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Press, 30 July 1986, Page 76

General forecast: Some showers in eastern South Island areas. Mostly fine, but cool elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: West or north-westerlies; strong in many inland places, and reaching the coast at times; showers about the Alps; otherwise fine. Nelson, Marlborough: Some showers about the ranges; otherwise fine; westerlies, fresh in ex-

posed places. Buller, Westland: Fresh westerlies; cloudy and cool with occasional showers. Tomorrow: Little change. Extended forecasts until Sunday: Mainly fine in Nelson and Marlborough, with cool westerlies; showers but fine intervals on the West Coast; settled in Canterbury until Sunday when cold southerlies and showers are predicted.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 997.9 997.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ..... nil To date this month .... 152 To date this year 482 To date last year 255 Average to date 396 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977) .... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 42 min To date this month .... 147 To date this year 1288 To date last year 1286 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 38 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum 7 deg, grass 1 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.45 a.m.; sets, 5.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.45 a.m.; sets, 5.27 pm. Moon-Today: Rises, 2.11 a.m.; sets 11.50 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.16 a.m. sets, 12.19 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.56 a.m. and —. Tomorrow: 12.15 a.m. and 12.43 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 New Moon: August 6.

First quarter: August 13. Full moon: August 20. Last quarter: August 27. Air pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday; Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., rain, W., 10 knots. Wellington: 13deg„ fine, N.W., 25 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., fine, W., 17 knots. Dunedin: Udeg., cloudy, W., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 8, 13; Brisbane, 10, 19; Canberra, —4, 6;' Hobart, 7, 15; Melbourne, 8, 14; Perth, 8, 11 (noon); Sydney, 6, 17. Temperatures, in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 15, 24; Athens, 24, 35; Bahrain, 32, 39; Bangkok, 23, 32; Beirut, 22, 26; Berlin, 14, 28; Bermuda, 24, 31; Bogota, 7, 17; Brussels, 10, 21; Buenos Aires, 3, 12; Cairo, 26, 36; Calgary, 9, 17; Caracas, 19, 26; Chicago, 17, 31; Copenhagen, 11, 22; Dublin, 11, 18; Edinburgh, 10, 20; Frankfurt, 17, 25; Geneva, 14, 27; Havana, 25, 32; Helsinki, 18, 27; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 23 31; Islamabad, 23, 34; Istanbul, 18, 27; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 20, 34; Johannesburg, 2, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 16, 31; London, 18, 23; Madrid, 14, 29; Mexico City, 10, 26; Montevideo, 8, 10; Moscow, 13, 26; Nassau, 23, 32; New Delhi, 27, 31; New York, 21, 30; Nicosia, 24, 40; Oslo, 15, 18;