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Press, 21 July 1986, Page 38

District forecasts: Canterbury: Mostly cloudy with showers; southerlies slowly freshening: becoming cold. Marlborough: Southerlies prevailing; some showers; mostly cloudy. Nelson: Clearing; cloudy at times; few showers.

Buller, Westland: Cloudy and cool at first; becoming fine; moderate easterlies prevailing. Extended forecast to Thursday: Cold showery southerlies spreading to Canterbury; some snow; becoming fine tomorrow with little wind; dry west or north-west-erlies from Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ... ' 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1008.0 1009.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday nil To date this month .... 129 To date this year 459 To date last year 243 Average to date 378 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977) .... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 0 min Saturday 4 hr 12 min To date this month .... 97 To date this year 1238 To date last year 1259 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 83 Per cent at 6 p.m 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, minimum -Ideg, grass -sdeg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON; AND TIDES Sun—Today. Rises, 7.54 a.m.; sets, 5.16 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.54 a.m.; sets, 5.17 Moon—Today Rises, 4.34 p.m.; sets, 7.56 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.55 p.m.; sets 8.42 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today 3.32 a.m. and 4.03 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.28 a.m. and 5 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: Today. Last quarter, July 29. New moon, August 6. First quarter August 13.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: lldeg., cloudy, S., 2 knots. Wellington: 12deg., cloudy, calm. Christchurch: Bdeg., cloudy, S., 5 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., overcast, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 6, 16; Brisbane, 11, 21; Canberra, 0, 12; Darwin, 21, 33; Hobart, 5, 13; Melbourne, 7, 14; Perth, 11, 17; Sydney, 8, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, .18, 20; Athens, 22, 35; Bahrain, 30, 41; Bangkok, 27, 32; Belgrade, 17, 24; Berlin, 12, 19; Bermuda, 25, 32; Brussels, 10, 22; Buenos Aires, 8, 15; Cairo, 23, 36; Calgary, 10, 19; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 24, 34; Copenhagen, 13, 18; Curitiba, 12, 23; Denpasar, 22, 29; Dublin, 11, 19; Frankfurt, 14, 23; Geneva, 16, 22; Havana, 25, 31; Helsinki, 16, 21; Hong Kong, 27, 30; Honolulu, 24, 32; Islamabad, 22, 28; Istanbul, 21, 30; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 20, 32; Johannesburg, 4, 18; Kiev, 14, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 13, 17; Lisbon, 19, 35; London, 13, 20; Los Angeles, 16, 29; Madrid, 20, 35; Manila, 23, 33; Miami, 28, 31; Montevideo, 8, 12; Montreal, 20,’ 28; Moscow, 13,23; Nassau, 24, 33; New Delhi, 27, 31; New York, 21, 32; Nicosia, 28, 40; Oslo, 13, 22; Paris, 12, 22; Peking, 21, 29; Rio de Janeiro, 11, 28; Rome, 17, 31; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 24, 31; Santiago, 5, 14; Sao Paulo, 13, 25; Seoul, 19, 25; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, 15, 21; Taipei, 25, 31; Tel Aviv, 22, 30; Tokyo, 24, 33; Toronto, 21,. 30;