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Press, 22 August 1984, Page 68

General forecast: Rain in the west, becoming cloudy in the east, strong northerlies. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain in the ranges, spreading, northerlies predominating, fresh in exposed places. Marlborough: North-wester-lies, gale force about the

sounds, strong in other exposed places, cloudy with rain, heavy at times in the north. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fresh northerlies, cloudy with rain periods. Tomorrow. North-westerlies with alpine showers in Canterbury and Marlborough. Westerlies with showers in the west.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromater: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1004.5 1003.6 Temperature; deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month. ... 13 To date this year 419 To date last year 347 Average to date 438 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 06 min To date this month. ... 108 To date this year 1274 To date last year 1269 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 35 Per cent at 6 p.m 44 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 4 deg, grass —1 deg, rainfall Nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.13 a.m.; sets, 5.51 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.12 a.m.; sets, 5.53 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 3.29 a.m.; sets, 12.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.34 a.m.; sets, 1.11 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Today: 12.1 a.m. ’ and 12.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.49 a.m. and 1.16 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: August. 27. First quarter. September 2. Full moon- September 10.

Last quarter. September 18. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., rain, N.E., 7 knots. Wellington: 13 deg., cloudy, N.W., 17 knots. Christchurch: 17 deg., partly cloudy, N., 12 knots. Dunedin: 14 deg., cloudy, N., 7 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 16; Brisbane, 14, 21; Canberra, 6,9; Darwin, 22, 31; Hobart, 7,11; Melbourne, 9, 15; Perth, 14,17; Svdney, 13,18. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 19, 26; Athens, 19, 30; Bahrain, 30, 35; Bangkok, 26, 32; Barbados, 25, 27; Beirut, 23, 29; Belgrade, 13, 28; Berlin, 13, 25; Bogota, 5, 17; Brussels, 9, 28; Buenos Aires, 11, 18; Cairo, 19, 31; Calgary, 6, 22; Caracas, 21, 27; Chicago, 14, 24; Copenhagen, 14, 22; Frankfurt, 13, 26; Geneva, 11, 26; Havana, 24, 32; Helsinki, 15, 19; Hong Kong, 26, 28; Honolulu, 21, 33; Islamabad, 23, 34; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Johannesburg, 10, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 15, 30; London, 16, 29; Los Angeles, 21, 29; Madrid, 15, 33; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 12, 22; Montevideo, 11, 17; Montreal, 15, 22; Moscow, 7,18; Nassau, 25, 32; New Delhi, 27, 34; New York, 20, 25; Nicosia, 20, 35; Oslo, 12, 23; Paris, 16, 29, Peking, 20, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 12, 22; Rome, 14, 30; San Francisco, 13, 16; San Juan, 24, 32; Santiago, 2, 17; Sao Paulo, 10, 18; Seoul, 26, 31; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 13, 22; Taipei, 24, 29; Tel Aviv, 21, 29; Tokyo, 27, 33; Toronto, 18, 23; Vancouver, 11, 21; Vienna, 14, 22; Warsaw, 7, 21. f