Weather

Press, 18 December 1989, Page 48

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Mainly fine in the west of both islands, elsewhere cooler southerlies with overnight showers retreating in the morning and becoming fine, except for the south coast. Canterbury, Marlborough: Southerlies moderating and becoming fine. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with variable winds. Tomorrow: Fine, with coastal north-easterlies in Canterbury. Extended range forecast to Friday: South Island: Milder northerlies developing by Wednesday with some high cloud. Southerly showers in southern areas Thursday. North Island: Fine in most areas from Wednesday, with north-westerlies freshening in the west and south and increasing cloud. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 2.48 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. .... 10 Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Saturday 036 Saturday 10 Barometer:. 6p.m. 11 p.m. To date this month ... 85 To date this month ... 28 Millibars. . . 1001,3 994.9 -To date this year .... 1963 To date this year 670 --To date last year .. . 2222 To date last year 297 Temperatures and rainfall Average for December. 210 Average to date 624 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. - Humidity Average for December . 53 yesterday: Maximum 16 deg. Per cent at noon .... 61 Wettest December (1978) 149 minimum 7 deg, grass 7 deg. Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 63 Driest December (1943) 5 rainfall 14 mm Sun-Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets 9.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.42 a.m.; sets, 9.09 p.m. Moon— Rises, 12.47 a.m., sets, 11.23 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, —; sets, 12.28 a.m. Phases—Last quarter, December 20; New moon, December 28; First quarter, January 4; Full moon, January 11. High tide at Lyttelton—lo.o2 a.m. and 10.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.54 a.m. and 11.22 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, 17 deg., showery, S.W. 12 knots; Wellington, 13, cloudy, S., 13; Christchurch, 11, cloudy, S.W., 5; Dunedin, 12, cloudy, W., 14. Australian weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities yesterday were: Brisbane, 18, 25; Sydney, 16, 23; Canberra, 4, 24; Melbourne, 12, 31; Hobart, 9, 22; Adelaide,- 17, 33; Perth, 13, 23; Darwin, 28, 33. e World weather Athens, 8, 19; Bahrain, 17, 20; Bangkok, 19, 30; Barbados, 22, 29; Beirut, 11, 16; Belgrade, 12, 21; Berlin, 0,8; Bermuda, 16, 21; Bogota, 5, 17; Brussels. 2, 11; Budapest, 7, 18; Buenos Aires 19, 30; Cairo, 14, 20; Calgary, —2, 0; Chicago, —22, —9; Copenhagen, —6, —1; Dublin, 5, 11; Frankfurt, 9, 12; Geneva, 9, 16; Harare, 16, 27; Havana, 19, 22; Helsinki, —l7, —2; Hong Kong, 16, 20; Honolulu, 14, 26; Islamabad, 5, 17; Istanbul, 9, 14; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 4, 14; Johannesburg, 14, 22; Kiev, 5,7; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 17, 23; Lisbon, 13, 19; London, 8, 14; Los Angeles, 11, 21; Madrid, fO, 14; Manila, 23, 27; Mecca, 21, 29; Mexico City, 8, 22; Miami, 14, 23; Montevideo, 19, 27; Montreal, —22, —l5; Moscow, —l3, —10; Nairobi, 14, 24; Nassau, 20, 27; New Delhi, 8, 23, New York, —5, 1; Nicosia, 3, 20; Oslo. —l4, —11; Paris, 11, 15; Pekang, —4. 8; Rio De Janeiro, 23, 35; Rome, 9, 19; San Francisco, 7, 17; San Juan, 23, 30; Santiago, 11, 27; Seoul, —l, 5; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, —lB, —8; Taipei, 15, 23; Tel Aviv, 8, 19; Tokyo, 7, 13; Toronto, —l2, —5; Vancouver, 0,6; Vienna, 9, 15; Warsaw, 4. 10.