Fishing rivers

Press, 2 November 1985, Page 80

Fishing rivers

Waiau: Dirty, hot fishable. Hurunui: Slightly discoloured and fishable. Ashley: Dirty, not fishable but clearing. Waimakariri mouth:

Milky, fishable. ’ Waimakariri gorge: Slightly discoloured, fishable. Selwyn: Coloured . and fishable. Rakaia mouth and gorge: Clear and fishable.

General forecast: A depression is moving slowly south-east over the south of the South Island. Its associated cold front is crossing the North Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Winds from a westerly quarter, fresh in exposed places; showers about the alps, but only scattered showers, spreading elsewhere. Nelson: Moderate or fresh south-westerlies; fine apart from scattered showers in the western ranges. Marlborough: Fine and mild

with westerlies, fresh in exposed places; cool southerly change likely on the Kaikoura coast this evening with a few showers. Buller, Westland: Cool west to south-westerlies, fresh at times; occasional showers and fair intervals. Tomorrow: Showers in most areas. Extended forecast until Tuesday: Rain and cold southerlies in Canterbury, Buller and Westland from today, fine in Buller and Westland until Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromotor:.. .. . 6 p.m 11p.m. Millibars . . ... 999.3 999.2 Tomporaturo: deg. Maximum (to 6 pjn.) .-. 24.5 Rainfall: nun; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... Nil To date this year 354 To date last year..... 434 Average to date 548 Average for November . .49 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947). - 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 30 min ■ To date this mouth. .-. . 9 To date this year 1898 To date last year 1710 Average for November . 207 Humidity: . Per cent at n00n..... 35 Per cent at 6 pan..... 40 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24" hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 6.11 a.m., sets 8.15 pan. Tomorrow: Rises 6.10 a.m., sets 8.16 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 12.50 a.m., sets 8.19 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises —, sets 9.06 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.47 a.m. and 9.08 pan. Tomorrow: 9.31 aan. and 9.52 pan. (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: November 6. New moon: November 13.

First quarter: November 19. Full moon: November 28. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., showers, N., 15 knots. Wellington: 15deg., cloudy, N., 16 knots. . Christchurch: 23deg., cloudy, N.W., 16 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 10, 27; Brisbane, 19, 24; Canberra, 4, 21; Hobart, 11, 18; Melbourne, 7, 22; Perth, 18, 33 (noon); Sydney, 15, 21. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, nil, 6; Athens, 11, 21; Bahrain, 23, 29; Bangkok, 24, 32; Beirut, 17, 20; Belgrade, 5, 13; Berlin, 3,6; Bermuda, 19, 23; Bogota, 9, 19; Brussels, 2,9; Buenos Aires, 14, 21; Cairo, 15, 26; Calgary, -3, 9; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 2, 14; Copenhagen, 7,9; Dublin, 6, 15; Frankfurt, 1,2; Geneva, 4, 10; Havana, 21, 31; Helsinki, -2, 5; Hong Kong, 23, 28; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 12, 30; Istanbul, 7, 16; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 12, 25; Johannesburg, 12,18; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 11, 22; London, .7, 9; Los Angeles, 16, 20; Madrid, 5, 21; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 10, 24; Montevideo, 17, 19; Montreal, nil, 8; Moscow, 2,3; Nassau, 22, 32; New Delhi, 15,33; New York, 5, 13; Nicosia, 14, 22; Oslo, 1,9; Paris, 2,5; Peking, nil, 16; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 32; Rome, 13, 19; San Francisco, 12,19; Santiago, 5, 25; Seoul, 11, 18; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 1,4; Taipei, 21, 26; Tokyo, 16, 21; Toronto, 1, 10; Vienna, 2,6; Warsaw,-2, 4.