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Press, 30 August 1984, Page 36

General forecast: Scattered rain in Marlborough and Nelson from this afternoon, spreading into North Canterbury later; mist and drizzle night and morning in Canterbury and Otago; fine on the West Coast and in Southland. District forecasts: Canterbury: Southerlies, low cloud and drizzle in the east; fine in the west; rain developing in North Canterbury. Nelson and Marlborough: Cloudy, with scattered rain developing; southerlies. Buller and Westland: High

cloud; fine. Tomorrow: Showers north of Banks Peninsula and early coastal drizzle in Canterbury; showers in Marlborough; clearing in Nelson; fine on the West Coast. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Sunday: Cold southerlies and scattered rain in Canterbury and Marlborough; easterlies developing and occasional rain in Nelson and Buller, unsettled still at the week-end in Marlborough but clearing elsewhere; fine from today in Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1009.5 1009.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m tee To date this month. ... 16 To date this year 422 To date last year 370 Average to date 452 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Evapotranspiration .... Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 0 min To date this month. . . . 149 To date this year 1316 To date last year 1304 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 77 Per cent at 6 p.m 97 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall tee SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.1 a.m.; sets, 6 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 6.1 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 8.57 a.m.; sets, 10.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.23 a.m.; sets 11.30 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7.5 a.m. and 7.35 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.7 a.m. and 8.35 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 First quarter: September 2. Full moon: September 10. Lasttquarter: September 18. Newvzoon: September 25.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., cloudy. Wellington: 13deg., cloudy. Christchurch: 12deg., cloudy. Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy. 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, 4, 17; Brisbane, 11, 22; Canberra, —2, 13; Hobart, 6, 14; Melbourne,'B, 15; Perth, 10, 13 (noon); Sydney, 8, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 16, 22; Athens, 20, 31; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 22, 29; Belgrade, 12, 26; Berlin, 8, 24; Bogota, 9, 17; Brussels, 15, 25; Buenos Aires, 4, 13; Cairo, 20, 32; Calgary, 7, 19; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 18, 32; Copenhagen, 14, 22; Dublin, 12, 20; Frankfurt, 13, 23; Geneva, 12, 23; Havana, 25, 32; Helsinki, 8, 14; Hong Kong, 27, 30; Honolulu, 23, 33; Islamabad, 22, 32; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 20, 30; Johannesburg, 13, 18; Kiev, 7, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 18, 26; London, 17, 24; Los Angeles, 20, 30; Madrid, 17, 30; Manila, 23, 31; Mexico City, 12, 23; Miami, 25, 29, Montevideo, 7, 11; Montreal, 18, 29; Moscow, 6, 13; Nassau, 22, 31; New Delhi, 24, 26; New York, 18, 27; Nicosia, 8. 14; Oslo, 12, 19; Paris, 15, 23; Peking, 20, 25; Perth, 9, 19; Rio de Janeiro, 8, 18; Rome. 15, 30; San Francisco, 14, 20; Santiago, 4, 25; Seoul, 24, 27; Singapore, 22, 31; Stockholm, 5, 18; Sydney, 9, 17; Taipei, (28, 34; Tel Aviv. 20. 3Q Tokyo, t 24, 34; Toronto, 16. 27;