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Press, 28 October 1982, Page 36

General forecast: The depression should slowly move away during the day, but southerlies will continue to bring showers to eastern coasts north of Kaikoura and about Cook Strait. District Forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate southerlies near the coast and light winds inland: some morning coastal drizzle, otherwise mainly fine;

cool. Nelson. Buller: Light or moderate variable winds; cool. Marlborough: Cold about the coasts with showery periods: fine inland. Westland: Fine, cool: moderate south-easterlies predominating. Outlook: Mainly fine in Canterbury, Nelson. Marlborough. and Buller: becoming cloudy in Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport. ’yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11 p.m. Millibars 1013.7 1017 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m .1 To date this month. ... 76 To date this year 315 To date last year 495 Average to date 521 Average for October... 46 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 169 To date this year 1769 To date last year 1587 Average for October. . . 192 Humidity: . Per cent at noun 76 Per cent at 6 p.m 70 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 07 deg. grass 05 deg. rainfall 21 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 5.19 a.m.. sets 7.07 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 5.18 a.m.. sets 7.08 p.m. Moon—Today. Rises 2.05 p.m., sets 3.28 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 3.10 p.m.. sets 3.56 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today; 12.39 a.m. and 12.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.23 a.m. and 1.42 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 Full moon: November 2. 1 a m.

Last quarter: November 8. 7 p.m. New moon: November 16. 3 a.m. First quarter; November 24. 8 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: lldeg., rain. S.W.. 14 knots. Wellington: lldeg.. recent showers. S„ 18 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., recent showers, S., 20 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg.. cloudy. S.W., 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER • Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 6. 13: Athens. 15. 24; Bahrain, 27, 33: Bangkok, 25. 28; Barbados, 24. 30: Beirut. 18. 22: Belgrade, 12. 19; Berlin. 2.9: Bogota. 7. 19: Buenos Aires. 8. 23; Cairo. 17. 29: Calgarv. 1. 17; Caracas. 19. 29; Chicago, -4. 13: Copenhagen. 9. 12; Dublin. 6. 13; Frankfurt. 6. 11; Geneva. 8. 12; Helsinki. 2.8; Hong Kong, 22. 22; Honolulu. 19. 30; Jakarta. 24. 33; Jerusalem, 11. 23: Johannesburg, 12, 25; Kiev. 10, 11; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 32; Lima. 17. 21; Lisbon. 10. 21; London, 12, 16; Los Angeles, 19, 22; Madrid. 2. 19; Manila. 22. 33: Mexico, 10. 22: Miami. 16, 26; Montevideo, 10 19 Montreal. 2, 12: Moscow, 8 10: Nassau. 22, 28; New Delhi, 18. 32; New York. 6,9; Nicosia, 14, 28; Oslo. 2,4; Paris. 6. 12; Peking. 6. 18; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 36; Rome. 12. 16; San Francisco. 15. 18: San Juan. 25. 32; Santiago. 8. 26. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 13. 19; Brisbane. 18. 26: Canberra. 7,. 31: Hobart. 14. 20; Melbourne, 14. 23: Perth 9 21 (noon); Sydney. 16. 25.