Inside sport

Press, 17 June 1986, Page 40

Inside sport

Pages 20-22, 30 and 31

General forecast: A cold southerly airstream flows on to New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine, light winds, but scattered showers and moderate southerlies at first near the coast. Cold. Marlborough: Mainly fine, cool, variable winds, but fresh sotherlies and scattered showers on

the Kaikoura coast this morning. Nelson, Buller: Fine, frosty. Westland: Fine, frosty. Extended range forecast to Saturday.—Canterbury, Marlborough: Mostly fine, frosts tomorrow and Thursday, rain from Friday; Nelson, Buller Westland: Fine, frosty, light winds tomorrow, scattered showers from Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS i

Observations taken at tbe Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1019.5 1020.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10.0 Rainfall:' mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month .... 14 To date this year 316 To date last year 189 Average to date 313 Average for June 54 Wettest June (1960).... 168' Driest June (1979) .... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 54 min To date this month .... 73 To date this year 1079 To date last year 1136 Average for June 120 Humidity: Per cent at noon 74 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 6 deg, minimum -1 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfaU 8 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today. Rises, 8.02 a.m.; Sets/ 4.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.02 a.m.; Sets, 4.58 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.29 p.m.; Sets, 1.30 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.51 p.m.; Sets, 2.45 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 11.56 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.17 a.m. and 12.48 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 the Moon Full moon: June 22. Last quarter. June 29. New moon: July 7. First quarter. July 15. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 9deg., partly cloudy, S., 11 knots. '

Wellington: 7deg., cloudy, S., 12 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg., partly cloudy, W., 7 knots. ■; Dunedin: lOdeg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. Air Pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, nil. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 4, 18; Brisbane, 14, 25; Canberra, 4, II; Darwin, 18, 31; Hobart, 1,9; Melbourne, 7,17; Perth, 12,13 (noon); Sydney, 11, 19. 1 Minimum and maximum temperatures In the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— 1 . Amsterdam, 15, 27; Athens, 19, 32; Bahrain, 30, 36; Bangkok, 26, 34; Barbados, 25, 30; Belgrade, 15, 28; Bogota, 6,17; Brussels, 15, 27; Buenos Aires, 13, 19; Cairo, 34, 21; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 12, 19; Copenhagen, 11, 21; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 11, 21; Frankfurt, 17, 24; Geneva, 12, 16; Helsinki, 15, 24; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu; 24, 31; Istanbul, 19, 28; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 14, 24; Johannesburg, 5, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 22, 32; London, 12, 25; Los Angeles, 15, 27; Madrid, 14, 29; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 14, 27; Montevideo, 7, 15; Montreal, 11, 17; Moscow, 14, 27; New Delhi, 31, 39; New York, 17, 29; Nicosia, 17, 29; Oslo, 11, 23; Paris, 19, 25; Peking, 17, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 31; San Francisco, 15, 20; Santiago, 8, 11; Sao Paulo, 15, 28; Seoul, 18, 21; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 14, 25; Taipei, 25, 33; Tel Aviv, 18, 26; Tokyo, 20, 26; Toronto, 9, 23; Vancouver, 12, 22; Vienna, 15, 23; Warsaw, 12, 24.