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Press, 18 June 1982, Page 24

General forecast: An anticyclone south-east of Otago is’ expected to remain slow moving, maintaining fine, frosty weather over most of the South Island with light winds. There will be some fog night and morning and some of the frosts may be severe inland. The southeast flow to the north of the anticyclone should persist over the North Island, maintaining cold, showery weather in the east and about Cook Strait. There may be showers on the Kaikoura coast. In areas west of the main ranges fine

weather is expected with frosts in sheltered places. The winds are expected to be strong about Cook Strait. District forecasts: Canterbury: Sunny apart from some cloud near the coast this morning and a few inland fogs; light, variable winds. Marlborough: Mainly fine and frosty, a few showers about the coast; southerly winds, strong near Cook Strait, winds mainly light inland. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine, light winds and frosty. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the. Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: ... . . . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1026.6 1026.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 10 To-date this year 136 To date last year 229 Average to date. . ... . 311 Average for June 61 Wettest June (1960). ... 168 Driest June (1979). . . . . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 61 To date this year 1029 To date last year 925 Average for June 113 Humidity: Per cent at noon 78 Per cent at 6 pm 75 Temperatures and rainfall for, the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg. minimum —3 deg. grass —6 deg, rainfall Trace SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 8 a.m.; sets. 5 ■ p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.01 a.m; sets, 4.59 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 3.25 a.m.; sets, 2.38 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 4.40 a.m.; sets 3.12 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today; 12.58 am. and 1.28 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.49 a.m. and 2.18 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 6l)min; Akaroa. subtract 45mm; Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburton and Rakata. subtract 25min; Kaikoura. add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min.) .

Phases of Moon New moon: June 22, midnight. First quarter: June 28. 6 p.m. Full moon: July 6, 8 p.m. Last quarter: July 14, 4 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: lOdeg., fine, S.E., 13 knots. ' Wellington: 8 deg., showers, S., 16 knots. Christchurch: 8 deg., fine, calm. Dunedin: 1 deg., fine, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 9, 15; Brisbane, 9, 22; Canberra, 4. 12; Hobart, 5, 11; Melbourne. 8. 13; Sydney, 8, 18. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 14. 17; Athens. 20, 30; Bahrain, 29. 34: Bangkok, 28, 33; Barbados, 24, 31; Beirut, 17, 25; Belgrade. 11, 23; Berlin, 8,14; Brussels. 10. 20; Buenos Aires, 0. 10; Cairo, 20. 40; Caracas, 20, 28; Copenhagen, 8. 16; Dublin, 10,16; Geneva, 11, 19; Havana. 24. 30; Helsinki, 6,10; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 24, 32: Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem. 12, 28; Johannesburg, 1. 14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; . Lima, 18, 21; Lisbon, 16, 34: London, 12, 17; Los Angeles. 16, 22; Madrid, 14. 32; Manila, 24, 35; Mexico City. 13, 28; Montevideo, 7. 9; Montreal. 11, 24; Moscow, 13. 26: New Delhi, 24, 36; New York, 22, 29; Nicosia, 19, 31; Oslo, 7, 18; Pans, 16, 21; Peking, 17, 28; Rio, 17. 33; Rome, 15, 26; San Francisco, 10. 15; San Juan, 26, 33; . Santiago, 3,17; Sao Paulo, 15,26; Seoul. 17, 27; Singapore,. 23, 27; Stockholm. 5.15; Tel Aviv, 18, 27; Tokyo, 19, 27; Toronto, 15, 16; Vancouver. 12,22; Vienna,. 10,17.