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Press, 13 April 1984, Page 36

General forecast: An anti-cyclone is slow moving in the western Tasman Sea and a southwesterly flow covers New Zealand. Some showers likely in Southland and southern Fiordland, but fine elsewhere.

District forecasts: Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, Buller, Westland: Mainly fine and dry, with moderate variable winds. Tomorrow: Fine in most areas.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1009.3 1014.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 4 To date this year 257 To date last year 67 Average to date 178 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... 11 Evapotranspiration .... 0.7 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 30 min To date this month. ... 85 To date this year 674 To date last year 720 Average for April .... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 52 Per cent at 6 p.m 65 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 18 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass —1 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 5.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 5.58 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 5.01 p.m.; sets, 3 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.28 p.m.; sets 4.20 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.39 a.m. and 2.05 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.31 a.m. and 2.58 p.m. (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 Full moon: April 16.

Last quarter: April 23. New moon: May 1. First quarter: May 8. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., fine, S., 7 knots. Wellington: 17deg., fine, N.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: 18deg., fine, E., 8 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., partly cloudy, W„ 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 13, 26; Brisbane. 17, 26; Canberra, 7, 21; Hobart, 11, 16; Melbourne, 11, 25; Perth, 14, 22 (noon); Sydney, 14, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 4, 10; Athens, 10, 20; Bahrain, 24, 29; Bangkok, 29, 36; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut,-11, 19; Belgrade, 8, 15: Berlin, 4, 12; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, 0, 10; Buenos Aires, 18, 29; Cairo, 12, 24; Calgary, 0. 13; Caracas, 18, 29; Chicago, 4, 14; Copenhagen, 2, 10; Dublin, 5,9; Frankfurt, 3, 11; Geneva, —l, 12; Havana, 24, 31; Helsinki, 0,9; Hong Kong, 20, 21; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad, 12, 22; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 6, 16; Johannesburg, 12, 18; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lima, 19, 25; Lisbon, 13, 19; London, 6. 11; Los Angeles, 13, 23; Madrid, 10, 21; Manila, 22, 37; Mexico City, 13, 28; Montevideo, 18, 29: Moscow, 4, 12; Nassau, 14, 30: New Delhi, 16, 32; New York, 2, 15; Nicosia, 10, 18; Oslo, 1,5, Paris, 3,9; Peking, 11, 17, Rio de Janeiro, 17, 28; Rome, 5, 18: San Francisco, 10, 16; Santiago. 8, 26; Seoul, 7, 12; Singapore. 25, 30: Tokyo, 9, 17; Toronto. 4. 7; Vienna, 5,8; Warsaw, 8, 17.