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Press, 10 August 1982, Page 42

General Forecast: ' The anti-cyclone in the north Tasman Sea is moving slowly' eastwards. In the north and east of the South Island, fine weather is expected to continue. Rain is expected on the West Coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly; fine apart from variable high cloud; north-westerlies inland, becoming strong in exposed places; mild.

Marlborough: North-wester-lies becoming strong about the sounds, and sometimes fresh elsewhere; fine. Nelson, Buller: . Drizzle patches night and morning on western coasts; mainly fine elsewhere. Cool. . Westland: Occasional drizzle especially night and morning: northerlies predominating. Outlook: Mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the. Meteorological Office. Christchurch ’ Airport, yesterday. Barometer; 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1019.1. 1017.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 Rainfall: mm. ,9 a.in. to 11 p.rii nil To date this month. .. . trace To. date this year 204 To date last year. . . . . 323 Average to date. . , . . •. 403 Average (or August .. . ■ 55 Wettest August (1975) ... 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterdav 6 hr 36 min To date This month. ... 56 To date this year. •■ • ■ 1283 To date last year. .... 1113 Average for August - . . 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon , .... 57 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 65 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg. minimum 2 deg. grass —3 deg. rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today:Rises, 7.36 a;m.; sets. 5.35 p.m. Tomorrow: ’ Rises, 7.35 a.m.; sets, 5.36 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 10.59 p.m.; . sets, 10.15 a.m. Tomorrow; Sets. 10.41 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today:. * 8.27 a.m. and 8.48 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.15 a.m. and 9.37 p.m. .(Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min: . Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburton and - Rakaia. subtract 25niin; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). , . Phases of Moon New moon: August 19, 3-p.m. First quarter: August 26,10 p.m. Full moon: September 4, midnight.

Last, quarter:. September 12, 11 p.m. NOON WEATHER

Auckland: 13deg.. cloudy, S.W., 12

knots. Wellington: 12deg., partly cloudy,

N.E.. 14 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER

- Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 11, 24; Brisbane, 12, 22; Canberra. —4. 18; Darwin, 22, 31; Hobart. 10, 19; Melbourne, 11, •19; Perth, 7, 15 (noon); Sydney, 9, 20. • -

Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were;— • ■ • ■

Amsterdam. 16. 25; Athens. 23, 33; Bahrain. 31, 37; Bangkok, 26, 31; Barbados. 25, 30; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade, 20. 27; Berlin. 17, •30; Bogota. 3, 18; Brussels, 18, 25; Buenos Aires. 3. 13: Cairo, 24, 37; Caracas. 19, 28; Chicago, 20, 29; Copenhagen.-18, 30; Dublin, 14; 21; Frankfurt, 17, 21; Geneva, 12, 21; Havana. 23. 31; Helsinki, 15, 19; Hong Kong, 27, 29; Honolulu, 24, 31; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem. 18, 30; Kiev. 12, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 33; Lima. 14. 19; Lisbon. 16, 32: London. 16, 25; Los Angeles, 21. 31; Madrid, 15. 30; Manila, 22, 27; Miami, 27, 27; Montevideo, 1, 11; Montreal. 16. 25; Moscow, 9, 19; Nassau. 24. 33; New Delhi. 27, 35; New York, 20. 27; Nicosia. 22, 38; Oslo. 18. 31; Paris, 18, 30; Peking. 24, 32; Rio de Janeiro. 16, 31; Rome, 19, 28; San Francisco, 15. 21: San Juan, 25, 27; Santiago, 2.16; Sao Paulo, 15. 27; Seoul, 24. 31: Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm. 17. 28; Taipei. 26. 30; Tel Aviv, 22, 31: T0ky0..24. 29; Toronto. 16. 25; Vancouver. 13. 25; Vienna. 18, 23.