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Press, 2 August 1985, Page 30

General forecast: A trough of low pressure over the Tasman Sea and New Zealand is slowly moving eastwards. District forecasts: Canterbury: Southerlies gradually freshening, with occasional rain developing; becoming colder with snow to about 500 m. Marlborough: Moderate northwesterlies dying out, fresh cold southerlies developing on the Kaikoura coast in the

afternoon; showers about the ranges and Sounds, but mainly dry elsewhere. Nelson, Buller: Scattered showers, with light winds; cold. Westland: Showers clearing, and becoming fine; moderate easterly winds predominating; cool. Extended range forecast until Monday: Canterbury: cold and showery, fine at the week-end. Marlborough, Buller, Westland: showery, southerlies. Nelson: showery.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 991.5 994.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... — To date this year 255 To date last year 406 Average to date 402 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 6 min To date this month. . . . 4.06 To date this year 1303 To date last year 1174 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 50 Per cent at 6 p.m 74 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass -2 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.42 a.m.; sets, 5.29 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.40 a.m.; sets, 5.31 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.41 p.m.; sets, 8.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.50 p.m.; sets 9.11 а. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 5.08 a.m. and 5.36 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.04 a.m. and б. 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 Last quarter August 9. New moon: August 16. First quarter: August 23. Full moon: August 30.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: lldeg., showers, N.W., 8 knots. Wellington: lldeg., cloudy, N., 9 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 10deg., partly cloudy, S„ 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 14; Brisbane, 8, 19; Canberra, —5, 13; Darwin, 19, 31; Hobart, 5, 13; Melbourne, 7, 13; Perth, 11, 18; Sydney, 6, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 13, 19; Athens, 23, 40; Bahrain, 31, 37; Bangkok, 25, 30; Beirut, 27, 32; Belgrade, 22, 38; Berlin, 13, 21; Bogota, 9, 19; Brussels, 9, 20; Buenos Aires, 9, 15; Cairo, 23, 36; Copenhagen, 14, 19; Dublin, 12, 15; Frankfurt, 14, 23; Geneva, 13, 20; Helsinki, 11, 17; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 23, 32; Jakarta, 22, 33; Jerusalem, 20, 29; Johannesburg, 8, 23; Kiev, 17, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 16, 24; London, 15, 23; Los Angeles, 19, 28; Madrid, 14, 28; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 12, 22; Miami, 27, 31; Montevideo, 12, 14; Montreal, 14, 21; Moscow, 12, 24; Nassau, 25, 33; New Delhi, 26, 34; New York, 22, 32; Nicosia, 23, 39; Oslo, 12, 17; Paris, 15, 23; Peking, 23, 30; Rio De Janeiro, 12, 31; Rome, 20, 35; San Francisco, 14, 20; San Juan, 25, 31; Santiago, 1, 15; Sao Paulo, 11, 26; Seoul, 25, 33; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 15, 19; Taipei, 25, 33; Tel Aviv, 22, 29; Tokyo, 27, 32; Toronto, 12, 20; Vancouver, 15, 22; Vienna, 19, 21; Warsaw, 18, 24.