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Press, 3 August 1985, Page 80

General forecast: A trough of low pressure is moving eastwards across the North Island followed by a cold, southerly flow. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mostly cloudy and cold, with occasional rain, and brief snow to about 700 m, but brighter intervals developing during the day, southerlies, fresh in exposed places. Marlborough: Cloudy and cool with outbreaks of rain, especially in the

east; strong southerlies on the coast, lighter winds inland. Nelson: Fine; moderate southerly winds; cool. Buller, Westland: Fine and cool, with moderate south-easterlies. Extended range forecast until Tuesday: Canterbury, Marlborough: Southerlies moderating on Sunday, becoming fine later. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Mostly dry, winds becoming light.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1004.7 1009.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 3.4 To date this month. . . . Tee To date this year 255 To date last year 406 Average to date 404 Average for August ... 56 Wettest (1975) 149 Driest (1948) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday nil hr min To date this month. ... 4 To date this year 1303 To date last year 1179 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 89 Per cent at 6 p.m 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall Tee son, Moon, and tides Sun—Today: Rises, 7.40 a.m.; sets, 5.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.39 a.m.; sets, 5.32 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 7.50 p.m.; sets, 9.11 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.57 p.m.; sets 9.33 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 6.04 a.m. and 6.32 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.02 a.m. and 7.26 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 SOmin.) ’ I Phases of Moon Last quarter: August 9. <

New Moon: August 16. First quarter: August 23. Full Moon: August 30. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 12 deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 7 knots. Wellington: 9 deg., cloudy, S., 16 knots. Christchurch: 8 deg., drizzle, S.W., 19 knots. Dunedin: 9 deg., cloudy, S., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 10; Brisbane, 6, 19; Canberra, -7,11; Darwin, 19, 29; Hobart, 4, 13; Melbourne, 5, 13; Perth, 9, 17 (noon). Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 14, 19; Athens, 23, 40; Bahrain, 31, 37; Bangkok, 26, 32; Beirut, 28, 31; Belgrade, 17, 27; Berlin, 12, 20; Brussels, 11, 21; Cairo, 23, 36; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 12, 22; Geneva, 14, 22; Helsinki, 14, 19; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 23, 29; Islamabad, 24, 30; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 21, 31; Johannesburg, 7, 23; Kiev, 16, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 16, 26; London, 13, 21; Los Angeles, 20, 29; Madrid, 16, 30; Mexico City, 12, 23; Montreal, 14, 22; Moscow, 16, 25; New Delhi, 27, 35; New York, 22, 25; Nicosia, 24, 40; Paris, 16, 24; Peking, 22, 31; Perth, 11, 18; Rio De Janeiro, 15, 31; Rome, 21, 32; San Francisco, 15, 22; San Juan, 24, 32; Santiago, 1, 18; Sao Paulo, 12, 28; Seoul, 25, 32; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 16, 20; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 27, 31; Vancouver, 14, 21; Vienna, 15, 22; Warsaw, 13, 23.