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Press, 15 August 1986, Page 36

General forecast: Mostly fine but cloudy areas along the east coast and isolated coastal showers north of Banks Peninsula. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy with isolated brief light showers in the east; light winds. Marlborough: Fine inland

with light winds; along the coast, fresh cold southerlies and scattered showers. Nelson: Fine. Buller, Westland: • Mainly fine, cool with light winds. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Mainly fine, northerlies freshening in the east.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1024.3 1026.1 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 293 Average to date 425 Average for August.... 56 Wettest August (1975). . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 30 min To date this month .... 54 To date this year 1350 To date last year 1363 Average for August.... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 86 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg. minimum 2 deg, grass —2 deg, rainfall trace SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.24 a.m.; sets, 5.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.22 a.m.; sets, 5.44 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 12.5 p.m.; sets, 3.27 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.2 p.m.; sets 4.41 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.12 p.m. and —. Tomorrow: 12.36 a.m. and 1.7 pm. (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 Full moon: August 18. Last quarter August 27.

New moon: September 4. First quarter September 11. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 12deg., cloudy, S., 3 knots. Wellington: 7deg., showers, S., 13 knots. Christchurch: 7deg., cloudy, S.W., 11 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, 9, 11; Brisbane, 14, 22; Canberra, 2, 14; Hobart, 2, 14; Melbourne, 5, 17; Perth, 6, 20; Sydney, 10, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 9, 19; Athens, 23, 36; Bahrain, 30, 39; Bangkok, 27, 33; Belgrade, 23, 32; Berlin, 14, 23; Brussels, 11, 25; Buenos Aires, 5, 13; Cairo, 22, 35; Copenhagen, 14, 21; Dublin, 9, 16; Geneva, 15, 20; Helsinki, 14, 18; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 25, 33; Istanbul, 22, 31; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem, 17, 30; Johannesburg, 6, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 14, 18; Lisbon, 16, 26; London, 14, 20; Los Angeles, 17, 30; Madrid, 17,32; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 13, 25; Montreal, 11, 22; Moscow, 13, 24; New Delhi, 28, 32; New York, 19, 26; Oslo, 10, 22; Paris, 14, 22; Peking, 20, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 34; Rome, 20, 35; San Francisco, 12, 21; Santiago, 6, 14; Seoul, 24, 27; Singapore, 26, 33; Stockholm, 11, 18; Tokyo, 26, 30; Vienna, 21, 29; Warsaw, 13. 25.