Inside sport

Press, 22 July 1986, Page 46

Inside sport

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General forecast: Showers in the east of the South Island, slowly clearing. Mainly fine in the North Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine or becoming fine with southerlies dying out; cool by day. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine but cotil by day with light or moderate variable winds.

Marlborough: Showers about the Kaikoura coast and sounds gradually clearing, with the southerlies moderating; fine but cold. Tomorrow: Mainly fine. Extended forecast until Saturday: Periods of rain in most South Island areas from tomorrow; mainly fine in Canterbury.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars. .... 1017.6 1019.1 . Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) ... 8 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m. 4 To date this month .... 138 To date this year 467 To date last year 247 Average to date . 380 Average for July 62 Wettest (1977)' 181 Driest (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 18 min To date this month .... 100 To date this year ..... 1241 To date last year ..... 1259 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 86 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 86 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, minimum -1 deg, grass -3 deg, rainfall 8 sun, moon And tides Sun—Today: Rises, 754: sets, 5.17. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.53; sets, 5.18. Moon—Today: Rises, 5.55 p.m.; sets, 8.42 am. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.15 p.m.; sets, 9.18 am. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 438 am. and 5 p.m. Tomorrow: 537 am. and 5.59 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 6tain, Akaroa subtract 45min,. Port Levy, subtract Stain; Ashburton and Rakaia, , subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add Stain.) Phases of the Moon Last quarter, July 29. New Moon, August 6. First quarter, August 13. Full moon, August 20.

\ Air pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: smoke, low, sulphur dioxide, low. . ■ • • NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., . partly cloudy, S., 7 knots. Wellington: 7deg., showers, S., 23 knots. / Christchurch: 6 deg., recent showers, S., 14 knots. Dunedin: sdeg., rain, W., 9 knots.. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and ' maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 8, 15; Brisbane, 9, 21; Canberra, —l, 13; Hobart, 5, 13; Melbourne, 9, 15; Perth, 11, 15 (noon); Sydney, 9, 15; Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 12, 20; Athens, 23, .34; Bahrain, 31, 39; Bangkok, 25, 31; Barbados, 24, 29; Belgrade, 18,24; Berlin, 14,20; Bermuda, 24, 28; Bogota, 1,18; Brussels, 10, 20; .Buenos Aires, 7,12; Cairo, 22; 34; Calgary, 7, 22; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 23, 35; Copenhagen, 1, 18; Dublin, 12, 19;. Edinburgh, 9, 20; Frankfurt, 7, 20; Geneva, 15, 20; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 18, 24; Hong Kong, 26, 28; Honolulu, 21, 32; Islamabad, 24, 33; Istanbul 20, 28; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 20, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, .13, 17; Lisbon, 24, 36; London, 14, 19; Los Angeles, 16, 31; Madrid, 14, 30; Manila, 23, 33; Montevideo, 6, 13; Moscow, 13,24; Nassau, 23,33; New Delhi, 26, 31; New York, 21,29; Nicosia, 25,36; Oslo, 10, 21; Paris, 13, 22; Peking, 21, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 27; Rome, 18, 30; San Francisco; 12, 21; Santiago, 5, 15; Seoul; 22; 27; Singapore, 26, 33; Stockholm. 15. 22; ;