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Press, 3 September 1986, Page 60

General forecast: Unsettled throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cool, fine, with light to moderate variable winds. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate to fresh westerlies, tending south-west at times, cool, mainly

fine except for occasional showers on the West Coast. Tomorrow: Similar, except in Canterbury, where a southerly change will bring cold showers. Extended range forecast to Sunday: Clearing in the east, rain developing on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 997.1 996.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . ‘l4 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month .... Nil To date this year 579 To date last year ..... 306 Average to date ...... 459 Average for September. . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 5 hr 12 min To date this month .... 9 To date this year 1443 To date last year 1485 Average for September. . 162 Humidity: ' Per cent at noon 66 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . ~' 45 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday: Maximum 16 deg, minimum —1 deg, grass —6 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.57 a.m.; sets, 6.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.55 a.m.; sets, 6.4 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.39 a.m.; sets, 4.38 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.3 a.m.; sets, 5.48 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 3.11 a.m. and 3.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.53 a.m. and 4.15 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Pert Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.). Phases of Moon New moon; Tomorrow. First quarter: September IL Full moon: September 18.

Last quarter: September 26. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington: 13 deg., fine, N.E., 4 knots. Christchurch: 10 deg., cloudy, E., 6 knots. Dunedin: 10 deg., cloudy. N.E. 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 18; Brisbane, 11, 23; Canberra, 5, 17; Darwin, 20, 31; Hobart, 9, 15; Melbourne, 11, 18; Perth, 11, 19; Sydney, 13, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 14, 18; Athens, 20, 32; Bahrain, 32, 40; Bangkok, 26, 34; Beirut, 26, 31; Belgrade, 11. 24; Berlin, 12, 17; Bermuda, 25, 27; Brussels, 8, 19; Buenos Aires, 13,16; Cairo, 22, 34; Calgary, 7, 19; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, 12, 28; Copenhagen, 11, 18; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 8, 17; Frankfurt, 6, 17; Geneva, 6, 18; Havana, 24, 32; Helsinki, 8, 14; Hong Kong, 29, 33; Honolulu, 23, 34; Islamabad, 23, 37; Istanbul, 19, 26; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 18, 33; Johannesburg, 4, 18; Kiev, 8, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 15, 18; Lisbon, 18, 31; London, 11, 17; Los Angeles, 18, 28; Madrid. 15, 25; Manila, 23, 31; Mexico Qty, 12, 24; Montreal, 12, 23; Moscow, 12, 26; Nassau, 22. 34; New Delhi, 26, 37; New York, 12, 26; Oslo, 8, 18; Paris, 8, 18; Peking, 17, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 26; Rome, 10, 28; San Francisco, 13, 24; San Juan, 24, 31; Santiago, 4, 19; Seoul, T 9, 31; Singapore, 22, 32; Stockholm, 6, 14; Taipei, 27, 33;