Inside sport

Press, 13 August 1986, Page 72

Inside sport

Pages 44-46, 50

General forecast: South-easterlies and showers in the east, becoming fine in the west.

District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate cold south-easterlies; occasional showers and increasing fine intervals, especially inland. Marlborough: Cloudy and

cold with scattered showers; south-east winds, gale force about the outer- sounds and often fresh elsewhere. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine; south-east winds, fresh in exposed places; mild in the afternoon. Extended forecast to Sunday:Becoming fine; little wind.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1017.9 1018.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m...... trace To date this month .... 42 To date , this year ..... 524 To date last year 280 Average to date 422 Average for August.... 56 Wettest August (1975). . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 36 min To date this month . . . . 48 To date this year 1344 To date last year 1352 Average for August.... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 91 Per cent at 6 p.m 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to B a.m. yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, minimum 3 deg grass —1 deg, rainfall 2mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.27 a.m.; sets, 5.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.42 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, 10.48 a.m.; sets, 12.51 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.22 a.m.; sets 2.09 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today 1011 a.m. and 10.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.16 a.m. and 11.40 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 First quarter Today. Full moon: August 20.

Last quarter: August 27. New moon: September 4. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 12 deg., rain, E., 16 knots. Wellington: 7 deg., recent showers, S., 25 knots. Christchurch: 8 deg., cloudy, calm. ' Dunedin: 8 deg., cloudy, E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 16; Brisbane, 9, 24; Canberra, -1,14; Hobart, 6, 11; Melbourne, 3, 11; Perth, 12, 20; Sydney, 7, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 16, 23; Athens, 23, 36; Bahrain, 31, 38; Bangkok, 25, 31; Berlin, 16, 24; Bermuda, 26, 30; Brussels, 12, 27; Buenos Aires, 7, 16; Cairo, 22, 34; Copenhagen, 10, 19; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 15, 29; Geneva, 16, 24; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 15, 21; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 24, 32; Istanbul, 22, 31; Jakarta, 21, 31; Jerusalem, 19, 28; Johannesburg, 5, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 18; Lisbon, 17, 25; London, 16, 23; Los Angeles, 18, 31; Madrid, 16,33; Mexico City, 11, 21; Montreal, 18, 26; Moscow, 17, 27; Nassau, 22, 32; New Delhi, 29, 37; New York, 20, 30; Oslo, 12, 18; Paris, 18, 29; Peking, 21, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 31; Rome, 19, 35; San Francisco, 13, 17; San Juan, 24, 32; Santiago, 6, 18; Sao Paulo, 12, 27; Seoul, 20, 27; Singapore, 27, 32; Stockholm, 14, 21; Tokyo, 25, 32; Toronto, 15, 25; Vancouver, 14, 20; Vienna, 17,27; Warsaw, 13-26. '