Inside sport

Press, 13 May 1987, Page 80

Inside sport

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General forecast: Fine in the east of both islands, cloudy in the west, rain, westerlies in the south. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine inland with light winds, coastal south-westerlies. Marlborough: Moderate westeries, mostly fine.

Nelson: Light winds, mainly fine. Buller, Westland: Cloudy, drizzle, light winds. Tomorrow: Fine north and east, drizzle in the west. Extended range forecast to Sunday.— Mainly fine in the north and east; drizzle in the west but fine, on Sunday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6p.m. Upon. Millibars 1022.1 1020.8' Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 pjn.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month .... Trace To date this year ..... 234 To date last year 273 . Average to date ...... 241 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) . .... 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 06 min To date this month .... 80 To date this year ..... 915 To date last year ..... 920 Average for May 125 Humidity: . Per cent at noon '66 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 81 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 0 deg, grass —3 deg, rainfall Nil . SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.34 a.m.; sets, 5.17 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.44 p.m.; sets, 6.53 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.17 p.m.; sets 8.13 ajn. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 3.40 a.m., and 4.08 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.32 a.m. and 5.03 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25miir, Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and . Sumner, add 30min.) ■ Phases of the Moon Full moon: tomorrow. Last quarter May 20.

New moon: May 28. ; First quarter: June 5. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., overcast, W., 10 knots. Wellington: 13 deg., cloudy, N.W., 9 knots. Christchurch: 13 deg., fine, N.E., 13 knots. Dunedin: 13 deg., partly cloudy, N., 5 knots. I WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— ■?- << ■- • Adelaide: 18, 22; Brisbane: 18, 25; Canberra: 10, 19; Darwin: 25, 33; Hobart: 10, 22; Melbourne: 14, 21; Perth: 7, 18; Sydney: 15, 22. Minimum and* maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 4, 14; Athens, 11, 23; Bahrain, 26, 35; Bangkok, 26, 35;. Barbados, 26, 30; Beirut, 14, 21; Belgrade, 8, 19; Berlin, 5, 15; Brussels, 4, 15; Buenos Aires, 8, 19; Cairo, 11, 25; Chicago, 16, 31; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 6, 15; Geneva, ; 10, 20; Hong Kong, 23, 29; Honolulu, 16, 27; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 7,17; Johannesburg, 9, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 17, 21; Lisbon, 16, 22; London, 7,15; Los Angeles, 16, 26; Madrid, 7, 23; Manila, 24, 37; Mexico City, 11, 26; Montevideo, 6, 19; Montreal, 15, 20; Moscow, 5, 12; Nassau, 21, 30; New Delhi, 19, 32; New York, 15, 32; Paris, 7, 19; Peking, 13, 26; Rome, 7, 24; San Franclso, 11,21; Seoul, 14, 21; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 5,8; Taipei, 23, 28; Tel Aviv, 13, 21; Tokyo, 17, 24; Toronto, 16,24; Vancouver, 10, 23; Vienna, 10,15; Warsaw, It, 24.