NOON FORECAST

Press, 25 January 1986, Page 80

NOON FORECAST

District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy with areas of mainly light rain near the coast and over the plains, scattered showers persisting near the Alps, mild with moderate easterly winds. Marlborough: Cloudy and mild with occasional rain, moderate northerlies tending southerly this afternoon or evening.

Nelson, Buller: Cloudy and mild with periods of rain, not much wind." Westland: Cloudy with scattered rain, mild with variable winds. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Southerlies, cloudy and scattered rain. General forecast: Occasional rain, mainly fine inland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1008.9 1008.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... 5 To date this year 5 To date last year 6 Average to date 40 Average for January ... 51 Wettest (1980) 139 Driest (1954) 8 Sunshine: . hrs Yesterday 18 min To date this month .... 155 To date this year 155 To date last year 210 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon ....’. 78 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 29 deg, minimum 16 deg, grass 15 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.20 amsets, 9.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 9.02 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.01 p.m.; sets, 4.40 a.m. Tomorrow Rises, 8.37 p.m.; sets 4.46 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Todday: 4.41 a.m. and 4.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.24 a.m. and 5.23 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 Full moon: today.

■ Last quarter: February 2. • New moon: February 9. Last quarter February 17. i NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23 deg., overcast, ; N.E., 17 knots. • Wellington: 22 deg., overcast, W., 13 knots. 1 Christchurch: 21 deg., cloudy,. ! S, 2 knots. ; Dunedin: 16 deg., overcast, ! S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER i Minimum and maximum ; temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: 1 Adelaide, 17, 30; Brisbane, 19, 30; Canberra, 12, 20; Hobart, 11, 21; Melbourne, 12, , 25; Perth, 26, 38; Sydney, 17, , 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 2,4; Athens, 7, 15; Bahrain, 10, 18; Bangkok, 23, 33; Beirut, 7, 13; Belgrade, 0, 10; Berlin, 1,5; Brussels, — 1,8; Buenos Aires, 22, 36; Cairo, 8, 17; Copenhagen, 1,4; Dublin, 3,6; Frankfurt,' 4,5; Geneva, 3,7; Helsinki, 0,2; Hong Kong, 13, 17; Honolulu, 21, 29; Istanbul, 6, 12; Jakarta, 23, 29; Jerusalem, 2, 11; Johannesburg, 15, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lisbon, 7, 14; London, 6,9; Los Angeles, 13, 20; Madrid, —2, 10; Manila, 21, 29; Mexico City, 6, 20; Montreal, —2, 4; Moscow, —4, —2; Nassau, 12, 26; New Delhi, 9, 26; New York, 3, 15; Oslo, —3, 0; Paris, 7, 11; Peking, —9, 5; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 36; Rome, 6, 12; San Francisco, 10, 18; San Juan, 21, 28; Santiago, 13, 31; Sao Paulo, 18, 30; Singapore, 23, 29; Stockholm, 0,2;