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Press, 11 October 1982, Page 40

General forecast: The cold front over the north of the North Island is moving to the north-east. The intense anticyclone centred over Australia is moving slowly east and extends a ridge towards New Zealand. However, the cold front over the south Tasman Sea is moving quickly northeast and should bring’ a brief south-west wind change to East Coast districts. The westerly flow following this front will give a few showers to Buller and Westland.

District forecasts: Canterbury: Variable winds on the coast but norlh- • westerlies inland this afternoon; fine. Marlborough: Mainly fine with north-westerlies freshening this afternoon. Nelson: Fresh south-west winds; fine apart from a few showers about the western ranges. Buller, Westland: Variable skies and scattered showers; fresh south-west-erlies: cool. Outlook: fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: ...... 6p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 999.6 998.9 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday nil To date this month. ... 9.7 To date this year 247.9 To date last year 461 Average to date 496 Average for October... 46 Wettest (1947) 137 Driest (1961) 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 18 min Saturday I h r 30min To date this month. ... 63 To date this year 1663 To date last year 1488 Average for October. . . 192 Humidity: Per cent at noon 27 Per cent at 6 p.m.... 36 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg. minimum 7 deg. grass 4 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 6.44 p.m. Tomorrow. Rises. 5.47 a.m.; sets, 6.46 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 2.37 a m.; sets. 11.54 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 3.24 a.m.; sets 1.05 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.17 am. and 11.45 p.rh. Tomorrow: 12.14 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min. Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, and 30min.)

Phases of Moon New moon: October 17. noon. First quarter. October 25. noon. Full moon: November 2. 1 a.m Last quarter: November 8, 7 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg. showers. W.. 21 knots. Wellington' 14deg, partly cloudy, E„ 7 knots. Christchurch: 17deg. fine. W.. 9 knots. Dunedin: 16deg. partly cloudy, W. 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11. 19: Brisbane. 15. 16: Canberra. 4. 17: Hobart. 11. 16; Melbourne. 9. 15; Svdnev. 12. 16. ’ ’ Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 7. 12; Athens. 18. 25: Bahrain. 29, 33; Bangkok. 24. 32; Barbados. 24. 31; Belgrade. 10. 19; Berlin. 8. 17; Brussels. 6. 12: Buenos Aires. 8, 23; Cairo. 24. 39: Chicago. 4. 24; Copenhagen. 12. 13; Dublin. 9. 15: Frankfurt. 8. 14; Geneva. 7, 13; Havana. 24. 30. Helsinki, 3. 9; Hong Kong. 24. 27: Honolulu. 24. 32: Jakarta. 24. 32: Jerusalem. 15, 27; Johannesburg. 17. 30; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 31; Lisbon. 11. 20. London. 10. 14; Los Angeles. 15. 30: Madrid. 6. 19: Manila, 23. 32: Mexico City. 12. 25; Montevideo. 10. 19; Montreal. 9. 12; Moscow. 6. 7; New Delhi. 22. 35; New York, 19. 23; Oslo. 5. 8; Paris. 11. 15: Peking. 14. 28: Rio. 18. 31: Rome. 14. 21. San Franscisco. 13. 24: San Juan. 25. 33; Santiago. 7. 24; Sao Paulo. 18. 22; Seoul. 13. 26; Singapore. 24. 32: Stockholm. 8. 14: Tokyo. 15. 19; Toronto. 10. 21; Vancouver. 8. 14. Vienna. 7. 18.