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Press, 14 October 1985, Page 48

General forecast: Some showers in most districts, clearing from the west. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson. Buller, Westland:

Coastal cloud with rain clearing, cool, moderate south-westerlies. Tomorrow: Fine with light winds. Long range forecast to Thursday: Coastal showers.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 pm. Millibars .... 1010.3 1014.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 pm.) . . 15 Rainfall: nun. 9 am. to 11 pm 9 Saturday Nil To date this month. ... 2 To date this year 326 To date last year 468 Average to date 519 Average for October. . . 47 Wettest October (1947). . 137 Driest October (1961). . . 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 0 min Saturday 12 hr 6 min To date this month 91 To date this year 1781 To date last year 1567 Average for October. ... 200 Humidity: Per cent at noon 84 Per cent at 6 pm 97 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 7 deg, grass 0 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 6.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.39 a.m.; sets, 6.52 pm. Moon—Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 6.49 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.7 a.m.; sets, 8.12 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 3.42 a.m., and 4.7 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.37 a.m. and 5.4 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 New moon: Today.

First quarter: October 21. Full moon: October 29. Last quarter November 6. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18 deg., cloudy, W., 13 knots. Wellington: 14 deg., cloudy, N.W., 22 knots. Christchurch: 12 deg., rain, 20 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 7,18; Brisbane, 17, 25; Canberra, 7,15; Darwin, 26, 33; Hobart, 4,16; Melbourne, 7, 18; Perth, 15,21; Sydney, 15,15. Minimum and maximum tempertures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Athens, 14, 23; Bahrain, 28, 34; Bangkok, 28, 29; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 14, 20; Belgrade, 8, 18; Berlin, 5, 13; Bermuda, 25, 29; Bogota, 5, 19; Brussels, 6, 16; Buneos Aires, 15, 25; Cairo, 17, 28; Calgary, 5, 12; Chicago, 3, 14; Copenhagen, 8, 13; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 13,25; Geneva, 5, 20; Havana, 25, 31; Helsinki, 9, 12; Hong Kong, 26, 29; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 13, 31; Istanbul, 10,16; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 13, 23; Johannesburg, 11, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 14, 29; London, 11,17; Los Angeles, 17, 27; Madrid, 12, 25; Manila, 23, 32; Montreal, 0, 12; Moscow, 4, 10; Nassau, 23, 32; New Delhi, 20, 29; New York, 13, 18; Oslo, 7, 14; Paris, 11, 21; Peking, 7, 20; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 28; Rome, 11, 28; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 22, 30; Santiago, 7, 22; Sao Paulo, 14, 26; Seoul, 18, 21; Singapore, 24, 32; Taipei, 25, 32; Tel Aviv, 18, 26; Tokyo, 19, 27; Toronto, 2, 12; Vancouver, 5, 11; Vienna, 12 19.