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Press, 30 August 1986, Page 76

General forecast: Showers gradually clearing, mainly fine in the east; mainly fine in the west. District forecast: Canterbury: Some cloud about the coast; otherwise fine,, cool, with light winds. Marlborough: Mostly fine, cool; southerlies, fresh at first about the sounds.

Nelson: Fine, cool, light southerlies predominating. Buller, Westland: Fine, light winds, cool. Tomorrow: Fine in the east; rain developing in the west. Extended forecast to Wednesday: Wind, rain, but becoming fine again in the east; clearing to fine in the west

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .'.... 6p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1018.8 1019.7Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .s Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 6.1 To date this month .... 96 To date this year 578 To date last year ...... 301 Average to date ... .. . . 452 Average for August..... 56 Wettest August (1975). . . 149 Driest August (1948) ... 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 48 min To date this month .... 120 To date this year 1416 To date last year 1478 Average for August.... 145 Humidity: Per cent at noon 88 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 92 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, minimum 1 deg grass 2 deg, rainfall 3mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises 7.3 a.m., sets 5.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 7.2 a.m., sets 6 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises 4.7 a.m., sets 12.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 4.57 a.m., sets 1.15 p.m. • High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.25 a.m. and 12.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.9 a.m. and 153 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract SOmin; Ashburton and Rakaia, ' ■ subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon • 5 New moon: September 4.

First quarter September 11. Full moon: September 18. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 13deg., fine, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington: Bdeg., recent showers, S., 18 knots. Christchurch: 7deg., recent showers, S., 12 knots. Dunedin: Bdeg., cloudy, S., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 15; Brisbane, 11, 23; Canberra, 3,19; Hobart, 10, 13; Melbourne, 12, 14; Perth (noon), 8, 14; Sydney, 11, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday: Amsterdam, 12, 17; Athens, 22, 34; Bahrain, 32, 38; Bangkok, 26, 33; Berlin, 10, 18; Bermuda, 25, 30; Brussels, 8, 17; Buenos Aires, 12, 23; Cairo, 23, 36; Copenhagen, 14, 16; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 10, 18; Geneva, 13,19; Havana, 21, 32; Helsinki, 10, 16; Hong Kong, 29, 33; Honolulu, 26, 33; Istanbul, 20, 28; Jakarta, 21, 33; Jerusalem, 17, 29; Johannesburg, 9, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 14, 19; Lisbon, 16, 24; London, 10, 17; Los Angeles, 19, 34; Madrid, 15, 28; Manila, 23, 28; Montreal, 13, 22;. Moscow, 8, 17; Nassau, 23, 33; New Delhi, 25,. 35; New York, 22, 27; 2l, 38; Oslo, 8, 10; Paris, 7, 10; Peking, 21, 30; Rio De Janeiro, 17, 27; Rome, 17, 30; San Francisco, 14, 20; San Juan, 26, 33; Santiago, 6, 21; Sao Paulo, 13, 22; Seoul, 21, 23; Singapore, 26, 31; Stockholm. 10, 15; Tokyo, 25. 32; Toronto, 11; 19; "Vancouver, 16. 26; Vienna, 14.25; Warsaw, 12,23.