Noon Forecast

Press, 7 April 1979, Page 60

Noon Forecast

Situation: A slowly weakening ridge of high pressure extends on to northern New Zealand from the south-east, a shallow depression in the southwest Tasman Sea is moving slowly east, and the associated cold front extends from Lord Howe Island to the west of the South island and is moving steadily southeast; the front is expected to lie from southern New Zealand to just east of Canterbury and over the southern half of the North Island tomorrow afternoon or evening. Forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate north-

easterlies predominating; cloudy and mild; rain in the western ranges and scattered falls elsewhere. Marlborough. Nelson: Northerlies fresh at times; mild and humid with areas of rain; there may be an improvement in Nelson late in the day. Buller, Westland: Northeasterlies fresh at times; mild and humid with areas of rain; possibly an improvement later in the day. Outlook: Possibly a cooler south-west change and a few showers in Canterbury; showers but improving in other districts.

CHKISTCHL RCH READINGS

Observations taken at the* Meteorological Office. Christ-,’ church Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p in. 11 pm Millibars 1017.4 1017.7, Temperatures: deg Maximum <to 6 p.tn.l 18 Rainrail: mm. » am. to 11 p m 0 To date this month Trace To date this year 232 To date last y ear .. 72 Average to date 164 Average for April 53. Wettest April il96S> 188 Driest April <19731 11 Bunshine: hours Yesterday: Ihr 24min To date this month 431 To date this year . 619 To date last year .. 7181 Ave-age for April 142' Humidity: Per cent at noon . 75 Per cent at 6 p.m. 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 horns to 9 a.tn. yesterday.l —Maximum 24deg. minimum 7 deg. grass 3deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Todav: Rises, 6.52 a.m.: sets. 6.12 pun. Tomorrow:; Rises. 6.53 a.m.; sets. 6.10 p.m. Moon—Todax: Rises. 3.35 p.m.:i sets. 110 am. Tomorrow-! .Uses. 4 7 p.m.: sets. 2.15 a.m High t'de at Lyttelton—Todav: 12.23 a m and 12.58 p.m. tomorrow: 1.17 ajn. and 1-40, p tn. Phases of Moon Full moon: April 13. 1 a.m. Last quarter- Anri! 20. 7 am. moon: Apr ; i 27. 1 a.m First Quarter: Ma-- 4. 4 p.m.

NOON WEATHER ; Auckland: 20deg. clear. X.E., 7 knots. Wellington: 17deg. cloudy N.W., 20 knots. Christchurch: 18deg. cloudy. S.W.. 5 knots. Dunedin: 17deg. partly cloudy., N E., 7 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum tem< peratures in the main cities of: the world in the last 24 hoursi were:— Adelaide. 12. 20; Amsterdam. 3. 7; Athens. 14. 21: Bangkok. 30.. ,35; Beirut. 15. 20; Belgrade. 7. 15: Berlin. 6. 8; Bogota, 9. 17: Brisbane. 21. 32; Brussels. —l. 4; Buenos Aires. 9. 16; Cairo. 12. i 20; Canberra. 11. 20: Caracas. 20. 30: Chicago, 1. 4: Copenhagen. 2,| | 10: Curitiba (Brazil). 15. 24; Dub--[lin. 0. 7; Edinburgh. 0. 7; Frankfurt 4 10: Geneva. I. 8: Hel-I [ s’nki. —l. 2; Hnng Kong. 15. 16;! Honolulu. 21. 28; Jerusalem. 10. i 21; Johannesburg. 13. 24; Kiev, |O. 3: Lima, 20. 24: Lisbon. 10, 14; London. <3. 7; Los Angeles, ;H. 27 Madrid. 6 12: Manila, 23. 36: Melbourne. 13. 17; Mexico nt\. 13 29; Miami. 23. 26: Montreal. —4. 6: Moscow. —3. 4:1 Nandi. 23. 30: New Delhi. 21. 32 j New York. < 8’ Nicosia. 14. 21:; n«io. 24: Pans. .3. 7: Rio. 22. .37; Rome. 7. 15; San Francisco. 11. 19: San Juan. 23. 27: Sao Paulo. °O. 27: S-001. 3. !«; Smgß- . nor-e. 24. 30: Stockholm, 2. 6 i Svdnev. 1?. 14 19: TAhpran, 1«. 3°: Tel Aviv. 12. 22; Tokvo. 7. F: Toronto, n 5: Van-! ’rnuver. 6. 11: Vienna. 5. 9.