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Press, 14 April 1984, Page 76

General forecast: A slow-moving anticyclone over the Tasman Sea extends across most of New Zealand. Fine over most of the country apart from some areas of cloud, but strong westerlies and occasional showers about the south coast of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate south-westerlies; fine apart from early morning fog and cloud; mild afternoon. Marlborough; Fine except for morning cloud; moderate southerlies. Nelson: Fine, mild, moderate variable winds. Buller: Fine apart from morning cloud; moderate

south-westerlies. Westland: Fine apart from morning cloud and fog; moderate south-wester-lies. Tomorrow: Variable winds, coastal showers, otherwise fine in Canterbury; fine, southerlies in Marlborough; fine, northerlies in Nelson; fine, southwesterlies; mainly fine in Westland. Extended range forecast for the period Sunday to Tuesday: In Marlborough, Nelson, Buller and Canterbury, dry, settled, little wind, some morning fog. Westland often cloudy; widespread heavy rain on Tuesday with north-west winds.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1013.4 1014.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 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 180 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... n Evapotranspiration .... 0.6 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 95 To date this year 684 To date last year 726 Average for April .... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 55 Per cent at 6 p.m 79 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday Maximum 20deg, minimum 5 deg grass Ideg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 7 a.m., sets 5.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 7.02 a.m., sets 5.57 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 5.28 p.m., sets 4.20 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 5.54 p.m., sets 5.39 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.31 a.m. and 2.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.25 a.m. and 3.53 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., cloudy, S.W., 17 knots. Wellington: 17deg., partly cloudy, E., 5 knots. Christchurch: 16deg., cloudy N.E., 7 knots. Dunedin: 16deg., cloudy, S.W., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 13, 29; Brisbane, 17, 26; Canberra, 7, 18; Darwin, 25, 34; Hobart, 10, 16; Melbourne, 12, 24; Perth, 13, 24 (noon); Sydney, 15, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam 4, 12; Athens, 10. 20; Bahrain, 24, 28; Bangkok, 30, 36; Beirut, 11, 20; Berlin, 8, 14; Bogota, 5, 19; Brussels, 4. 10; Buenos Aires, 20, 28; Cairo. 13, 25; Calgary, 0, 12; Caracas, 18, 30; Chicago, 1, 14; Copenhagen, 3, 11; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 0, 11; Frankfurt, 1, 10: Geneva, 2, 10; Helsinki, 0,3; Hong Kong, 19, 25; Honolulu. 23, 30; Islamabad, 14. 32: Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem. 8, 17; Johannesburg, 14, 20; Kiev, 4, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 22. 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 13, 20; London, 5, 14; Los Angeles. 16. 23; Madrid, 7, 23; Manila, 21, 36; Mexico City, 14, 29; Montreal, -1, 8; Moscow, 3, 16: Nassau, 21, 28; New Delhi, 16, 34; New York, 4, 18; Nicosia, 8. 20; Oslo, 1,5; Paris, 7, 13; Peking, 9, 20; Rio de Janeiro. 19, 28; Rome, 7, 13; San Francisco, 8, 16; San Juan, 24 34 Santiago, 8, 27; Sao Paulo, 15, 22; Seoul, 6, 20; Singapore, 25, 28; Stockholm, 2, 11; Taipei, 18, 21; Tel Aviv, 14, 22; Tokyo, 8. 19; Toronto, 4, 11; Vancouver, 4, 10; Vienna, 8, 14; Warsaw, 5. 17.