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Press, 3 September 1984, Page 38

General forecast: A depression north-east of the North Island is moving away. A weak.southerly airstream flows onto the North Island, and a ridge of high pressure lies over the South District forecasts: Canterbury: Low coastal cloud and mist morning and night, otherwise fine; moderate northe-easter-lies on the coast, light winds elsewhere. Malborough: Central Marl-

borough and the Sounds, light winds fine; Kaikoura coast, light north-easter-lies. Fog and . drizzle morning and night, but mostly fine this afternoon. Westland: Light winds, some cloud, dry. Nelson, Buller: Light winds, fine apart from early morning fog patches. Tomorrow: Little change in Canterbury; northerlies, fine in Marlborough; light winds, cloudy in Westland; fine, light northerlies in Nelson and Buller.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:'. . . 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1017.6 1019.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday trace To date this month. ... nil To date this year 427 To date last year 370 Average to date 459 Average for September . 43 Wettest (1946) 120 Driest (1980) . . 2 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 3 hr 54 min Yesterday 5 hr 24 min To. date this month. .... 9 To date this year. ... '.. 1325 To date last year 1317 Average for September . . 162 Humidity: Per cent at n00n...... 85 Per cent at 6 p.m...... 99 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, minimum 5 deg, grass 5 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.54 a.m; sets, 6.5 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.53 a.m; sets, 6.6 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 11.4 a.m; sets, 1.58 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.49 a.m; sets 3.5 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.58 a.m. and 11.24 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.53 a.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.). ■ 7 Phases of Moon Full moon: September 10. Last quarter September 18.

New moon: September 25. First quarter: October 2. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg, partly cloudy, variable 6 knots. Wellington: 12deg, recent showers, S., 14 knots. Christchurch: 11 deg, cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 13deg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum- and maximum temperatures in the main Australia cities yesterday were:— Adelaide: 11, 17; Brisbane: 15, 25; Canberra: 3,‘ 14; Darwin: 23, 29; .Hobart: 10, 18; Melbourne: 9, 18; Perth 44, 17 (noon); Sydney: 10, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 12, 22; Athens, 19, 28; Bahrain, 29, 35; Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 23, 30; Belgrade, 14, 26; Berlin, 14, 21; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, 13, 23; Buenos Aires, 10, 20; Cairo, 22, 34; Caracas, 20, 26; Chicago, 10, 28; Copehagen, 14, 21; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 11, 19; Frankfurt, 15, 25; Geneva, 9, 26; Havana, 23, 32; Helsinki, 10, 17; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 24, 34; Islamabad, 22, 33; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 34; Lima 15, 19; Lisbon, 18, 34; London, 17, 24; Los Angeles, 23, 31; Madrid, 13, 33; Manila, 24, 32; Montevideo, 7, 21; Montreal, 11, 20; Moscow, 15, 19; New Delhi 26, 33; New York, 20, 30; Nicosia, 22, 35; Paris, 15, 25; Peking, 18, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 27; Rome, 12, 31; San Francisco, 12, 24; San Juan, 24, 31; Santigao, 5, 20; Sao Paulo, 14, 22; Seoul, 22, 25; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 13, 18; Taipei, 25, 31; Tel Aviv, 20, 29; Tokyo, 26, 32; Toronto. 13, 24; Vancouver, 11, 18; Vienna, 17, 25; Warsaw, 12, 25.