A18 Friday, October 31, 2014 THE PRESS, Christchurch Weather and TV SITUATION © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2014 Friday, October 31, 2014 MAIN CENTRE FORECASTS For the latest weather information including Weather Warnings visit metservice.com A high lies to the north, and a westerly flow covers New Zealand. A front moves up the South Island this morning, reaching central North Island tonight. A narrow AUCKLAND 12 18 HAMILTON 9 18 WELLINGTON 11 18 ridge over the country moves away to the east tomorrow as an active trough Cloudy periods, with a few light showers. Westerlies. Occasional showers. Fresh westerlies. Few showers, chance heavy afternoon with a S change. approaches the far south. The trough moves slowly up the South Island on Sunday, NIL QUEENSTOWN 4 14 DUNEDIN 7 14 INVERCARGILL 5 12 then crosses the North Island on Monday. Takaka Few showers clear afternoon, then fine. Westerlies. Odd showers clear afternoon, then fine. Light winds. Showers clearing evening, then fine. Westerlies. 5.0 11 18 REGIONAL FORECASTS Motueka CHRISTCHURCH’S FIVE-DAY FORECAST 11 19 Picton NELSON MARLBOROUGH WESTLAND 10 21 10 19 11 18 TODAY Fine spells. Rain about the western TODAY Fine spells with north-westerlies at TODAY Rain, with some heavy and possibly TODAY: Nelson Wellington ranges, with some heavy and possibly first. Winds changing southerly early thundery falls, turning to showers Showers and southerly develop morning, clears evening. 9 22 0.5 Blenheim thundery falls, clearing in the evening. afternoon, bringing a few showers to the in the morning, then clearing in 7 15 Westport Murchison 10 19 Gusty westerlies dying out. 9 22 coast. Becoming fine everywhere in the 9 14 the afternoon and becoming fine. TOMORROW: 10 16 8 14 evening with winds dying out. Westerlies dying out. Fine, high cloud. Fresh north-east, turns gusty NW. 3 22 Rise: 6:16am Set: 8:07pm Rise: 12:28pm Set: 1:48am Rise: 6:12am Set: 8:05pm Rise: 12:25pm Set: 1:46am Rise: 6:21am Set: 8:17pm Rise: 12:34 pm Set: 1:59am SUNDAY: TOMORROW Fine, apart from areas of evening cloud. TOMORROW Fine, apart from evening cloud about the TOMORROW Rain developing in the south in the High cloud. Strong gusty north-west, easing North-westerlies developing. sounds. North-westerlies developing, morning, spreading north in the 9 18 Kaikoura becoming strong about the sounds. afternoon. Fresh north-westerlies 13 22 late. Greymouth 9 14 developing. 1.0 KEY GUIDE 7 19 5 23 7 15 MONDAY: 5.0 6 14 Hanmer Springs Mainly fine. North-west dying out. 1.0 fine 8 17 Rise: 6:14am Set: 8:08pm Rise: 1:36pm Set: 2:30am Rise: 6:11am Set: 8:06pm Rise: 1:33pm Set: 2:28am Rise: 6:20am Set: 8:19pm Rise: 1:43 pm Set: 2:41am Hokitika 9 14 mainly SUNDAY Rain developing, with heavy falls about SUNDAY Rain developing, with heavy falls about SUNDAY Heavy rain, turning to showers in Waipara fine TUESDAY: the ranges later. North-westerlies the ranges later. North-westerlies, rising the evening, some heavy. Strong 9 17 fog/ A few showers. Cold southerlies. mist strengthening. to gale in exposed places. northerlies changing lighter westerly. Rangiora cloudy 11 18 11 21 11 16 Lake Coleridge 5 14 7 15 Darfield drizzle 8 14 7 15 Christchurch drizzle CANTERBURY PLAINS & COAST CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY SOUTHERN LAKES clearing TODAY Showers, some heavy, spreading TODAY Rain near the divide easing to showers TODAY A few morning showers, with snow Aoraki/Mt Cook 9 14 Lyttelton few 3 12 showers from the south in the morning with in the morning, clearing afternoon. Snow down to 1200m, then becoming fine. 10 13 southerlies developing. Showers down to 1400m at first. Elsewhere, fine Wind at 1000m: Westerly 50 km/h, 6 14 Akaroa showers Ashburton 7 14 1.0 becoming isolated in the afternoon, apart from a few morning showers. Wind at easing to 30 km/h in the morning. rain 7 15 Lincoln 2.0 then clearing in the evening with winds 1000m: NW 60 km/h, turning SW 30 km/h Wind at 2000m: Westerly 60 km/h, dying out. in the morning. Wind at 2000m: NW gale easing to 40 km/h in the afternoon. thunder Freezing level: Freezing level: 80 km/h, easing to W 40 km/h morning. 2 17 5 16 Timaru Rise: 6:14am Set: 8:14pm Rise: 12:26pm Set: 1:56am 1600m 1500m 5.0 Twizel isolated 1.0 thunder TOMORROW Fine with high cloud. North-easterlies TOMORROW Rain developing near the divide south of TOMORROW Rain developing about the headwaters. 2.0 sleet turning strong gusty north-west later. Mt Cook, spreading north in the afternoon. Fine with high cloud elsewhere. 5 15 2 14 Fine with high cloud further east. Wind Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, rising 6 13 hail at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, rising to gale 80 to gale 80 km/h in exposed places. Milford Sound Wanaka Kurow 3 22 km/h in places. Wind at 2000m: W gale Wind at 2000m: NW gale 80 km/h, Queenstown snow Freezing level: Freezing level: flurries 80 km/h, rising to severe gale 100 km/h. rising to severe gale 100 km/h. 4 14 6 14 Oamaru Rise: 6:12am Set: 8:16pm Rise: 1:35pm Set: 2:37am 3000m 3000m 3 14 snow Cromwell SUNDAY Fine with high cloud. North-westerlies, SUNDAY Heavy rain near the divide, spreading SUNDAY Heavy rain followed by showers. Snow Alexandra gale in exposed places, easing later. east at times, turning to showers, some lowering to 1000m. Gale north- 3 16 2.0 Swell m heavy. Snow down to 1400m. Severe westerlies easing. Te Anau 3 13 NW gale, easing at lower levels later. Wind kmh 13 22 <30 Dunedin 1.0 30-59 READINGS From MetService’s Christchurch Airport AWS, for the 24 hours to 6pm Thursday, October 30 RIVER FLOWS CUMECS YESTERDAY 7 14 Temperatures °C Average Rainfall mm Average 6pm Readings Waiau 98.2 Selwyn 1.56 3.0 60+ At 6pm 14.6 24hrs to 6pm 0.0 Humidity % 62 Marble Point Whitecliffs Maximum to 6pm 21.0 17.0 To date this month 20.6 47 Pressure hPa 998.8 Gore UV CHRISTCHURCH Hurunui 42.3 Rakaia 150 Balclutha Minimum 3.8 6.3 To date this year 688.8 535 Wind kmh Mandamus Fighting Hill 5 14 SUN PROTECTION ALERT 5 13 Grass minimum -2.0 3.2 Evapotranspiration mm Max gust yesterday SW 44 11:54am Ashley 5.43 Rangitata 62.8 The Press Weatherline 10cm soil at 9am 10.7 10.5 Average for past week 3.2 Sunshine hours Average Gorge Klondyke Invercargill 5 12 For up-to-date forecasts :00 :25 On Wednesday 4.8 2.0 10 AM – 4 PM Waimakariri 113 Waitaki 321 1.0 0900 77377 PROTECTION REQUIRED To date this month 190.7 185 Old H’way Bridge Kurow 4.0 Even on cloudy days To date this year 1627.5 1651 3.0 Calls cost $1.30 per minute Data provided by NIWA Source: Environment Canterbury 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 23 Nov * Note: Waimakariri Mouth tide times not from official tide data supplied by LINZ TIDES REGIONAL TOMORROW SUNDAY THE WORLD TODAY YESTERDAY 6PM TODAY MIDDAY TIDES LYTTELTON Tide Data © LINZ Adelaide showers 15 30 Edinburgh cloudy 13 16 Nuku’alofa showers 23 24 TODAY High Tide Low Tide High Tide Low Tide High Tide Low Tide Amsterdam fine 12 18 Frankfurt cloudy 9 16 Paris fine 11 21 m TODAY TOMORROW am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm Akaroa (Tikao Bay) 10:25am 10:53pm 4:07am 4:44pm 11:20am 11:48pm 5:02am 5:40pm 12:17pm 5:59am 6:36pm Apia rain 24 31 Geneva cloudy 7 14 Perth showers 14 25 3 Ashburton Mouth 10:32am 11:02pm 4:11am 4:49pm 11:31am 11:59pm 5:10am 5:48pm 12:28pm 6:10am 6:45pm Athens showers 11 16 Hobart showers 10 21 Rarotonga rain 21 26 2 Cape Campbell 11:58am 5:39am 6:16pm 12:26am 12:53pm 6:34am 7:12pm 1:21am 1:50pm 7:31am 8:08pm Bangkok rain 24 30 Hong Kong fine 24 28 Rio de Janeiro fine 17 36 Greymouth 4:52am 5:22pm 11:03am 11:44pm 6:05am 6:37pm 12:16pm 7:15am 7:45pm 12:56am 1:26pm Beijing drizzle 9 14 Honolulu showers 23 29 Rome fine 11 22 1 Havelock 3:03am 3:26pm 8:58am 9:31pm 4:02am 4:39pm 9:59am 10:43pm 5:18am 6:09pm 11:15am 11:58pm Berlin cloudy 7 14 Istanbul showers 11 14 San Francisco showers 14 18 Hokitika 5:02am 5:32pm 11:13am 11:54pm 6:15am 6:47pm 12:26pm 7:25am 7:55pm 1:06am 1:36pm Brisbane fine 20 30 Jakarta rain 24 34 Seoul rain 12 19 0 4:49 11:08 5:26 11:36 5:44 12:03 6:22 Kaikoura 11:23am 11:50pm 5:03am 5:43pm 12:19pm 5:58am 6:38pm 12:44am 1:15pm 6:54am 7:32pm Budapest cloudy 2 8 Jerusalem showers 12 17 Singapore thunder 25 33 0.4m 2.4m 0.4m 2.3m 0.4m 2.4m 0.4m Kaiteriteri 3:33am 3:55pm 9:40am 10:17pm 4:44am 5:12pm 10:51am 11:37pm 6:00am 6:31pm 12:11pm Buenos Aires fine 13 23 Johannesburg thunder 15 30 Stockholm fine 0 8 Cairns fine 20 31 Kuala Lumpur thunder 25 33 Sydney fine 16 27 m SUNDAY MONDAY Motueka 3:38am 4:00pm 9:54am 10:31pm 4:46am 5:14pm 11:06am 11:52pm 6:00am 6:32pm 12:26pm 3 am 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pmam 3 6 9 noon 3 6 9 pm Nelson 3:33am 3:55pm 9:35am 10:12pm 4:41am 5:09pm 10:47am 11:33pm 5:55am 6:27pm 12:07pm Cairo fine 17 25 London fine 14 20 Taipei cloudy 21 29 Picton 2:15am 2:45pm 8:03am 8:29pm 3:11am 3:48pm 9:02am 9:38pm 4:40am 5:20pm 10:18am 10:57pm Canberra fine 6 29 Los Angeles fine 16 23 Tokyo cloudy 15 23 2 Rakaia Mouth 10:22am 10:50pm 4:03am 4:40pm 11:17am 11:45pm 4:58am 5:36pm 12:14pm 5:55am 6:32pm Cape Town fine 13 21 Madrid fine 10 22 Toronto snow 5 7 Rangitata Mouth 10:16am 10:46pm 3:55am 4:33pm 11:15am 11:43pm 4:54am 5:32pm 12:12pm 5:54am 6:29pm Chicago rain 4 6 Melbourne fine 12 30 Vancouver showers 10 12 1 Timaru 10:01am 10:31pm 3:40am 4:18pm 11:00am 11:28pm 4:39am 5:17pm 11:57am 5:39am 6:14pm Darwin fine 25 33 Montreal cloudy 4 8 Vienna fine 3 12 Delhi fine 18 32 Moscow fine 0 5 Vila fine 18 28 0 Waimakariri Mth* 11:20am 11:48pm 5:01am 5:38pm 12:15pm 5:56am 6:34pm 12:43am 1:12pm 6:53am 7:30pm 12:31 6:41 1:00 7:18 1:27 7:40 1:56 8:13 Westport 4:52am 5:22pm 11:03am 11:44pm 6:05am 6:37pm 12:16pm 7:15am 7:45pm 12:56am 1:26pm Dubai fine 25 35 Nadi showers 20 29 Washington rain 2 14 2.3m 0.4m 2.4m 0.4m 2.4m 0.4m 2.4m 0.3m Dublin drizzle 9 16 New York fine 7 14 Zurich cloudy 7 14 IST & VITZ 5 DOOR HATCH ILAM Toyota TOYOTA $ Corner Riccarton Road FROM 8,990 & Clyde Road, Riccarton SMALL $ Telephone (03) 343 0009 AUTOMATIC ONLY pw* 42 www.ilamtoyota.co.nz MIL4332a SIM HATCH TOYOTA * Weekly fiqures based on advertised price and are on a competitive interest rate, 20% deposit, 60 month term.