; Berlin, —2, 2; Bermuda, 21, 24; Bogota, 8, 20; Brussels —B, 5; Budapest, —6, —1; Buenos Aires, 23, 35; Cairo, 12, 22; Calgary, —2l, —18; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, —3, 2; Copenhagen, 2,3; Dublin, 3, 10; Frankfurt, —9, 2; Geneva, —4, 1; Harare, 16, 27; Havana, 21, 23; Helsinki, —ll, 8; Hong Kong, 17, 21; Honolulu, 17, 25; Islamabad, 8, 18; Istanbul, —l, 2; Jakarta, 22, 30; Jerusalem, 7, 17; Johannesburg, 12, 24; Kiev, —l6, —lO, Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 17, 25; Lisbon, 11, 17; London, 5,8; Los Angeles, 8, 19; Madrid, 8, 14; Manila, 19, 29; Mecca, 21, 30; Mexico City, 6, 20; Miami, 14, 18; Montevideo, 20, 30; Montreal, —l7, —11; Moscow, —22, —l9; Nairobi, 13, 21; Nassau, 19, 23; New Delhi, 9, 25; New York, —5, 2; Nicosia, 7, 18; Oslo, —4, 0; Paris, 0,4; Peking, 0,8; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 36; Rome, 1, 13; San Francisco, 8, 18; San Juan, 22, 31; Santiago, 11, 30; Seoul, 4,7; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, —5, 2; Taipei, 15, 21; Tel Aviv, 12, 21; Tokyo, 5, 14; Toronto, —3, 1; Vancouver, 1,8; Vienna, —5, 0; Warsaw, —l5, —6.