Untitled

Press, 15 August 1984, Page 68

General forecast: East or north-east winds in most places, strong at times, especially about eastern coasts but winds moderating in the north of the North Island, scattered light rain widespread. District forecasts: Canterbury: North-easter-lies, strong in exposed coastal places and fresh at times elsewhere; cloudy with persistent drizzle about the coast and plains and some rain inland.

Marlborough: East or northeast winds, strong about the Kaikoura coast with drizzle or light rain; winds fresh elsewhere with scattered rain. Nelson, Buller: East or north-east winds fresh in exposed places; cloudy with scattered, mainly light rain. Westland: Cloudy with scattered rain, north-east winds, fresh at times in exposed places. Tomorrow: North or northeast winds, some rain.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteoro- Phases of Moon

logical Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m 11p.m. Millibars .... 1019.2 1019.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 pm.) . . 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Trace To date this month. ... 7 To date this year 414 To date last year 346 Average to date 425 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs To date this month. ... 84 To date this year 1250 To date last year 1229 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 77 Per cent at 6 pan..... 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 08 deg, grass 07 deg, rainfall Trace SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.24 a.m.; sets, 5.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.45 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.4 p.m.; sets, 9.13 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.5 p.m.; sets, 9.32 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.6 a.m. and 7.26 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.54 a.m. and 8.13 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.)

Last quarter: August 20. New moon: August 27. First quarter: September 2. Full moon: September 10. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., rain, E., 18 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, E., 19 knots. Christchurch; lldeg., cloudy, E., 27 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., drizzle, N.E., 25 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch readings, 24 boors to 8 a.m. yesterday. Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 9, 13; Brisbane, 10, 19; Canberra, 1, 14; Hobart, 9, 11; Melbourne, 9, 12; Sydney, 9, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 20, 26; Athens, 22, 35; Bahrain, 29, 38; Bangkok, 28, 32; Barbados, 25, —; Beirut, 22, 30; Belgrade, 15, 25; Berlin, 10, 23; Brussels, 11, 25; Buenos Aires, 7, 11; Cairo, 21, 36; Copenhagen, 17, 24; Curitiba, 12, 27; Dennasar, 24, 29; Dublin, 11, 19; Frankfurt, 13, 18; Geneva, 12, 24; Oslo, 12, 24; Paris, 15, 22; Peking, 21, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 36; Rome, 17, 29; San Francisco, 14, 21; San Juan, 24, 32; Santiago, 5, 16; Sao Paulo, 16, 29; Seoul, 26, 33; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 13, 21; Tokyo, 27, 33; Toronto, 20, 25; Vancouver, 13, 21; Vienna, 16, 22; Warsaw, 16, 23. _ • >