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Press, 27 September 1986, Page 80

General forecast: Fine in the east, unsettled elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine, mild north-westerlies, fresh at times in the Sounds.

Buller, Westland: Moderate variable winds, rain becoming widespread. Tomorrow: A cold southerly change bringing rain. Extended range forecast to Wednesday: Clearing from Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1017.1 1017.4 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 Rainfall: mm . 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... 43 To date this year 622 To date last year 324 Average to date 493 Average for September. . 43 Wettest September (1946) 120 Driest September (1980). 2 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 30 min To date this month .... 152 To date this year 1586 To date last year 1656 Average for September. . 162 Humidity: Per cent at noon 65 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 67 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass -1 deg rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.10 a.m.; 1 sets, 6.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.09 a.m.; sets, 6.33 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 2.50 a.m.; sets, 11.01 a.m. To- 1 morrow: Rises, 3.35 a.m.; ] sets 12.03 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 11.24 a.m. and 11.46 1 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.09 p.m. 1 (Lake Forsyth, subtract 1 60min; Akaroa, subtract ] 45min; Port Levy, subtract ' 30min; Ashburton and ' Rakaia, subtract 25min; 1 Kaikoura, add 17min; 1 Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 1 30min.) 5 2 Phases of Moon 2 New moon: October 4. c First quarter: October 11. \

Full moon: October 18. Last quarter: October 26. ' NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 8 knots. Wellington: 13deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 13 knots/ Christchurch: 15deg., partly cloudy, E., 10 knots. ' Dunedin: 18deg., cloudy, N., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 20; Brisbane, 17, 28; Canberra, 5, 21; Darwin, 26, 34; Hobart, 8, 15; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth, 14, 19; Sydney, 14, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities in the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 6, 16; Athens, 17, 31; Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok, 26, 33; Belgrade, 14, 28; Berlin, 3, 15; Brussels, 8, 18; Buenos Aires, 11,19; Cairo, 22, 34; Chicago, 20, 22; Copenhagen, 7, 13; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 8, 19; Geneva, 12, 19; Helsinki, 3,7; Hong Kong, 25, 28; Honolulu, 25, 32; Islamabad, 18, 34; Istanbul, 15, 25; Jakarta, 22, 29; Jerusalem, 18, 31; Johannesburg, 15, 24; Kiev, 6, 10; Kuaia Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 14, 17; Lisbon, 17, 23; London. 11, 16; Los Angeles, 14, .16; Madrid, 10, 25; Manila, 22, 32; Montevideo, 12, 17; Montreal, 10, 22; Moscow, —l, 6; New Delhi, 24, 33; New York, 20, 26; Oslo, 1, 15; Paris, 12, 17; Peking, 12, 25; Rio de Janeiro, 14, 36; Rome, 10, 29; San Francisco, 15, 20; Santiago, 6, 18; Seoul, 12, 25; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, 3,9; Taipei, 24, 28; Tel Aviv. 22,'30; Tokyo, 20, 26; Toronto, 12, 24; Vancouver, 8, 15; Vienna, 10, 19; Warsaw, 9, 15.