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Press, 15 October 1982, Page 36

General forecast

A depression is moving south-east towards northern New Zealand; rain is expected in many North Island districts; a trough of low pressure moving north-east over the South Island will bring showers to the West Coast, clearing during the day in Fiordland; a southwest wind change with showers should spread up the east coast.

District forecasts; Canterbury; Moderate cool south-westerly winds developing; cloudy with scattered showers. Marlborough. Nelson: Mostly cloudy with rain developing; moderate variable winds. Buller. , Westland: Cloudy with periods of rain; moderate north-easterlies, turning to cooler southerlies later in the day. Outlook; Becoming fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the .Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m: Millibars 995.0 995.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 10 To date this vear. . . 248 mTo date last vear.... 46! Average to date. . . 502 Average for October. . . 46 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 24 nun To date this month. . . . 95 To date this year 1695 To date last year. .... 1521 Average for October... 192 Humidity: Per cent at noon 36 Per cent at 6 p.m 28 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterdav. Maximum 26 deg. minimum 10 deg. grass 5 deg. rainfall Nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 6.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.39 a.m.; sets. 6.54 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 5.05 am.; sets. 4.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.33 a.m.; sets. 5.49 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.31 a m. and 2.55 p.m. Tomorrow; 3.22 a m; and 3.46 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min: Akaroa, subtract 45min: Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min: Kaia- ■ poi and Sumner, add 30min.) PHASES OF MOON New moon: October 17. midday.

First quarter: October 25, mid day. Full moon: November 2. 1 a.m. Last quarter; November 8. 7 p.m.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., cloudy, N.W 10 knots. Wellington: 17deg„ cloudv, N.W.. ' 16 knots. Christchurch: 19deg.. cloudv N.W., 18 knots. Dunedin: 15deg„ partly cloudv. S.E.. 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 10. 17; Brisbane. 16 28; Canberra. 5. 23; Darwin. 21. 31; Hobart. 7. 11; Melbourne 10 15; Perth. 15. 20: Sydney. 15. 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main world cities in the last 24 hours were — Amsterdam. 11. 13; Athens 17 23; Bahrain, 29. 33; Bangkok 25' 33: Barbados, 24. 31. Beirut 22 30; Belgrade. 8, 17; Brussels 9' 15: Buenos Aires. 9. 19; Cairo. 23. 35; 1.18; Caracas. 21, 29; Chicago. 6. 18; Copenhagen. ioi 11; Dublin. 7. 15; Frankfurt, 9, 13: Geneva. 8, 15; Havana, 25. 30 Helsinki, 5. 6; Hong Kong, 25 28 Honolulu. 23. 31; Jakarta, 24 33 : Jerusalem. 17, 26; Jonannesbu™ ok 2 « Kl , ev ' 7-12; Kuala Lumpur, ? 2; Lima. 16. 20; Lisbon, 12, 17 w n M aa' J 4 ' Los Angeles, 17, 30; Madrid. 7. 22; Manila, 22. 3 £ n m‘ CO . Cily ’ 13 - 23: Miami. 27. 29; Montreal, 9.12; Moscow, 3. 4 k N , e c w^ lhi - 22-33: New York. 12. 16, Oslo. 4,6; Paris, 12. 14 Peking. 11,20; Rio de Janeiro. 15. £ om c e - 14 - 20: San Francisco. 11. 25; Santiago, 7, 26; Seoul. 14. 26; Singapore 25. 32; Stockholm. 97 t 1 ? 1 * 1 ;- 22 ' 29: Te! Ay iv. 17. 27. Tokyo. 10, 25; Toronto. 13. 16. Vancouver. .6.-14, Vienna. 9. 16.