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Press, 23 July 1986, Page 68

District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and cool, with some severe frosts inland this morning; light winds at first, but moderate northerlies developing. Marlborough: Fine and cool with morning frosts; light winds at first, but north-wester-lies developing, fresh about the Sounds. Nelson: Fine and frosty;

moderate westerlies developing; Buller, Westland: Cloud increasing and moderate north-westerlies developing; cool, with some frost. Extended forecast to Sunday: North-wester-lies prevailing on Thursday in Canterbury and Marlborough, with rain on Friday and cold south-westerlies at the week-end.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1019.4 1019.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ..... trace To date this month .... 143 To date this year ..... 473 To date last year 248 Average to date 382 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977) .... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 ' Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 54 min To date this month .... 105 To date this year 1246 To date last year 1263 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 82 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 80 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass 0 deg, rainfall 6 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.53; sets, 5.18. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.52; sets, 5.19. Moon — Today: Rises, 7.15 p.m; sets, 9.18 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.31 p.m.; sets, 9.45 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 5.27 alm. and 5.59 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa subtract 45miri, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and ’ Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min;; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon Last quarter, July 29. New Moon, August 6. First ouarter, August 13 Full Moon, August 20.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 10deg., partly cloudy, S., 9 knots. Wellington: 6deg., showers, S., 14 knots. Christchurch: Bdeg., cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: Bdeg., cloudy, W., 9 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 12; Brisbane, 10, 21; Canberra, 2,12; Hobart, 4, 10; Melbourne, 7, 15; Sydney, 9, 16. > Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 14, 20; Athens, 21, 32; Bahrain, 31, 39; Bangkok, 25, 30; Beirut, 22, 26; Belgrade, 16, 23; Berlin, 10, 23; Brussels, 10, 21; Buenos Aires, 5, 13; Cairo, 22, 34; Copenhagen, 14, 18; Dublin, 14, 18; Edinburgh, 11, 17; Frankfurt, 10, 24; Geneva, 14, 22; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 18, 23; Hong Kong, 26, 28; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 25, 35; Istanbul, 21, 29; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jersualem, 19, 28; Johannesburg, 5, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 13, 17; Lisbon, 24, 34; London, 15, 24; Los Angeles, 17, 31; Madrid, 12, 31; Manila, 24, 31; Mexico City, 9, 24; Montevideo, 10, 11; Moscow, 16, 27; New Delhi, 26, 34; New York, 20, 28; Oslo, 13, 19; Paris, 17, 25; Peking, 21, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 34; Rome, 16, 28; San Francisco, 13, 26; Santiago, 4, 18; Seoul, 23, 25; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 18, 22; Tokyo, 18,' 23; Vienna, 15, 28; Warsaw, 15, 20.