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Press, 30 August 1985, Page 32

General forecast: Over much of New Zealand, fine with remaining showers in Northland and Gisborne clearing tomorrow. Rain affecting Fiordland will spread into Westland and Buller with some falls likely in Southland and Otago by morning. District forecasts: Canterbury: Northerlies fresh at times, rain in the western ranges and developing in the south late today, becoming mild. Marlborough: Moderate northerlies, fine, mild to-

day. Nelson: Moderate northerlies, fine, cool. Buller: Moderate north-east-erlies, cloudy, some rain, cool. Westland: Moderate northerlies, cloudy, rain spreading from the south. Extended range forecast to Monday. — Canterbury, Marlborough: Week-end cloud, light showers, frosts; Nelson, Buller: Fine, morning drizzle, little wind; Westland: Changeable rain and fine intervals, variable winds.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

-V-Z Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1022.4 1020.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 46 To date this year 301 To date last year 422 Average to date 452 Average for August ... 56 Wettest August (1975) . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 179 To date this year 1478 To date last year 1316 Average for August ... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 58 Per cent at 6 p.m 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass —2 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.02 a.m.; sets, 5.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 6 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 5.34 p.m.; sets, 7.13 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.42 p.m.; sets, 7.36 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 3.56 a.m. and 4.21 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.45 a.m. and 5.09 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 Full moon: Today. Last quarter. September 8. New moon: September 15. First quarter: September 21.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., partly cloudy, E., 10 knots. Wellington: 9 deg., fine, E., 6 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., fine, N.E., 17 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., fine, N.E., 19 knots. World weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide: 6, 17; Brisbane: 13, 24; Canberra: 5, 16; Darwin: 23, 32; Hobart: 7, 17; Melbourne: 4, 15; Perth: 10, 18 (noon); Sydney: 12, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 14, 23; Athens, 18, 28; Bahrain, 32, 41; Bangkok, 25, 31; Barbados, 28, 30; Beirut, 29, 33; Belgrade, 14, 20; Berlin, 7, 23; Bogota, 9, 18; Brussels, 10, 24; Buenos Aires, 10, 18; Cairo, 22, 36; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 14, 27; Copenhagen, 11, 17; Denpasar, 23, 31; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 7, 21; Geneva, 8, 20; Helsinki, 12, 19; Hong Kong, 25, 26; Honolulu, 25, 32; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 18, 28; Johannesburg, 6, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 14, 32; London, 14, 24; Los Angeles, 26, 33; Madrid, 10, 30; Manila, 24, 31; Mexico City, 11, 20; Montevideo, 4, 11; Montreal, 15, 23; Moscow, 15, 28; New Delhi, 27, 36; New York, 24, 29; Nicosia, 24, 41; Oslo, 13, 18; Paris, 11, 23; Peking, 19, 26; Rio De Janeiro, 14, 38; Rome, 14, 26; San Francisco, 14, 20; Santiago, 7, 20; Sao Paulo, 18, 30; Seoul, 25, 28; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 12, 18; Taipei, 25, 31; Tel Aviv, 23, 30; Tokyo, 25, 32; Toronto, 17, 25; Vancouver, 10, 21; Vienna, 13, 17; Warsaw, 12, 19.