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Press, 16 July 1982, Page 26

General forecast: The strong south-west flow is expected to give further showers in the south of the South Island and also in many western districts. The flow may become southerly enough to spread a brief period of cold showery weather up the east coast of both islands with strong south-west winds. Westerlies will remain strong or gale force along the South coast and in other exposed places. District. forecasts: Canterbury: Strong, cold

south-westerlies with showers in the morning; clearing later in the day. Marlborough, Nelson; Westerlies, strong in exposed places; mainly fine; possibly a period of southwesterlies in the morning with scattered showers chiefly about the coast. Buller, Westland; Southwesterlies,' fresh on exposed coasts; some showers but long fine intervals; cold. Outlook: Mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars'. 995.0 993.1 ’.Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 12 Rainfall: mm. ...9 a.m. to 11p.m. nil To date this month. 11 To date this,year. 161 To date last year. 287 ’■ Average to date. 359 Average for July 55 4 Wettest (1977) 181 Driest (1967) ; 5 Sunshine: . ’ hrs Yesterday Bhr 54min To date this month. 80 To date this year. . . . 1155 To date last year. . 1020 Average for July . 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon . 48 ' Per cent at 6 p.m. . . 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg. minimum -2 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfall tee.' SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 7.58 a.m.; sets, .5.14 p.m.. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.57 a.m.; sets, 5.15 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 2.19 a.m.; sets, 1.09 p.m. TomorrowRises, 3.33 a.m.; sets, 1.44 pm. ■■ High tide, at, Lyttelton - Today: , 12.13 p.m. Tomorrow; 12.35 a.m. and 1.06 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, sulftract 25min: KaikOura add . 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min.) Phases of Moon New moon: July 21, 7 a.m. First quarter; July 28. 6 a m

Full moon: August 5, 11 a m. Fast quarter: August 12,11 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., partly cloudy. W„ 17 knots. Wellington: 9 deg., fine, N.W.. 13 knots. Christchurch: 8 deg., fine, calm. Dunedin: 7 deg., cloudy, N.W., 20 knots. WORLD WEATHER . Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 3, 15; Brisbane, 12, 18; Canberra, 1. 11; Darwin, 15. 28; Hobart, 0, 10; Melbourne, 3, 11; Perth, 10, 11; Sydney, 10,. 14. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam. 17, 27; Athens, 19, 32; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 26, 31; Barbados, 26, 31; Beirut, 21, 28; Belgrade, 15, 26; Berlin, 16, 29; Bogota. 5, 19; Brussels, 17, 29: Buenos Aires,.7, 13: Cairo, 21, 34; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 16, 30; Copenhagen, 18.29; Dublin. 14,21; Frankfurt. 19, 30. Geneva, 16, 30; Havana, 23, 31; Helsinki,, 14, 26; Hong Kong, 28, 30; Honolulu, 24, 30; Jakarta, 22, 32; Jerusalem, 16, 26: Johannesburg, 2. 16; Kiev, 17, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 15, 20; London, 16, 24; Los Angeles, 17, 28; Madrid, 13, 28; Manila, 23, 31; Mexico City, 13,26; Miami, 23,30; Montevideo, 3, 10; Montreal, 14, 24; Moscow, 18, 29; Nassau, 21, 32; New Delhi, 29. 34: New York, 23, 34; Nicosia, 18. 32; Oslo, 17, 27; Paris, 18, 32; Peking, 22, 32; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 31; Rome, 20, 31; San Francisco, 11, 21; San Juan, 25, 33; Santiago. 7, 16; Sao Paulo, 15, 21; Seoul. 21. 33; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm. 15. 23; Taipei, 25. 33; Tel Aviv, 22, 29; Tokyo. 22, 28: Toronto, 12,24; Vancouver, 15,18; Vienna, 17, 24.