General forecast: An anti-cyclone covering the eastern Tasman Sea and New Zealand is moving slowly east, bringing mainly fine conditions. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate northerlies predominating; fine apart from a few cloudy areas. Nelson, Marlborough: Fine and mild in the afternoon. Northerlies becoming fresh about the sounds
and moderate elsewhere. Buller, Westland: Variable skies and some drizzle developing in the south. Tomorrow: Areas of light rain in Canterbury, Marlborough and Westland. Extended forecast until Monday: Some rain in Marlborough on Sunday; light rain in Canterbury today and t tomorrow; mainly mild weather in Nelson and on the West Coast.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1016.3 1016.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 14 To date this year 470 To date last year 490 Average to date 537 Average for October. . . 47 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 206 To date this year 1672 To date last year 1596 Average for October. . . 200 Humidity: Per cent at noon 56 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 5 deg, grass 1 deg, rainfall nil
SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.21 a.m.; sets, 7.7 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.19 a.m.; sets, 7.8 p.m. Moon — Today, Rises, 6.16 a.m.; sets, 9.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.51 a.m.; sets, 10.34 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 5.22 a.m. and 5.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.24 a.m. and 6.53 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 First quarter November 1.
Full moon: November 9. Last quarter: November 16. New moon: November 23. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy, S.W., 11 knots. Wellington: 16deg., fine, S.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: 16deg., fine, N.E., 14 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., fine, N.E., 15 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 13, 18; Brisbane, 15, 25; Canberra, 10, 26; Hobart, 11,16; Melbourne, 11,18; Perth, 12, 22 (noon); Sydney, 16, 24. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 10, 13; Athens, 14, 26; Bahrain, 20, 27; bangkok, 26, 32; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 21, 28; Belgrade, 12, 25; Berlin, 8,12; Bogota, 8,18; Brussels, 7, 15; Buenos Aires, 11, 21; Cairo, 16, 29; Caracas, 19, 27; Chicago, —2, 11; Copenhagen, 7, 15; Dublin, 12, 16; Frankfurt, 9, 16; Geneva, 9, 17; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, 5,6; Hong Kong, 22, 27; Honolulu, 21, 30; Islamabad, 14, 30; Jakarta, 23, 30; Johannesburg, 11, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 30; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 12, 25; London, 9, 14; Los Angeles, 14, 26; Madrid, 3, 22; Manila, 20, 27; Mexico City, 12, 25; Montevideo’, 10, 18; Moscow, 7, 9; Nassau, 22, 30; New Delhi, 17, 34; New York, 15, 18; Nicosia, 11, 23; Oslo, 4,7; Paris, 10, 16; Peking, 7, 15; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 32; Rome, 12, 22; San Francisco, 20, 25; Santiago, 11, 27; Seoul, 10, 20; Singapore, 24, 32; Tokyo, 13, 24; Toronto, 6, 13; Vienna, 9, 14: Warsaw, 6, 14.
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