NOON FORECAST

Press, 1 February 1986, Page 80

NOON FORECAST

District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and mild; light winds apart from afternoon sea breezes. Marlborough: North-west winds moderating, fine and mild. Nelson: Fine and mild; moderate northerlies. Buller: Cloudy and'mild with light winds.

Westland: Mostly cloudy and mild With light • northerlies. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Mostly dry and mild; some showers near the Alps, unsettled in Westland. General forecast: Fine and mild with little wind, cloudy on the West Coast

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m.'ll p.m. Millibars..... 1016.1 1016.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 28 Rainfail: - mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m. — To date this month .... -i4l To date this year 41 To date last year ..... 9 Average to date 51 Average for Jan 51 Wettest Jan (1980) .... 139 Driest Jan (1954) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 54 min To date this month .... 223 To date this year ..... 277 To date last year 223 Average for Jan 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 49 .Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 54 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 9 deg, graSs 6 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.29 a m; sets, 8.57 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.30 a.m; sets, 8.56 pm. Moon — Today: Rises, 11.59 pm; sets, 1 pm. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.25 am; sets. 2.16 bm. High tide at Lyttelton - Today: 10.26 am. and 10.54 pm. Tomorrow: 11.18 am. and 11.48 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45mln; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon Last quarter: February 4. New moon: February 11.

First quarter February 17. Full moon: February 25. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, N., 8 knots. Wellington: 18deg., partly cloudy, N., 13 knots. Christchurch: 25deg., fine, calm. Dunedin: 22deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 17, 34; Brisbane, 19, 29; Canberra, 15, 27; Hobart, 12, 17; Melbourne, 15, 23; Perth, 20, 27; Sydney, 20, 24. ./ Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, —3, 2; Athens, 6, 15; Bahrain, 15, 19; Bangkok, 19, 32; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut 13, 18; Belgrade, 3,9; Berlin, —5, 1; Bermuda, 15, 19; Brussels, —3, 3; Buenos Aires, 19, 27; Cairo, 10, 18; Copenhagen, —l, 0; Dublin, —l, 5; Frankfurt, —2, 2; Geneva, —2, 1; Havana, 9, 23; Helsinki, 27, 30; Hong Kong, 16, 22; Honolulu, 17, 25; Istanbul, 5,7; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem, 7, 12; Johannwsburg, 15, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lisbon, 8, 15; London, 4,6; Los Angeles, 13, 25; Madrid, 0,7; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 8, 21; Montreal, —23, —11; Moscow, —2, —1; Nassau, 12, 22; New Delhi, 10, 21; New York, —lO, —5; Oslo, 27, 28; Paris, 3,6; Peking, —B, 2; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 37; Rome, 3, 10; San Francisco, 13, 15; Santiago, 11, 30; Sao Paulo, 18, 31; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, —2, 0; Tokyo, L 7j Vienna, —3, 3; Warsaw,