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Press, 10 October 1984, Page 56

General forecast: Dry and becoming warm in the east from the Bay of Plenty to Canterbury; rain easing on the West Coast; strong north-westerlies about Cook Strait and many inland areas. District forecasts: Canterbury: North-wester-lies, up to gale force in some inland areas, and spreading to the coast at times, but decreasing during the day; mainly fine and warm, but showers about the Alps. Marlborough: North-wester-lies, gale force about the Sounds, and strong in other exposed places; mostly fine, but considerable high cloud; becoming warm.

Outlook Thursday — Fine with westerly winds. Nelson: Winds between north and west, strong at times; becoming fine apart from showers persisting about the western ranges; mild by afternoon. Buller, Westland: Westerly winds, strong at times; cloudy with showers. Extended range forecast until Saturday: A strong disturbed westerly airstream is expected to persist over New Zealand for the rest of the week. Fronts in the westerlies will cross the country every 36 hours or so, mainly affecting western districts and the south of the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1006.5 1002 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: m m. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace To date this month. ... 12 To date this year 468 To date last year 474 Average to date 513 Average for Oct 47 Wettest (1947) 137 Driest (1961) 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 62 To date this year 1529 To date last year 1509 Average for Oct 200 Humidity: Per cent at noon 43 Per cent at 6 p.m 70 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 18 deg, minimum 00 deg grass -4 deg, rainfall 3.7 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.47 a.m.; sets, 6.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.45 a.m.; sets, 6.48 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 6.52 p.m.; sets, 6.3 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.54 p.m.; sets 6.22 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 4.22 a.m. and 4.39 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.5 a.m. and 5.24 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add I7min, Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30tnin.) Phases of Moon Full moon: Today.

Last quarter: October 18. New moon: October 25. First quarter: November 1. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg., cloudy, S.W., 21 knots. Wellington: 13deg., fine, S., 9 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., cloudy, N., 7 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., overcast, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 21; Brisbane, 13, 25; Canberra, 8, 25; Hobart, 13, 20; Melbourne, 15, 24; Sydney, 15, 31. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 7, 14; Athens, 17, 33; Bahrain, 25, 38; Bangkok, 24, 31; Barbados, 23, 32; Beirut, 22, 28; Belgrade, 12, 23; Berlin, 7, 14; Brussels, 7, 15; Buenos Aires, 12, 25; Cairo, 20, 35; Copenhagen, 8, 14; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 10,15; Geneva, 7, 13; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, 11, 13; Hong Kong, 25, 28; Honolulu, 22, 33; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 15, 28; Johannesburg, 18, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 11, 22; London, 11, 18; Los Angeles. 18, 31; Madrid, 5, 19; Manila, 23, 32; Montevideo, 9, 22; Montreal, 2, 15; Moscow, 11, 16: New Delhi, 19, 34; New York, 7. 17; Oslo, 6, 12; Paris, 11, 16: Peking. 10, 20; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 27; Rome, 14, 18; San Francisco, 14, 28; Sao Paulo, 16, 20; Seoul, 10, 22; Singapore. 26, 31; Stockholm, 10, 13; Tokyo, 12, 19; Toronto, 7. 14; Vancouver, 11, 17; Vienna, 11, 15; Warsaw, 7, 15.