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Press, 23 October 1984, Page 48

General forecast: Cool south-westerlies moving off the east of the country, clearing conditions. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate cool south-westerlies dying out, fine apart from coastal showers. Marlborough: Fine inland with moderate southwesterlies, strong cold coastal southerlies moderating, becoming fine. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine, cool, moderate vari-

able winds. Tomorrow: Fine with variable winds in Canterbury, fine in Marlborough with fresh north-westerlies about the Sounds. Westerlies mainly fine in Nelson, Buller, and Westland. Extended range forecast to Friday: Mainly fine with freshening north- . westerlies in Canterbury and Marlborough; westerlies and fine in Nelson; unsettled with showers and northerlies on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1011.5 1016.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month. ... 14 To date this year 470 To date last year 488 Average to date 532 Average fop October. . . 47 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9hr 12min To date this month. ... 170 . To date this year 1637 To date last year 1580 Average for October. . . 200 Humidity: Per cent at noon 38 Per cent at 6 p.m 64 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15deg, minimum Odeg, grass — 6deg, rainfall Imm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.26 a.m., sets, 7.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.25 a.m.; sets, 7.40 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 4.55 a.m., sets, 5.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.20 a.m.; sets, 6.35 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.32 a.m. and 2.57 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.26 a.m. and 3.51 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 New moon: October 25. First quarter: November 2.

Full moon: November 9. Last quarter: November 16. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., cloudy, W., 26 knots. Wellington: 7 deg., showers, S., 16 knots. Christchurch; 11 deg., cloudy, S.W., 30 knots.. Dunedin: 7 deg., overcast, S.W., 20 knots. WORLD WEATHER ■ Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 26; Brisbane, 16, 21; Canberra, 10, 20; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 6, 19; Melbourne, 7, 19; Perth, 13, 21; Sydney, 14, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 9, 13; Athens; 12, 24; Bahrain, 22, 26; Bangkok, 25, 32; Beirut, 14, 18; Belgrade, 10, 15; Berlin, 10, 13; Bogota, 7, 17; Brussels, 5, 15; Buenos Aires, 19, 30; Cairo, 17, 28; Calgary, —ll, —5; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 4, 12; Copenhagen, 9, 13; Dublin, 5, 15; Frankfurt, 8, 13; Geneva, 9, 16; Havana, 21, 27; Helsinki, 5,9; Hong Kong, 22, 25; Honolulu, 21, 30; Islamabad, 12, 33; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 10, 24; Johannesburg, 11, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 20; Libson, 12, 18; London, 7, 14; Los Angeles, 13, 24; Madrid, 12, 19; Manila, 22, 30; Mexico City, 14, 27; Montreal, 9,16; Moscow, 8, 13; Nassau, 22, 30; New Delhi, 18, 34; New York, 19, 25; Nicosia, 18, 26; Oslo, 6, 11; Paris, 10, 16; Peking, 6, 20; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 31; Rome, 13, 23; San Francisco, 11, 19; San Juan, 23, 31; Santiago, 7, 23; Sao Paulo, 15, 19; Seoul, 1, 11; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 9, 13; Taipei, 20, 25; Tel Aviv, 16, 29; Tokyo, 15, 22; Toronto, 6, 14; Vancouver, 4, 10; Vienna, 4, 16; Warsaw, 7, 18.