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Press, 8 September 1984, Page 76

General forecast: An anticyclone to the south-east of New Zealand is moving slowly north-east, and the cool south-easterly flow over the country is slowly tending north-east. A trough of low pressure over the north Tasman Sea is moving east and should move on to the far north today.

District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine apart from some coastal cloud this morning; moderate north-east winds developing. Marlborough: Some showers, increasing fine ■ intervals about the Sounds and the Kaikoura

Coast with cold southerlies decreasing ’ slowly; mainly fine inland, little wind.

Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with light winds. Tomorrow: Coastal cloud morning and night, otherwise fine with north-east winds in Canterbury; easterlies, mainly fine in Marlborough; little change in Nelson, Buller, Westland. ®

Extended range forecast for the South Island until Tuesday: Marlborough, Canterbury, Monday or Tuesday cloudy southerlies arid a little rain. Nelson, Buller, Westland, fine, mild, little wind.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. , Millibars .... 1028.6 1029.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 To date this month. ... 4 To date this year 430 To date last year 373 Average to date 466 Average for September . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday Ohr Omin ■ To date this month. ... 38 To date this year 1353 To date last year 1342 Average for September . 162 Humidity: Per cent at noon 90 Per cent at 6 pm 89 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum lldeg, minimum sdeg, grass 3deg, rainfall 4mm. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.45 a.m.; sets, 6.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.43 a.m.; sets, 6.11 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 3.49 p.m.; sets, 6.7 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.52 p.m; sets, 6.35 am. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.48 a.m. and 3.9 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.30 a.m. and 3.50 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 Full moon: September 10.

Last quarter September 18. New moon: September 25. First quarter: October 2. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., cloudy, S., 10 knots. Wellington: 9deg., cloudy, S., 20 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg., drizzle, S.W., 12 knots. Dunedin: 10deg., cloudy, E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: . Adelaide, 10, 18; Brisbane, 12, 24; Canberra, 7, 16; Darwin, 22, 31; Hobart, 9, 14; Melbourne, 9, 20; Perth, 10, 18 (noon); Sydney, 10, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 16, 18; Athens, 20, 33; Bahrain, 30, 35; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 23, 30; Belgrade, 18, 33; Berlin, 5, 15; Bogota, 6, 18; Brussels, 8, 18; Buenos Aires, 12, 17; Cairo, 19, 33; Chicago, 9, 20; Copenhagen, 9, 11; Dublin, 9,17; Frankfurt, 10,16; Geneva, 11,18; Havana, 23, 31; Helsinki, 8, 13; Hong Kong, 25, 30; Honolulu, 21, 31; Islamabad, 18, 29; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 30; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 17, 25; London, 10,17; Los Angeles, 28, 41; Madrid, 17, 27; Manila, 23, 34; Mexico City, 12, 18; Montevideo, 12, 21; Moscow, 17, 24; New Delhi, 25, 33; New York, 14, 25; Nicosia, 23, 34; Oslo, 6, 15; Paris, 9, 17; Peking, 15, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 31; Rome, 14, 30; San Francisco, 13, 20; Santiago, 5, 25; Seoul, 17, 26; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 8, 13; Tokyo, 22, 28; Toronto, 5,17; Vienna, 16, 20; Warsaw, 13, 29.