Weather
Today’s New Zealand forecast: Changeable with occasional showers; rain becoming more widespread by late afternoon or evening in all districts.
Canterbury, Marlborough: Cloudy periods with rain at times. Fresh northwesterlies about the Sounds moderating during the day. Moderate South to South-west winds developing about the coast. Becoming colder. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Occasional showers developing into more widespread rain by afternoon in Nelson and Buller. Clearing on the coast. Variable winds. Tomorrow: Cold, showery southerlies in most districts with snow to low levels.
Extended range forecast to Sunday. South Island: Very cold showery southerlies developing by Thursday with snow on the hills to low levels. Conditions easing by Friday and generally fine and frosty in the week-end. North Island: By Thursday cold and showery southerlies in most areas with snow on the ranges. During Friday winds tending southerly with showers becoming isolated. Mainly fine and frosty by the week-end.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday hr 6 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m tee Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . • 10 To date this month ... 96 To date this month ... 46 Barometer:. 6 p.m. 11p.m. To date this year .... 1312 To date this year 414 Millibars. . . 993.2 995.0 To date last year .... 1441 To date last year 234 Temperatures and rainfall Average for August... 145 Average to date 452 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for August ... 56 yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, Per cent at noon .... 90 Wettest August (1975). . 149 minimum 7 deg, grass 6 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 90 Driest August (1948). . . 5 deg, rainfall 2 mm.
Sun-Rises, 7.01 a.m.; sets, 6 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 6.01 p.m. Moon—Rises, 6.27 a.m.; sets, 4.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.49 a.m.; sets, 5.58 p.m. Phases— Tomorrow; New Moon, first quarter; September 8, full moon, September 15; last quarter; September 22. High tide at Lyttelton —3.42 a.m. and 4.07 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.29 a.m. and 4.53 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 16 deg., recent showers, N.W., 21 knots. Wellington 14, cloudy. W. 21. Christchurch 9, recent rain, S.W., 8. Dunedin 11, cloudy, N.E., 5.
World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 17; Brisbane, 5, 28; Canberra, 4, 9- Darwin, 23, 32; Hobart, 5, 12; Melbourne, 7, 13; Perth, 12, 19; Sydney, 11, 18.
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