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Press, 31 August 1983, Page 52

General forecast: Showers in eastern districts from Gisborne to coastal Marlborough and about Cook Strait. Fresh south to south-east winds over the North Island, but the winds strong through Cook Strait. In Canterbury and Otago, cloudy areas about the coast night and morning with a few drizzle patches, otherwise fine. Over the rest 'of the South Island mainly fine with light winds. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy areas about the coast night and

morning with drizzle patches, otherwise fine, light winds; some high cloud. Nelson, Buller, Westland — Mainly fine with light winds. Marlborough: South to south-east winds, fresh in exposed places; cloudy and cool with occasional showers; fine inland. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in Canterbury, cloudy but fine in Nelson, Buller, Westland and central Marlborough; some showers, becoming fine in coastal Marlborough.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1014.7 1014.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. — To date this month. ... 27 To date this year 370 To date last year 217 Average to date 439 Average for August ... 55 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 30 min To date this month. ... 151 To date this year 1305 To date last year 1414 Average for August ... 146 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum 5 deg, grass 2 deg, rainfall trace SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.02 a.m.; Sets, 6 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7 a.m.; Sets, 6.02 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 12.37 a.m.; Sets, 10.35 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.46 a.m.; Sets, 11.12 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.10 a.m. and 10.31 p.m. Tomorrow: 11 a.m. and 11.23 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, 11.22 p.m. New moon: September 7, 2.35

p.m. First quarter: September 14 2.24 p.m. Full moon: September 22, 6.36 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 11 knots.

Wellington: 9 deg., rain, S., 13 knots. Christchurch: 9 deg., cloudy, S., 12 knots. Dunedin: 9 deg., overcast, calm. 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 cities of Australia yesterday were:— Adelaide: 10, 16; Brisbane: 10, 23; Canberra: 1, 13; Darwin: 21, 30; Hobart: 5, 13; Melbourne: 11, 16; Perth: 13, 19 (noon); Sydney: 8, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 12, 21; Athens, 21, 33; Bahrain, :29, 35; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 24, 31; Belgrade, 16, 30; Berlin, 10, 25; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, 13, 23; Buenos Aires, 15, 19; Cairo, 21, 33; Calgary, 11, 25; Chicago, 21, 34; Copenhagen, 13, 22; Dublin, 14, 18; Frankfurt, 14, 26; Geneva, 17, 26; Havana, 25, 32; Helsinki, 11, 19; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 25, 32; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 16, 27; Johannesburg, 9, 24; Kiev, 11, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 18, 22; Lisbon, 18, 32; London, 14, 19; Los Angeles, 22, 36; Madrid, 17, 28; Manila, 25, 33; Mexico City, 12, 24; Miami, 27, 33; Montevideo, 11, 16; Montreal, 20, 30; Moscow, 9, 13; Nassau, 21, 32; New Delhi, 25, 33; New York, 25, 28; Nicosia, 24, 37; Oslo, 10, 22; Paris, 14, 24; Peking, 20, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 34; Rome, 18, 30; San Francisco, 15, 23; San Juan, 25, 32; Santiago, 6, 12; Sao Paulo, 15, 30; Seoul, 23, 28; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 14, 20; Taipei, 25, 33; Tel Aviv, 23, 29; Tokyo, 24, 33; Toronto, 20, 27; Vancouver, 14, 24; Vienna, 16, 28; Warsaw, 9, 26.