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Press, 6 May 1983, Page 28

General forecast: A fresh to strong westerly airstream will give mainly fine weather in the east of New Zealand from Gisborne to North Otago and about Cook Strait, but occasiopal showers are expected elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Strong northwesterlies in some inland places, occasionally spreading to the coast; showers about the alps;

fine and mild elsewhere. Marlborough, Nelson: Northwesterly to westerly winds, strong in exposed places; a few showers about the ranges; fine and mild elsewhere. Buller, Westland: Fresh, cool westerlies, with occasional showers. Tomorrow: Occasional showers in Buller, Westland, and inland Canterbury; mainly fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 984.5 984.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. trace To date this month. .. . trace To date this year 146 To date last year 109 Average to date 219 Average for May 76 Wettest (1959) 198 Driest (1960) 13 Evapotranspiration .... Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 18 min To date this month. .. . 34hr To date this year 826 hr To date last year 847 hr Average for May i26hr Humidity: Per cent at noon 52 Per cent at 6 pan..... 43 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 17 deg, minimum 9 deg, grass 8 deg, rainfall trace.

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.24 a.m.; sets, 5.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.25 a.m.; sets, 5.29 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, —; sets, 2.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.50 a.m.; sets, 3.7 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.40 a.m. and 11.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.25 p.m. and — (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon

New moon: May 13, 7.25 a.m. First quarter. May 20, 2.17 a.m.

Full moon: May 27, 6.48 a.m. Last quarter: June 4, 9.7 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18 deg., overcast, N.

20 knots. Wellington: 15 deg., rain, N., 26 knots. Christchurch: 22 deg., partly cloudy; N." '' ’ its.

cloudy; .<.E., 14 knots. Dunedin: 19 deg., cloudy, N.E., 11 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide,-' 10, 10; Brisbane, 15, 25; Canberra, 9, 15; Darwin, 19, 30; H<?bart, 11, 17; Melbourne, 10, 18; Perth, 14, 24; Sydney, 16, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 8, 16; Athens, 14, 27; Bahrain, 23, 30; Bangkok, 27, 36; Barbados, 25, 31; Beirut, 16, 24; Belgrade, 10, 23; Berlin, 6, 15; Brussels, 6, 16; Buenos Aires, 16, 21; Cairo, 18, 32; Calgary, 1, 13; Chicago, 5, 10; Copenhagen, 6,8; Dublin, 7, 13; Frankfurt, 8, 13; Geneva, 8, 16; Havana, 25, 27; Helsinki, 6, 11; Hong Kong, 23, 28; Honolulu, 21, 29; Jakarta, 22, 32, Johannesburg, 17, 23; Kiev, 8, 13; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima, 23, 29; Lisbon, 12, 19; London, 8,15; Los Angeles, 16, 25; Madrid, 5, 21; Manila 22, 37; Mexico City, 13, 32; Miami, 24, 28; Montreal, 8, 15; Moscow, 6, 15; Nassau, 22, 28; New Delhi, 21, 38; New York, 15, 26; Oslo, 5, 13; Paris, 10, 16; Peking, 15, 25; Rio de. Janeiro, 19, 28; Rome, 7, 21; San Francisco, 11, 18; SeouLlo, 26; Singapore, 26, 33; Stockholm, —l, 13; Taipei, 21, 28; Tokyo, 16, 26; Toronto, 8, 20; Vancouver, 9, 16; Vienna, 7, 17.