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Press, 16 August 1984, Page 36

General forecast:

Cloudy and patches of light rain in the west of the North Island from Wanganui to Wellington, showers elsewhere in the North Island, cloudy and light rain in most of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: North-easter-lies, often fresh in exposed coastal places; mostly cloudy with light rain at times.

Nelson, Marlborough and Buller: Easterlies and scattered light rain.

Westland: Moderate norths easterlies, cloudy with light rain at times.

Tomorrow: Coastal drizzle but fine inland in Canterbury, showers in Nelson, Marlborough, Buller and Westland. Extended range forecast for the South Island till Sunday: Light rain about eastern coasts today, but clearing in Marlborough and Canterbury on Saturday, spreading into Otago on Sunday. However, some rain persisting in Southland and about the western ranges. Light rain at times on the West Coast with winds tending to cooler north-westerlies from Friday, easterlies becoming fine in Fiordland from Saturday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11 pm. Millibars .... 1015.6 1014.9

Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 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 427 Average for "August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 6 min To date this month. ... 84 To date this year 1250 To date last year 1237 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent, at noon 84 Per cent at 6 pm 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 09 deg, rainfall Trace

SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.23 a.m; sets, 5.45 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.21 a.m; sets, 5.46 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 10.5 p.m; sets, 9.32 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.7 p.m; sets 9.52 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7.54 a.ih. and 8.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.40 a.m. and 8.57 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 August 20. New moon: August 27. First quarter: September 2.

Full moon: September 10. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., rain, E., 19 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, E., 11 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., cloudy, N.E., 23 knots. Dunedin: 10deg., drizzle, N.E., 16 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings, 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, 9, 14; Brisbane, 9, 20; Canberra, -2, 11; Hobart, 7, 10; Melbourne, 8, 12; Perth, 11, 17 (noon); Sydney, 7, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 20, 26; Athens, 24, 35; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 28, 33; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 23, 30; Belgrade, 10, 24; Berlin, 10, 25; Brussels, 15, 26; Buenos Aires, 2, 13; Cairo, 21, 36; Copenhagen, 14, 24; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 12, 24; Geneva, 16, 24; Havana, 24, 32; Helsinki, 11,17; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 24, 28; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 16, 29; Johannesburg, 13, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 14, 30; London, 16, 24; Los Angeles, 20, 29; Madrid, 15, 33; Manila, 23, 29; Mexico City, 13; 24; Montevideo, 6, 10; Montreal, 15, 30; Moscow, 11, 16; New Delhi, 26, 35; New York, 23, 28; Oslo, 13, 25; Paris, 16, 24; Peking, 17, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 34; Rome, 16, 30; San Francisco, 13, 20; Santiago, 2, 19; Seoul, 25, 33; Singapore, 25, 31; Tokyo, 26, 34; ■ Toronto, 21, 26; Vancouver, 13, 20; Vienna, 16, 22; Warsaw, 18, 21.