NOON FORECAST

Press, 1 March 1982, Page 34

NOON FORECAST

General forecast: Over the North Island cloudy and warm with showers in most northern and western districts, but mainly fine on the .east coasts. Over the South Island cloudy, with rain in most districts, the rain expected to be persistent on the West Coast, District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy, with occasional falls of rain; moderate north-easterlies. Nelson: Cloudy and mild, with moderate north-east-erlies; occasional rain. Marlborough: Mainly cloudy,

with some rain but bright intervals this afternoon; cool, with light winds at first, but milder today; northerlies, becoming fresh about Cook Strait but moderate elsewhere. ■ Buller: Periods of rain and fog; moderate north-east-erlies. Westland: Overcast and humid; further periods of rain and some areas of fog; moderate north-east-erlies. Outlook: Showers in most districts, but mainly dry in the east of the North 'lsland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1016.5 1016.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a m to 11 p.m Trace Saturday 2 To date this month. ... 24 To date this year 36 To date last year. .... 23 Average to .date -95 Average for Feb 49 Wettest Feb. (1945). ... 144 Driest Feb. (1973) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday Ohr Omin Saturday’shr 54min To date’ this month. . 224 To date this year 474 To date last year 434 Average for Feb 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon 60 Per cent at 6 p.m 68 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 32deg. minimum 15deg. grass 14deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.7 a.m.; sets, 8.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.9 a m.; sets. 8.13 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 12.35 p.m.; sets. 11.17 p.m. Tomorrow. Rises. 1.48 p.m.; sets 11.55 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.54 a.m. and 10.21 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.46 a.m. and 11.14 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port. Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon First quarter: March 3. 11 a.m. Full moon: March 10, 9 a.m.

Last quarter: March 18. 5 a.m. New moon: March 25, 10 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland; 22 deg., cloudy, N., 13 knots. Wellington: 19 deg., overcast, N.W., 9 knots. Christchurch: 20 deg., cloudy, S.W, 5 knots. Dunedin: 15 deg., cloudy, W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13. 25: Brisbane, 21. 29; Canberra, 10, 27; Darwin, 25, 30 (noon); Hobart, 8, 20; Melbourne, 14. 21; Perth, 19, 27 (noon); Sydney, 16. 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. -2. 5; Athens. 8.15; Bahrain. 14. 19; Bangkok. 27, 33; Barbados. 21, 29; Beirut. 11. 20; Belgrade, 0. 3; Berlin, -3, 2; Bogota, 6. 19; Brussels, 1,5: Buenos Aires, 19,27; Cairo, 10,20; Caracas, 16. 26; Chicago, -10, 1; Copenhagen. -5, -4; Dublin, 7, 11; Frankfurt, -8. 3: Geneva. -4. 1; Hong Kong, 14, 16; Honolulu, 17. 26: Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 7. 15; Johannesburg, 14. 20; Kiev, 0. 1; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 19, 24; Lisbon,. 10, 17; London. 6, 11; Los Angeles,.l3,2o; Madrid, 3. 16: Manila, 21, 33: Mexico City, 10. 22; Miami, 20. 25; Montevideo, 18. 28; Montreal, -20, -12; Moscow. -15. -2; Nassau, 12. 25; New Delhi, 10. 25; New York, -7, >2: Nicosia. 9. 18; Oslo, -4, -1; Paris. 3,7; Rio, 21. 31; Rome, -1. 8; San Francisco, 10, 15; San Juan. 22, 29; Santiago. 12. 30; Sao Paulo. 19, 26: Seoul, -3. 8; Singapore, 24. 33; Stockholm, -4. -1; Taipei, 12, 17; Tel Aviv, 13, 19; Tokyo, 2, 9-„ Toronto. -11. -6; Vancouver, 3,8; Vienna. 0. 1.