Inside sport:

Press, 24 July 1986, Page 46

Inside sport:

Pages 26, 27, 31, 34

General forecast: Increasing high cloud and some rain in most South Island areas. Northwesterly gales developing in many places. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain developing about the alps, but dry and mild elsewhere. Nelson: Cloud increasing, with rain developing on the western ranges and north-westerlies becoming fresh.

Marlborough: North-west-erlies, gale force about the sounds and often strong elsewhere: mostly cloudy; occasional light rain, chiefly about the sounds. Buller, Westland: Freshening northerlies with rain developing. Tomorrow: Rain in most South Island districts. Extended forecast until Monday: Showers gradually clearing from Sunday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1013.6 1012.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 8 . Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... 144 To date Uris year 474 To date last year 248 Average to date 384 Average for July 62 Wettest (1977) 181 Driest (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 54 min To date this month .... 112 To date this year 1253 To date last year 1269 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 80 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum -5 deg, grass -9 deg, rainfall o.smm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.51 a.m.; sets, 5.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.50 a.m.; sets, 5.21 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 8.31 p.m.; sets, 9.45 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.43 p.m.; sets 10.08 а. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: б. a.m. and 7 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.32 a.m. and 8 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 Last quarter July 29. New Moon: August 6. First quarter August 13. Full Moon: August 20.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: lOdeg., fine, S., 7 knots. Wellington: 9deg., partly cloudy, N., 8 knots. Christchurch 6deg., cloudy, N.W., 4 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., cloudy, N.W., 2 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Smoke, medium; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 11, 16; Brisbane, 12, 23; Canberra, 6, 12; Hobart, 4,9; Melbourne, 8, 14; Perth, 8, 17 (noon); Sydney, 11, 20. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 13, 18; Athens, 23, 31; Bahrain, 31, 40; Bangkok, 24, 29; Belgrade, 14, 24; Berlin, 12, 25; Bermuda, 25, 29; Bogota, 10,17; Brussels, 10, 21; Buenos Aires, 1, 14; Cairo, 22, 35; Calgary, 10, 26; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 18, 29; Copenhagen, 12, 21; Dublin, 11, 18; Edinburgh, 8, 17; Frankfurt, 15, 26; Geneva, 11, 25; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 16, 24; Hong Kong, 25, 30; Honolulu, 22, 33; Islamabad, 21, 33; Istanbul, 21, 29; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 19, 32; Johannesburg, 4, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 21, 34; London, 14, 20; Los Angeles, 18, 26; Madrid, 16, 35; Manila, 22, 32; Mexico City, 9, 24; Montevideo, 8, 11; Moscow, 16, 26; Nassau, 25, 33; New Delhi, 29, 33; New York, 24,32; Nicosia, 27, 39; Oslo, 13, 21; Paris, 15, 27; Peking, 22, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 31; Rome, 14, 29; San Francisco, 14, 20; Santiago, 4, 18; Seoul, 21, 28; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 15, 21; Tokyo, 19, 22; Toronto, 14, 23; Vienna, 16, 29; Warsaw, 12, 20.