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A20 Wednesday, February 2, 2011 THE PRESS, Christchurch SITUATION © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2011 Wednesday, February 2, 2011 MAIN CENTRE FORECASTS For the latest weather information including Weather Warnings A broad high sits to the north of New Zealand, affecting most of the North Island. A cold front moving over the South Island is weakening and slowing, becoming AUCKLAND 17 26 HAMILTON 12 26 WELLINGTON 15 23 stationary around Cook Strait tonight. A weak ridge persists over northern parts of Fine weather. Westerlies. Fine spells, cloud increasing evening. Westerlies. Fine spells. Gale northerlies, easing afternoon. the North Island during the period, while a disturbed north-west flow prevails over NIL QUEENSTOWN 13 20 DUNEDIN 13 18 INVERCARGILL 12 17 central and southern New Zealand. Takaka Morning rain then fine. North-westerly dying out. Morning rain then fine. Strong south-west easing. Morning rain then fine. Strong south-westerlies. 2.5 16 26 REGIONAL FORECASTS Motueka CHRISTCHURCH’S FIVE-DAY FORECAST 15 28 Picton NELSON MARLBOROUGH WESTLAND 16 26 15 27 15 23 TODAY Mostly fine with high cloud. Rain TODAY Fine at first, and gale north-westerlies, TODAY Rain, with heavy falls at first, TODAY: Nelson Wellington Fine, high cloud. Southerly change early afternoon. 15 28 developing about the western ranges in gusting 130 km/h about the sounds. clearing early afternoon or evening. Blenheim NIL the morning, clearing by evening. South- Areas of cloud and fresh southerlies North-westerly, fresh at first, changing 16 29 Westport Murchison 15 27 west winds, but strong westerlies about 15 28 developing in the afternoon. 12 22 south-westerly in the afternoon then TOMORROW: 16 22 13 24 Golden Bay, dying out in the evening. dying out in the evening. Morning cloud, then fine. North-east, then north-west. 14 33 Rise: 6:33 am Set: 8:48 pm Rise: 5:24 am Set: 8:01 pm Rise: 6:30 am Set: 8:46 pm Rise: 5:21 am Set: 7:59 pm Rise: 6:38 am Set: 8:59 pm Rise: 5:29 am Set: 8:12 pm 2.0 FRIDAY: TOMORROW Mainly fine, apart from some drizzle TOMORROW Mainly fine with strengthening north- TOMORROW Cloud increasing. Rain developing Mostly cloudy, possible drizzle. North-east about the western ranges. Westerlies westerlies. Early cloud and north- from afternoon, some heavy falls 16 27 Kaikoura KEY GUIDE gradually strengthening in most places, easterlies about the Kaikoura coast. in the evening. North-westerlies 17 25 developing. Greymouth 12 22 fine 18 29 though sea breezes likely about Tasman 17 32 13 21 freshening. SATURDAY: 2.5 17 28 Bay. Fine spells increasing. North-east turning Hanmer Springs mainly fine north-west. Rise: 6:34 am Set: 8:47 pm Rise: 6:27 am Set: 8:30 pm Rise: 6:31 am Set: 8:45 pm Rise: 6:24 am Set: 8:28 pm Rise: 6:39 am Set: 8:58 pm Rise: 6:33 am Set: 8:40 pm 15 26 Hokitika 12 22 fog/ 3.0 mist FRIDAY Rain at times, persistent and heavier FRIDAY Some rain. Strong gusty north- FRIDAY Heavy rain easing to drizzle and winds SUNDAY: Waipara 15 26 cloudy west of Motueka. Gusty westerlies dying westerlies dying away and southerlies becoming light. High cloud. Gusty away. developing about the coast for a time. north-westerlies. Rangiora drizzle 19 26 22 32 14 19 Lake Coleridge 14 25 14 26 few Darfield showers 13 26 16 29 Christchurch showers CANTERBURY PLAINS & COAST CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY SOUTHERN LAKES TODAY Fine at first with high cloud and gale TODAY Rain setting in near the Main Divide, TODAY Rain with heavy falls at first, clearing Aoraki/Mt Cook 14 26 rain 13 22 Lyttelton NW, gusting 130 km/h in exposed some heavy falls, clearing from the early afternoon and becoming fine. 14 26 thunder places. Lighter S and areas of cloud south in the afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Wind at 1000m: Strong NW, gusting 13 26 Akaroa Ashburton 16 28 isolated 16 29 developing during the morning, possibly NW, gusting 130 km/h in exposed places 120 km/h in exposed places gradually Lincoln thunder a few afternoon or evening showers at first, easing in the afternoon. Wind easing to 30 km/h. Wind at 2000m: sleet about South Canterbury. Freezing level: at 2000m: Severe gale W, 140 km/h at Freezing level: Severe gale W 120 km/h, gradually first, easing in the afternoon to 60 km/h. easing to 60 km/h. 12 27 14 26 Timaru 3.0 Rise: 6:30 am Set: 8:56 pm Rise: 5:21 am Set: 8:09 pm Above 4000m Above 3000m Twizel hail 2.5 TOMORROW Early low cloud, then fine with TOMORROW Cloud increasing. Rain developing near TOMORROW Cloud increasing. Rain developing 1.0 snow flurries increasing high cloud. North-easterlies, the divide during the afternoon, and during the afternoon. 3.0 tending gusty north-west by evening. patchy falls spreading further east. Wind Wind at 1000m: North-west rising to 12 23 13 28 snow 155 21 Rain overnight with a southerly change. at 1000m: NW rising to gale 70 km/h. 50 km/h, turning south-west at night. Milford Sound Wanaka Kurow 14 33 Wind at 2000m: W 60 km/h, rising to Wind at 2000m: Westerly 50 km/h, Queenstown Freezing level: Freezing level: 2.0 Swell m severe gale 120 km/h. rising to severe gale 100 km/h. 13 20 16 21 13 24 Oamaru Rise: 6:31 am Set: 8:55 pm Rise: 6:25 am Set: 8:37 pm About 4000m About 4000m Cromwell Wind kmh FRIDAY Mostly cloudy, possible drizzle. North- FRIDAY Becoming mostly fine. Light winds at FRIDAY Mainly fine. Westerlies, strong about Alexandra <30 easterlies developing. low levels. Strong westerlies about the the tops. 14 22 30-59 tops. Te Anau 13 17 60+ 17 25 Dunedin UV INDEX CHRISTCHURCH READINGS From MetService’s Christchurch Airport AWS, for the 24 hours to 6pm Tuesday, February 1 RIVER FLOWS CUMECS YESTERDAY 13 18 Temperatures °C Average Rainfall mm Average 6pm Readings Waiau 80.2 Selwyn 1.43 At 6pm 19.4 24hrs to 6pm 0.0 Humidity % 44 Marble Point Whitecliffs 1.0 22.0 0.0 1 1009.2 Gore Maximum to 6pm 23.8 To date this month Pressure hPa Hurunui 54.8 Rakaia 266 13 18 Balclutha Minimum 5.1 11.7 To date this year 58.0 44 Wind kmh Mandamus Fighting Hill Grass minimum 2.6 9.5 Evapotranspiration mm Max gust yesterday E 44 5:54pm 4.07 140 12 18 4.0 Ashley Rangitata The Press Weatherline 10cm soil at 9am 14.5 16.5 Average for past week 4.0 Sunshine hours Average Gorge Klondyke Invercargill 12 17 On Monday 4.0 4.0 For up-to-date forecasts Waimakariri 172 Waitaki 549 3.0 Total for Jan 209.0 230 Old H’way Bridge Kurow 0900 77377 To date this year 209.0 230 Source: Environment Canterbury Calls cost $1.30 per minute 3 Feb 11 Feb 18 Feb 25 Feb * Note: Waimakariri Mouth tide times not from official tide data supplied by LINZ TIDES REGIONAL TOMORROW FRIDAY THE WORLD TODAY YESTERDAY 6PM TODAY MIDDAY TIDES LYTTELTON Tide Data © LINZ Adelaide fine 17 30 Frankfurt fine -2 4 Nuku’alofa thunder 26 28 TODAY High Tide Low Tide High Tide Low Tide High Tide Low Tide Amsterdam showers 2 6 Geneva fine -3 5 Paris fine 0 7 m TODAY TOMORROW am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm Akaroa 4:06am 4:24pm 10:20am 10:37pm 4:52am 5:10pm 11:05am 11:23pm 5:36am 5:55pm 11:49am Apia fine 23 30 Hobart fine 9 24 Perth fine 18 33 3 Ashburton Mouth 4:14am 4:28pm 10:18am 10:34pm 4:56am 5:10pm 11:00am 11:17pm 5:35am 5:50pm 11:41am 11:59pm Athens fine 4 12 Hong Kong fine 13 18 Rarotonga thunder 24 29 2 Cape Campbell 5:39am 5:57pm 11:52am 6:25am 6:43pm 12:09am 12:37pm 7:09am 7:28pm 12:55am 1:21pm Bangkok fine 21 37 Honolulu fine 20 27 Rio De Janeiro fine 25 29 Greymouth 11:33am 11:57pm 5:19am 5:42pm 12:10pm 5:58am 6:19pm 12:32am 12:43pm 6:33am 6:53pm Beijing fine -3 7 Istanbul fine 2 7 Rome showers 5 13 1 Havelock 10:11am 10:34pm 3:58am 4:11pm 10:48am 11:13pm 4:38am 4:47pm 11:22am 11:48pm 5:12am 5:20pm Berlin cloudy -3 4 Jakarta thunder 24 30 San Francisco fine 3 13 Hokitika 11:38am 5:24am 5:47pm 12:02am 12:15pm 6:03am 6:24pm 12:37am 12:48pm 6:38am 6:58pm Brisbane cloudy 24 29 Jerusalem showers 6 13 Seoul fine -3 5 0 4:49 11:02 5:07 11:19 5:35 11:47 5:53 Kaikoura 5:06am 5:24pm 11:19am 11:36pm 5:52am 6:10pm 12:04pm 6:36am 6:55pm 12:22am 12:48pm Budapest fine -10 0 Johannesburg showers 14 25 Singapore showers 23 29 2.3m 0.5m 2.2m 0.5m 2.3m 0.5m 2.2m Kaiteriteri 10:26am 10:49pm 4:17am 4:30pm 11:03am 11:28pm 4:57am 5:06pm 11:37am 5:31am 5:39pm Buenos Aires fine 13 31 Kuala Lumpur showers 24 32 Stockholm fine -2 1 Cairns rain 25 32 London showers 0 8 Sydney showers 25 36 m FRIDAY SATURDAY Motueka 10:31am 10:54pm 4:17am 4:30pm 11:08am 11:33pm 4:57am 5:06pm 11:42am 5:31am 5:39pm 3 am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pmam 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm Nelson 10:25am 10:48pm 4:12am 4:25pm 11:02am 11:27pm 4:52am 5:01pm 11:36am 5:26am 5:34pm Cairo fine 11 19 Los Angeles fine 7 19 Taipei rain 14 16 Picton 10:08am 10:37pm 2:46am 3:11pm 10:47am 11:16pm 3:45am 3:54pm 11:20am 11:48pm 4:29am 4:31pm Canberra showers 16 34 Madrid fine -2 11 Tokyo showers 2 9 2 Rakaia Mouth 4:03am 4:21pm 10:16am 10:33pm 4:49am 5:07pm 11:01am 11:19pm 5:33am 5:52pm 11:45am Cape Town fine 18 32 Melbourne showers 19 30 Toronto snow -14 -4 Rangitata Mouth 3:58am 4:12pm 10:02am 10:18pm 4:40am 4:54pm 10:44am 11:01pm 5:19am 5:34pm 11:25am 11:43pm Chicago snow -6 -1 Montreal snow -18 -11 Vancouver fine 1 8 1 Timaru 3:43am 3:57pm 9:47am 10:03pm 4:25am 4:39pm 10:29am 10:46pm 5:04am 5:19pm 11:10am 11:28pm Darwin thunder 24 33 Moscow fine -8 0 Vienna fine -9 1 Dubai showers 20 27 Nadi thunder 23 32 Vila thunder 22 31 0 Waimakariri Mth* 5:01am 5:19pm 11:14am 11:31pm 5:47am 6:05pm 11:59am 6:31am 6:50pm 12:17am 12:43pm 12:05 6:19 12:31 6:38 12:48 7:01 1:13 7:22 Westport 11:28am 11:52pm 5:14am 5:37pm 12:05pm 5:53am 6:14pm 12:27am 12:38pm 6:28am 6:48pm Dublin showers 4 10 New Delhi fine 8 25 Washington rain 1 13 0.5m 2.3m 0.5m 2.2m 0.5m 2.2m 0.6m 2.1m Edinburgh showers 3 10 New York rain -3 8 Zurich fine -5 0 On Display Thursday February 3.