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Press, 9 August 1985, Page 32

General forecast: Rain about the alps; winds tending northwesterly. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy, rain on the alps, spreading east; mild northerlies; strong in exposed places. Nelson, Buller: Cloudy, mild;

some rain developing; norht-east winds, becoming strong. Wellington, Marlborough: Mild northerlies freshening. Extended forecast to Monday: North-east winds freshening; dry at first; showers on Sunday, but clearing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1022.5 1021.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 14 To date this year 270 To date last year 413 Average to date 413 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 47 To date this year 1345 To date last year 1212 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 46 Per cent at 6 p.m 80 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum lldeg. minimum -2de’g. grass -6deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.34 a.m.; sets, 5.37 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.38 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.9 a.m.; sets, 11.11 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.13 a.m.; sets, 11.38 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.3 a.m. and 11.21 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.49 a.m. and —. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45mim Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Last quarter: Today. New moon: August 16. First quarter: August 23. Full moon: August 30.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., cloudy N E 20 knots. ' ” Wellington: 12 deg., partly cloudy, N., 12 knots. Christchurch: 15 deg., partly cloudy, E., 11 knots. Dunedin: 12 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 13; Brisbane, 11, 21; Canberra, 4, 13; Darwin, 21, 29; Hobart, 8, 10; Melbourne 9, 13; Perth, 7, 14; Sydney, 11, 19. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 15, 19; Athens, 22, 35; Bahrain, 31, 40; Bangkok, 25, 31; Barbados, 24 30; Beirut, 28, 32; Belgrade, 20, 26; Berlin, 11, 20; Bermuda, 24, 26; Brussels, 11, 18; Buenos Aires, 8, 11; Cairo, 23, 34; Calgary, 10, 22; Caracas, 18, 27; Chicago, 19, 28; Copenhagen, 12, 18; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 10, 17; Frankfurt, 9,18; Geneva, 12,15; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 13, 17; Hong Kong, 28, 33; Honolulu, 24, 32; Islamabad, 23, 34; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 18, 28; Johannesburg, 7, 24- Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 14, 17; Lisbon, 15, 24; London, 12, 18; Los Angeles, 16, 29; Madrid, 11, 29; Manila, 24, 32; Mexico City, 10, 25; Montreal, 18, 30- Moscow, 15, 25; New Delhi, 25, 28; New York, 20, 27; Nicosia, 23, 36; Oslo, 14, 16; Paris, 12, 19; Peking, 22, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 32; Rome, 20, 29; San Francisco, 14, 18; Santiago, 1, 15; Sao Paulo, 13, 26; Seoul, 24. 32; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 14, 21; Taipei, 27, 35; Tel Aviv, 22, 29; fokyo. 24. 30; Toronto, 19, 29; Vancouver, 13, 19; Warsaw, 16, 26.