Noon Forecast

Press, 26 April 1979, Page 44

Noon Forecast

Situation: A deep depression far to the south is moving eastwards and a strong cold so u t h-westerly airstream flowing over New Zealand should gradually decrease; an anticyclone in the northwest Tasman Sea is moving eastwards towards the north of the North Island. Forecasts: Canterbury: South-westerly winds, slowly decreasing: showers chiefly about the Alps and coast, becoming less frequent during the day, cool.

Marlborough, Nelson: Westerly ' or southwesterly winds, slowly decreasing; showers about the western ranges of Nelson; fine elsewhere; moderate temperatures.

Buller, Westland: South westerly winds, slowly moderating; changeable and rather cold with showers, but increasing fair periods. Outlook: Mainly fair in all districts, but some showers developing on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the.] Meteorological Office. Christ-'] church Airport, yesterday. 1 Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 998.4 1005.6! Temperatures: deg. : Maximum (to 6 pm.) 18m Rainfall: mm.; 9 am. to 11 p.m. .. Trace I < Tuesday Trace To date this month 7| j To date this year .. 238To date last year .. 265 \ verage to date 19“ Average for April 53! Wettest April (1968) 188 Jr Driest April (1973) 11 t Sunshine: hours! v Yesterday: Bhr 24m in j Tuesday: 9hr 42mm I To date this month 168 > To date this year .. 745 J To date last year .. 782 s® Average for April .. 142 P Humidity: • 7 Per cent at noon .. 38 ( Per cent at 6 p.m. 52 j Temperatures and rainfall for j the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. } —Maximum 22deg. minimum 8 2 deg, grass 4deg. rainfall trace. t 2 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES 7 Cun—Today: Rises, 7.16 a.m.: U sets, 5.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.17 a.m.: sets. 5.39 k p.m ! * Moon—Today: Rises. 6.19 sets, 5.43 p.m. Tomorrow: • Rises. 728 a.m.; sets. 6.20!, p.m. “ High tide at Lyttelton.—Todav* 3.45 a.m. and 4.14 p.m. morrow: 441 a.m. and 5.11 - P.m. Phases of Moon T New moon: April 27, 1 a.m. \

.First quarter: May 4, 4 p.m. Full moon: May 12, 2 p.m. Last quarter: May 19, noon. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg, light showers. S.W., 19 knots. Wellington: 17deg. partly cloudy, S.W.. 16 knots. Christchurch: 16deg, fine, W.. 15 knots. Dunedlin: lldeg cloudy, S.W., 6 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of tile world In the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 7, 11; Athens, 10, 20; Bangkok. 26, 28; Beirut, 12, 21; Belgrade. 11, 21; Berlin, 6. 15; Birmingham, 5. 12; Bogota. 8. 19; Bristol. 6. 13; Brussels. 4, 9; Buenos Aires, 15, 20; Cairo, 15. 25; Caracas, 21, 31; Chicago. 7. 22; Copenhagen. 5. 6; Curitiba (Brazil) 17, 26; Dublin, 5. 12; Edinburgh, 2. 14; Frankfurt, 8. 15: Geneva. 9. 13: Helsinki. 2,5; Hong Kong. 23 . 29; Honolulu, 18. 29; Jerusalem. 7 20; Johannesburg. 10. 18; Kiev. 5. 14; Lima, 20. 25: Lisbon. 10. 17; London, 7. 13: Los Angeles 11. 21; Madrid 10. 21: Manchester. 6, 12: Manila. 24, 34: Mexico City. 7. 22; Miami. 24. 27; Montreal. 4. 18; Moscow 3. 9; Nandi. 19. 30; New Delhi 22. 39; New York. 14. 27: Newcastle. 5. 13; Nicosia. 7. 22; Oslo. 3. 6; Paris 6. 16: Rio. 13. 27: Rome. 11. 17: Sani Francisco, 12, 17; San Juan. 24. 29: Sao Paulo, 16. 21; Seoul 13. 21: Singapore. 23, 32:1 Stockholm 2.5; Taipei. 21, 31 Teheran 17. 30: Tel Aviv, 12, 22: Tokyo 17. 24; Toronto. 8. 18; Vancouver. 5. 16; Vienna, 9, 16.