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Press, 18 September 1982, Page 64

Genera] forecast: In the west of the South Island cloudy areas with a few showers. In the east of the South Island fine weather. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine, with moderate northerlies predominanting; mild for a time this Saturday afternoon. Marlborough: Fine; . light

• '’winds inland but moderate northerlies predominating on‘ the; coast;! miTd this afternoon. Nelson: Fine and cool; light winds.. Buller. Westland: Cloudv at times with a few - showers, chiefly over the •ranges; light winds; cool. ' Wellington: Fine, cool: moderate northerlies predominating. Outlook: Mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. II p.m. Millibars 1026.2 1025.4 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 12 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 10 To date this year.. 228 To date last year 419. Average to date 464 Average for September . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 18 mtn To date this month. . . 90 To date, this-year 1507 To date last year 1341 Average for September 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m . 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 12 deg. minimum -3 deg. grass -6 deg. rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises. 6.25 a.m.: sets. 6.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.23 a.m.; sets. 6.22 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises. 7.05 a.m.: sets. 6.57 p.m. TomorrowRises. 7.31 a.m.: sets 8.06 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Today; . 4.30 a.m. and 4.58 p.m. Tomorrow; 5.27 a.m. and 5.55 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, sobract 60min. Akaroa’. subtract 45min. Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min > Phases of Moon New moon, today (midnight). First quarter. September 25

Full moon, October 3. Last quarter. October 10. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., partly cloudy. N.E.. 8 knots. Wellington: 12d0g„ partly- cloudy. E.. 3 knots. Christchurch: lldeg.. fine. N.E. 11 knots. Dunedin: 14deg„ fine, N.E’.. 7 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:Adelaide. 13,’ 20; Brisbane. 17. 23: Canberra. 6. 17: Darwin. 23. 31; Hobart. 10. 20: Melbourne. 15. 24; Perth. 10. 16; Sydney. 13. 27.. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities ol the world in the last 24 hours were:Amsterdam. 9. 21: Athens. 2D. 30: Bahrain. 29. 37: Bangkok. 28' 33; Barbados. 25. 31: Belgrade. 16. 27; Berlin. 14. 27: Bogota. 6, 18: Brussels. 12. 28: Buenos Aires. 12. 27; Cairo, 23, 33: Calgary. -1..-15; Caracas. 20. 30: Chicago. 15.- 20; Copenhagen.'l4.l9: Dublin. 11.19: Frankfurt. 15. 29; Geneva, 15. 25: Havana. 27. 31; Helsinki, 12. 14: Hong Kong. 26. 29: Honolulu 25. 31: Jakarta, 23. 32: Jerusalem. 17. 28: Johannesburg. 17. 24: Kiev. 9. 18: Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33: Lima. 15. 20; Lisbon. 17. 27; London. 14. 28; Los Angeles. 17. 21; Madrid. 15. 29: Manila. 24. 32; Miami. 26, 32: Montevideo. 13. 18: Montreal. 11. 15: Moscow. 2. 12;. Nassau. 24. 32; New Delhi. 26. 37: New York. 19. 24: Nicosia. 20. 33; Oslo, 11 21' Paris. 17. 31; Peking. 21; 34; Rio de Janeiro. 17. 30: San Francisco. 15. 21; San Juan. 26. 32; Santiago. 8. 19; Sao Paulo. 18. 28: Seoul. 17. 29: Singapore. 25. 31; Stockholm 13. 17; Taipei. 23. 29: Tel Aviv. 21. 30; Tokyo. 17. 24; Toronto. 8. 14: Vancouver. 9. 19. Vienna. 11. 25