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Press, 2 August 1983, Page 34

General forecast: Rain west of the Alps and spreading into Nelson and Marlborough during the day with some heavy falls likely later with freshening northerlies. Mainly cloudy in Canterbury with some rain spreading from the northwest late in the day. District forecasts: Canterbury: North-easterlies predominating; mostly fine but high cloud increasing and rain about the Alps, spreading east late in the day. Marlborough, Nelson: North-

erlies freshening; cloudy with scattered rain becoming widespread and heavy from afternoon, Buller: North-easterlies freshening; cloudy with increasingly heavy periods of rain, Westland: Cloudy with rain likely; North-easterlies, fresh at times. Tomorrow: South-west winds with showers in Canterbury, Buller and Westland; westerly, winds, becoming fine in Marlborough and Nelson.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1020.0 1021.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month. ... Nil To date this year 344 To date last year 203 Average to date 339 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 2 To date this year 1156 To date last year 1231 Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 74 Per cent at 6 p.m 86 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 9 deg, grass 8 deg,(rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.45 a.m.; Sets, 5.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.43 a.m.; Sets, 5.31 p.m. Moon — Today: rises, 12.32 a.m.; Sets, 11.38 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.40 a.m.; Sets, 12.04 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.39 a.m. and 10.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.28 a.m. and 11.48 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: Today, 12.52 p.m. New moon: August 9, 7.18 a.m. First quarter: August 16, 12.47 a.m. Full moon: August 24, 2.59 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16 deg., overcast, N.W., 13 knots. Wellington: 13 deg., showers, N.W., 15 knots. Christchurch: 11 deg., cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: 12 deg., cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch average, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 5, 13; Brisbane: 11, 23; Canberra: 3, 12; Darwin; 18, 32; Hobart: 7, 15; Melbourne: 8, l2, 18 (noon); Sydney: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 22, 28; Athens, 22, 32; Bahrain, 31, 39; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 24, 29; Belgrade, 18, 30; Berlin, 15, 28; Bogota, 6, 18; Brussels, 18, 30; Buenos Aires, 6, 13; Cairo, 21, 33; Calgary, 9, 25; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 20, 30; Copenhagen, 13, 20; Dublin, 15, 19; Frankfurt, 15, 31; Geneva, 16. 31; Havana, 23, 31; Helsinki, 12, 19; Hong Kong, 28, 31;