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Press, 5 October 1984, Page 36

General forecast: 1 Fine over most of New Zealand, but scattered showers at first in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay, and rain developing tomorrow in Fiordland and south Westland. District forecasts:

Canterbury: Moderate northerlies; fine, but with increasing high cloud; becoming milder. Nelson and Marlborough: Fine; moderate northerly winds.

Buller and Westland: Light winds; cloud increasing, and scattered showers likely late in the day; cool. Tomorrow: Showers likely in all districts. Extended range forecast to Monday: Fine at first but from tomorrow a return to cold southerlies, with showers in Marlborough and Canterbury; mainly fine but scattered showers today and tomorrow in Nelson, Buller, and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1024.9 1025.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 461 To date last year 473 Average to date 505 Average for October... 47 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 27 To date this year 1494 To date last year 1478 Average for October... 200 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 73 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, minimum 1 deg, grass —3 deg, rainfall Imm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 6.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.54 a.m.; sets, 6.42 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.41 p.m.; sets, 4.11 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.45 p.m.; sets, 4.40 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.47 a.m. and 1.11 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.37 a.m. and 1.58 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaora, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon Full moon: October 10. Last quarter: October 18. New moon: October 25. Fir?t quarter: November 1.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., fine, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 12 deg., fine, S., 15 knots. Christchurch: 12 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: 11 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 17; Brisbane, 17, 27; Canberra, 9, 17; Hobart, 11, 13; Melbourne, 11, 18; Perth, 9, 18 (noon); Sydney, 16, 26. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 11, 14; Athens, 19, 28; Bahrain, 25, 34; Bangkok, 28, 33; Beirut, 20, 27; Belgrade, 15, 25; Berlin, 7, 16; Bogota, 6, 20; Brussels, 5, 15; Buenos Aires, 14, 23; Cairo, 20, 32; Calgary, 5, 20; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 3, 20; Copenhagen, 11, 17; Dublin, 4, 11; Frankfurt, 9, 15; Geneva, 7, 16; Havana, 22, 28; Helsinki, 12, 14; Hong Kong, 26, 31; Honolulu, 22, 32; Islamabad, 14, 34; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 18, 29; Johannesburg, 14, 28; Kiev, 8, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 15, 18; London, 9, 14; Los Angeles, 17, 23; Madrid, 6, 17; Manila, 22, 32; Mexico City, 11, 22; Miami, 23, 26; Montevideo, 16, 26; Montreal, 4, 17; Moscow, 8, 16; Nassau, 23, 30; New Delhi, 20, 34; New York, 9, 15; Nicosia, 18, 35; Oslo, 12, 14; Paris, 8, 16; Peking, 6, 20; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 29; Rome, 16, 20; San Francisco, 13, 20; San Juan, 24, 34; Santiago, 5,17; Seoul, 15,19; Singapore, 24, 33; Taipei, 24, 32; Tel Aviv, 22, 28; Tokyo, 22, 30; Toronto, 6, 16; Vancouver, 7, 16; Vienna, 15, 20; Warsaw, 17, 25.