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Press, 25 July 1984, Page 54

General forecast: West of the South Island, rain clearing today; east of the South Island, scattered light rain developing. District forecasts: Canterbury: Winds tending moderate southerlies; scattered rain. Marlborough: Cloudy with, scattered rain in the morning but clearing this

afternoon; moderate northerlies. Nelson, Buller: Scattered rain clearing, moderate winds from the westerly quarter. Westland: Becoming fine; moderate south-east winds predominating. Tomorrow: Moderate southerlies in Canterbury, variable winds elsewhere, rain clearing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1015.9 1017.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 81 To date this year 404 To date last year 342 Average to date 386 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 00 hr 30 min To date this month. ... 74 To date this year 1143 To date last year 1116 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 82 Per cent at 6 p.m 87 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass 0 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.22 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.23 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.39 a.m.; sets, 1.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.47 a.m.; sets 2.31 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.20 a.m. and 1.47 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.5 a.m. and 2.32 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 New moon: July 28.

First quarter: August 4. Full moon: August 12. Last quarter August 20. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., cloudy, S.W., 8 knots. Wellington: 9deg., cloudy, E., 3 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg., cloudy, N.E., 15 knots. Dunedin: sdeg., cloudy/ W., 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 15; Brisbane, 14, 18; Canberra, 2, 11; Hobart, 4, 11; Melbourne, 8, 15; Sydney, 8, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 14, 22; Athens, 22, 32; Bahrain, 31, 41; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 23, 28; Belgrade, 16, 30; Berlin, 12, 18; Brussels, 12, 22; Cairo, 20, 32; Copenhagen, 19, 19; Dublin, 15, 22; Frankfurt, 10, 25; Geneva, 15, 31; Havana, 26, 31; Hong Kong, 28, 32; Honolulu, 25, 32; Jakarta, 21, 31; Jerusalem, 16, 27; Johannesburg, 4, 11; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 16, 33; London, 15, 26; Los Angeles. 21, 24; Madrid, 15, 36; Manila, 23, 34; Montevideo, 6,7; Montreal, 14, 28; Moscow, 13, 24; New Delhi, 27, 34; New York, 20, 29; Oslo, 13, 20; Paris, 16, 28; Peking, 23, 34; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 22; Rome, 15, 33; San Francisco, 12, 19; San Juan, 24, 30; Santiago, 4, 16; Sao Paulo, 9, 12; Seoul, 20, 31; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 12, 17; Tokyo, 24, 29; Toronto, 18, 27; Vancouver, 11, 22; Vienna, 14, 24; Warsaw, 10, 19.