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Press, 29 November 1982, Page 42

General forecast: The cold front over the North Island is moving slowly north-east bringing rain to the north of the North Island today. An anticyclone near Tasmania is moving slowly east and cold southerlies will prevail over the South Island and the south of the North Island giving showers to eastern coastal areas and Cook Strait but fine weather west of the divide. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate cold

southerly winds about the coast with scattered showers; fine inland with light winds. Marlborough; Fresh, cool southerlies on the coast with showers; fine inland with light winds. Nelson: Fine and cool with light winds. Buller and Westland: Isolated showers in the ranges otherwise fine, cool weather with moderate south-east winds. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1002.6 1008.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 4 Saturday. . . . Trace To date this month. ... 23 To date this year 337 To date last year 527 Average to date 577 Average for Nov 53 Wettest Nov. (1952). ... 140 Driest Nov. (1947) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9hr 48min Saturday 13hr 48min To date this month. . . 240 To date this year. . .. 2030 To date last year; .... 1831 Average for Nov. 208 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 23 Per cent at 6 p.m 75 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 26deg, minimum 12deg, grass 9deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.50 a.m.; sets, 8.49 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.50 a.m.; sets, 8.50 p.m. ' Moon-Today: Rises, 6.28 p.m.; sets. 4.39 a.m.' Tomorrow: Rises, 7.45 p.m.; sets, 5.10 am. High tide at. Lyttelton—Today: 3.21 a.m. and 3.41 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.09 a.m. and 4.31 . p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa, subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapdi and Sumner, add 30 min.). Phases of Moon , Full moon: December 1.1 p : m... Last quarter December 8.5 a.m.

New moon: December 15,10 p.ml First quarter: December 24. 3 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19 deg., cloudy, N.E.. 10 knots. Wellington: 12 deg., rain. N.W.. 20 knots. Christchurch: 22 deg., fine. N.W.. 16 knots. Dunedin: 12 deg., cloudy, W.. 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 4,7; Athens, 8,18; Bangkok, 26,33; Barbados, 24,30; Beirut, 10, 18; Belgrade, 4, 12; Berlin, 2,8; Bogota. 9, 19; Brussels, 5, 13; Buenos Aires, 19. 32; Cairo, 11, 22; Caracas. 20. 28; Chicago, 1,4; Copenhagen, 6,8; Dublin, 2,7; Frankfurt, 4. 9: Havana, 21, 28; Hong Kong. 19. 23; Honolulu, 19. 26; Jakarta. 24. 34; Jerusalem, 4, 14; Johannesburg, 15, 31; Kiev. —1.2; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33: Lima, 17. 23; Lisbon, 8. 11: London, 4,6; Los Angeles, 15, 24: Madrid, 4,8; Manila. 21, 31: Mexico City, 9, 19; Miami. 24. 26: Montevideo, 18, 29; Montreal. 0. 3; Moscow, 1,4; Nassau, 22, 28: New Delhi, 9, 25; New York, —2. 11; Nicosia, 5. 16; Oslo. 1,2; Paris, 4,8; Peking, 4, 12; Rio de Janeiro. 21, 35; Rome, 12, 18; San Francisco, 9,14; San Juan, 25, 30; Santiago, 11, 21; Sao Paulo, 20. 30; Seoul, —3, 10; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 5,8; Taipei, 19, 25: Tel Aviv, 10, 19; Tokyo, 7. 13: Toronto, 0,3; Vancouver, 2.7; Vienna. 7, 8. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 13. 31; Brisbane. 23. 26; Canberra. 12. 21; Darwin. 25. 32 (noon); Hobart. 6. 16; Melbourne, 12. 19; Perth. 13. 24 (noon); Sydney. 17. 21.