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Press, 8 September 1982, Page 48

General forecast: A cold front, with a band of rain and isolated thunderstorms, is expected to cross the North Island during the day, followed by west or south-westerlies with scattered showers. Occasional showers in the west and far south of the South Island. Fine or becoming fine over the rest of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Some showers persisting about the Alps; fine or becoming fine elsewhere. Marlborough: Rain at first,

with northerlies strong in exposed places; becoming fine. Nelson: Winds tending moderate south-west during the morning, with a few showers persisting in the west, but becoming fine elsewhere. Buller, Westland: Moderate or fresh south-westerlies; cool, with occasional showers and fair intervals. Outlook: Fine apart from isolated showers in Canterbury, Marlborough, Buller and Westland; mainly fine in Nelson.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: . .. . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1(101.0 1000.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to II p.m Nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year.' : . . . 219 To date last year 412 Average to date 450 Average for Sept..- ....'! 43 Wettest Sept. (1946). . . 120 Driest Sep). 11980) 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3hr 12min To date this month. . 47 To date this year. 1463, To date last year/. . . 1273 Average for Sept 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon .... 72 Per cent at 6 pin 81 Temperatures- and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 13deg. minimum 7deg. grass 6deg. rainfall trace SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: ■ Rises, 6.51 -a.m(; -sets. 6.4 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.48 a.m.; sets, 6.5 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.11 p.m.; sets, 9.12 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. —; sets 9.43 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.1 a.m. and 8.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.53 am. and 9.17 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Last quarter. September 11. - New moon. September 18.

First quarter. September 25. Full moon. October 3. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 6 knots. Wellington: lldeg., cloudy, N„ 11 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., cloudy, N.E., 14 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 20. 24: Athens, 22. 32: Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 27. 28; Barbadoes, 24, 30; Beirut, 27. 31; Belgrade, 17, 27; Berlin. 17, 26: Bogota, 7, 17; Brussels, 8. 18; Buenos Aires. 5. 12; Cairo. 23. 37: Calgary. 7. 15; Caracas. 21. 29: Chicago, 13, 27; Copenhagen, 13. 15; Dublin. 12. 16; Frankfurt. 18. 30; Geneva. 14. 27: Havana. 24. 32: Helsinki. 6. 14; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu,. 22. 30; Jakarta, 21, 32; Jerusalem. 17, 29; Johannesburg. 9. 15; Kiev. 12, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 32: Lima. 14, 19; Lisbon. 19. 31; London. 15, 17; Los Angeles, 21. 35; Madrid. 15. 30; Manila, 23. 30; Mexico City, 13. 24; Miami, 27, 31; Montevideo, 8. 10; Montreal, 13. 20; Moscow. 6, 16; Nassau. 24, 32; New Delhi, 26, 36; New York, 14, 26; Nicosia,23, 38; Oslo. 3, 15; Paris, 15, 29; Peking, 19, 28; Rio de Janeiro. 15, 33; Rome. 18. 38; San Francisco, 14, 25; San Juan, 25. 32: Santiago. 8, 25; Sao Paulo. 15, 28: Seoul, 19. 27; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 15, 23; Taipei. 26, 35: Tel Aviv. 22. 29; Tokyo. 19, 23; Toronto. 15. 23; Vancouver. 14. 21; Vienna, 15. 20. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 9. 15: Brisbane. 16. 19: Canberra. —2, 15; Hobart. 3. 16; Melbourne. 4. 15; Perth. 7. 18 (noon); Sydney. 9, 19.