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Press, 5 September 1983, Page 32

General forecast:

Fine weather and light winds over most of the country apart from a few areas of cloud and fog at first this morning. In Fiordland, scattered rain developing and spreading to southern Westland later today. District forecasts:

Canterbury: Fine; light winds inland, moderate coastal north-easterlies.

Nelson, Marlborough: Fine,

light winds, becoming milder.

Buller: Fine at first, becoming cloudy; light northeast winds.

Westland: Fine at first, becoming cloudy with some drizzel spreading north to Hokitika by this evening; light winds.

Tomorrow: Fine in Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough; cloudy with some drizzle in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1021.5 1022.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil Saturday 4 To date this month. ... 4 To date this year 373 To date last year 219 Average to date 446 Average for September . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Evapotranspiration Saturday o.Bmm, Sunday 0.7 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 6 min Saturday Bhr 42min To date this month. ... 25 To date this year 1335 To date last year. ... . 1442 Average for September. 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon 66 Per cent at 6 p.m 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall nil „ SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 6.52 a.m.; Sets, 6.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.50 a.m.; Sets, 6.14 .. p n i, . D . . Moon-Today: Rises 5.52 a.m.; Sets 3.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.34 a.m.; sets 4.42 » T ~ . High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 2.1 a.m. and 2.29 p.m Tomorrow: 2.53 ami. and 32 A p J n Uke F ° re y th ’ subtract 60mm, Akaroa, subtract 45mm, Port Levy, subtract 30mm; Ashburton and Raikaia, subtract 25mm; Kaikoura add 17min ; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.). Phases of Moon New moon: September 7, 2.35 P m - First quarter: September 14, 2-24 p.m.

Full moon: September 22, 6.36 p.m. Last quarter: September 30, 8.5 am. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., cloudy, S.W., knots ’,„ J Wellington: 12 deg., partly cloudy, S., 16 knots. Christchurch: 10 deg., cloudy, S.W., 14 knots. Dunedin; 9 deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 15; Brisbane, 15, 25; Canberra, 1, 14; Darwin, 23, 30; Hobart, 6, 13; Melbourne, 6, 15; Perth, 13, 14 (noon), Sydney, 10, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours, were.— Amsterdam, 14, 21; Athens. 31; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 26, 32; Barbados, 25, 29; Beirut, 23, 29; Belgrade, 18, 28; Berlin, 14, 23; Bogota, 5, 18; Brussels, 12, 17; Buenos Aires, 7, 21; Cairo, 20, 34; Calgary, 16, 29; Chicago, 15, 31- Copenhagen, 19, 22; Dublin, 9, 17; Frankfurt, 17, 25; Geneva, 15, 23; Helsinki, 12, 17; Hong Kong, 27, 29; Honolulu, 21, 32: Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 19, 30; Johannesburg, 11, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 16, 21; Lisbon, 19, 27; London, 14, 19; Los Angeles, 25, 35; Madrid, 15. 29; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City. 13, 24; Montreal, 16, 29; Moscow, 6. 16; Nassau, 24, 33; New Delhi, 26, 33; New York, 19, 29; Nicosia, 19, 34; Oslo 16, 18; Paris, 11, 22; Peking, 19, 31: Rio de Janeiro, 15, 26; Rome. 22, 31; San Francisco, 14, 29; Sao Paulo, 11, 15; Seoul, 22, 27: Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm. 15, 18; Taipei, 25, 33; Tel Aviv 23, 30; Tokyo, 25, 3i; Toronto 15, 26; Vancouver 12 23 Vienna, 18, 28; Warsaw 13 28.