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Press, 8 July 1986, Page 42

General forecast: Mainly fine north of Gisborne, but showers elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Further rain with a few heavy falls; snow inland, to 800 m; fresh, cold southwesterlies about the coats.

Nelson, Marlborough: Some showers but mostly fine, cool weather. Buller, Westland: Light winds; scattered showers mainly in the north; cool. Tomorrow: Showers clean ing on the West Coast; more rain in the.east.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS ;

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars..... 1000.2 1003.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 19.5 To date this month .... 71 To date this year 401 To date last year 195 Average to date 352 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977) .... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday nil hr min To date this month . ... 12 To date this year 1153 To date last year ..... 1224 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 99 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... . . 99 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall 57mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 8.02 a.m.; sets, 5.06 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.02 a.m.; sets, 5.07 Moon — Today: Rises, 9.02 ajn.; sets, 5.38 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.38 a.m.; sets 6.44 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 4.59 a.m. and 5.24 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.47 a.m. and 6.12 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 First quarter: July 15. Full moon: July 21. Last quarter: July 29. New moon: August 6.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg.,. partly cloudy, W., 13-knots. Wellington: 13deg„ fine, N.W., 4 knots. Christchurch: 6deg., rain, S.W., 17 knots. i Dunedin 9deg., cloudy,- E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER ' Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 9, 13; Brisbane, 8, 21; Canberra, 3, 10; Hobart, 6, 13; Melbourne, 7,12; Perth, 5, 14 (noon); Sydney, 6, 16. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 13, 18; Athens, 22, 33; Bahrain, 30, 38; Bangkok, 25, 29; Belgrade, 22, 32; Berlin, 18, 25; Bermuda, 24, 29; Bogota, 5, 17; Brussels, 10, 19; Buenos Aires, 6, 12; Cairo, 21, 34; Calgary, 8, 17; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 24, 33; Copenhagen, 16, 23; Dublin, 12, 18; Frankfurt, 18, 28; Geneva, 15, 30; Havana, 25, 32; Helsinki; 14, 19; Hong Kong,. 28, 31; Honolulu, 24, 32; Islamabad, 28, 40; Istanbul, .19, 28; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 17, 26; Johannesburg, 4, 16; Kiev, 14, 31; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 13, 18; Lisbon, 17, 33; Los Angeles, 17, 26; Madrid, 20, 36; Miami, 23, 30; Montevideo, 8, 10; Montreal, 16, 22; Moscow, 15, 25; Nassau, 19, 31; New Delhi, 31, 38; New York, 20, 33; Nicosia, 19, 35; Oslo, 14, 21; Paris, 14, 27; Peking, 21, 26; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 27; Santiago, 2, 12; Seoul, 17, 28; Singapore, 27, 31; Stockholm, 16, 24; Sydney, 9, 17; Taipei, 26, 34; Tel Aviv, 22, 28; Tokyo, 20, 29; Toronto, 20, 31; Vancouver, 11, 20; Vienna, 16, 31; Warsaw, 17, 29.