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Press, 1 September 1982, Page 42

General forecast: A cold front should cross the North Island with some showers. Mainly fine in the South Island, with light winds, but about South Otago and the Southland coast, showery south-westerlies are expected to continue. District forecasts: Canterbury: A few showers

about the coast at first, otherwise fine and cool, with light winds. Marlborough: Fresh, cool southerlies with scattered showers, but some fine periods developing. Nelson,. Buller, Westland: Fine with moderate southerlies; cool. Outlook: Mainly fine, but becoming cooler in Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:..... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1002.7 1005 Temperature: 12deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month, ... 13 To date this year 217 To date last year 412 Average to date.. 440 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) . . Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 30 min To date this month. ... 189.5 To date this year 1416.8 To date last year 1221 Average for 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 39 Per cent at 6 p.m 57 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 2 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets,5.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 5.59 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 3.26 p.m.; sets, 5.51 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.28 p.m.; sets 6.27 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 2.33 a.m. and 2.53 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.11 a.m. and 3.32 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25 min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon First quarter: September 25.

Full moon: September 4. , Last quarter. 1 September 11. New moon: September 18. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg., cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. Wellington: lldeg., drizzle. N., 23 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. Dunedin: 10deg., rain, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 12. 20; Athens, 22, 34: Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok, 26, 31; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 23, 29; Belgrade, 15, 25; Berlin, 10, 22; Bogota, 5,18; Brussels, 10,19; Buenos Aires, 12,20; Cairo, 22,32; Calgary, 7, 20; Chicago, 6, 22; Copenhagen, 14,18; Dublin, 14,19, Frankfurt, 9. 24; Geneva, 9, 20; Havana, 24, 32; Helsinki, 7, 17; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 24, 31; Jakarta, 22, 32; Jerusalem, 18, 28; Johannesburg, 14,24; Kiev, 14, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 15, 28; London, 14, 19; Los Angeles, 20, 27; Madrid, 14, 30; Manila, 24, 31; Mexico City, 11,24; Miami, 26, 31; Montevideo, 12, 14; Montreal, 4, 17; Moscow, 14, 28; Nassau, 24, 32; New Delhi, 25, 34; New York, 10, 22; Nicosia, 22, 37; Oslo, 11, 16; Paris, 12, 25; Peking, 22, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 33; Rome, 22, 30; San Francisco, 14, 20; San Juan, 25, 33; Santiago, 6,16; Sap Paulo, 17,24; Seoul, 21,29; Singapore, 26, 30; Stockholm, 10, 18; Taipei, 26, 34; Tel Aviv, 22, 30; Tokyo, 25, 29; Toronto, 6,18; Vancouver, 11, 20; Vienna, 15, 20. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 7, 15; Brisbane, 12, 25; Canberra, 8,14; Hobart, 5,12; Melbourne, 8, 14; Perth, 11, 15 (noon); Sydney, 16, 19.