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Press, 25 July 1986, Page 36

General forecast: Periods of rain in the South Island, winds turning cold south-westerly in Fiordland during the morning and spreading north during the day, with the rain „ easing to showers. District forecast: Canterbury: Strong northwesterlies, with severe gales in places easing a little; rain about the alps and some falls elsewhere later; mild during the afternoon. Nelson: Rain possibly clearing from the western ranges; cool with

north-westerly winds, becoming strong in exposed places. Marlborough: North-west-erlies rising to gale force in exposed places with increasing high cloud; some rain clearing again with decreasing north-westerly winds; mild by afternoon. Buller, Westland: Northerly winds becoming strong; periods of rain easing to showers, with the winds decreasing and tending more westerly; cool. Tomorrow: Showers.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromator: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 989.8 987.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 pjn.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month .... 144 To date this year 474 To date last year 250' Average to date 386 Average for July. 62 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 48 mln To date this month .... 114 To date this year ..... 1254 To date last year 1269 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 65 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 52 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum Bdeg, minimum -2deg, -grass -sdeg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.50 a.m; sets, 5.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.49 a.m; sets, 522 pan. Moon — Today: Rises, 9.45 p.m; sets, 10.8 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.52 pan; sets, 1028 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7.32 aan. and 8 p.m. Tomorrow: 821 aan. and 8.55 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract GOmin; . Akaroa, subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract SOmin; 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: 12deg., cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. Wellington: lOdeg., cloudy, N.W., 18 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., overcast, N.E., 9 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Smoke, medium; sulphur dioxide, low. NOON WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 7, 12; Brisbane, 13, 23; Canberra, 6,9; Hobart, 3,8; Melbourne, 6, 11; Perth, 5, 16 (noon); Sydney, 11, 22. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 9, 18; Athens, 21, 33; Bahrain, 32, 42; Bangkok, 25, 30; Belgrade, 16, 27; Berlin, 13, 23; Bermuda, 26, 35; Bogota, 8, 15; Brussels, 10, 21; Buenos Aires, 5, 16; Cairo, 22, 35; Calgary, 11, 26; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 19, 31; Copenhagen, 14, 21; Dublin, 12, 18; Edinburgh, 7, 16; Frankfurt, 15, 29; Geneva, 11, 30; Havana, 21, 24; Helsinki, 16, 23; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 26, 33; Islamabad, 24, 34; Istanbul, 21, 30; Jakarta, 22, 31; Jerusalem, 19, 30; Johannesburg, 2,19; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 18, 22; London, 12, 18; Los Angeles, 19, 25; Madrid, 18, 35; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 11, 25; Montevideo, 4, 14; Moscow, 13,22; Nassau, 26, 33; New Delhi, 28, 37; New York, 22,31; Nicosia, 24,40; Oslo, 11, 18; Paris, 15, 25; Peking, 21, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 13; 24; Rome, I'4, 29; San Francisco, 14, 21; Santiago, 4, 19; Seoul, 21, 27; Singapore. 25, 31;