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Press, 21 April 1984, Page 64

General Forecast: An anti-cyclone should move onto New Zealand today, bringing fin weather. District forecasts Canterbury: Cloudy areas at first; fine; moderate north-easteries gradually predominating. Marlborough: Cool, fresh southerlies and a few showers about the coast

at first, but clearing; fine inland. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine; becoming mild; little wind. Tomorrow: Fine. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Tuesday: Mainly fine; rain developing in Fiordland on Monday and elsewhere on Tuesday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1024.5 1027.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil Thursday nil To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 258 To date last year 92 Average to date 194 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... 11 Evapotranspiration Thursday. . . o.Bmm Do, Friday o.smm Sunshine: hrs Yesterday nil hr min Thursday 6hr 48 min To date this month 134 To date this year 724 To date last year 754 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 87 Per cent at 6 p.m. 81 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 9 deg, grass 5 deg, rainfall trace SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.09 a.m.; sets, 5.47 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.10 a.m.; sets, 5.46 Moon—Today: Rises, 9.40 p.m.; sets, 12.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.38 p.m.; sets 1.49 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.18 a.m. and 9.42 p.m. tomorrow: 10.09 a.m. and 10.32 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 Last quarter: April 23. New moon: May 1. First quarter: May 8. Full moon: May 15. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 18 knots. Wellington: 18deg., cloudy, S„ 6 knots. Christchurch: 14deg., recent showers, S., 13 knots. Dunedin: lldeg., drizzle, S., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian centres yesterday were: Adelaide: 12, 20; Brisbane: 18, 27; Canberra: 11, 15; Hobart: 11, 15; Melbourne: 13, 15; Perth: 16, 22; Sydney: 16, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam; 13, 17; Athens, 9, 17; Bahrain, 22, 31; Bangkok, 28, 36; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 6, 11; Berlin, 1, 15; Bogota, 3, 18; Brussels, 5, 18; Buenos Aires, 9, 18; Cairo, 10, 31; Caracas, 20, 30; Chicago, 4,6; Copenhagen, 3,9; Dublin, 7, 13; Frankfurt, 1, 13; Geneva, 2, 11; Havana, 22, 25; Helsinki, 0, 10; Hong Kong, 22, 24; Honolulu, 22, 30; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 8, 20; Johannesburg, 11, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 32; Lima, 19, 25; Lisbon, 13, 25; London, 10, 19; Los Angeles, 15, 20; Madrid, 3, 21; Manila, 23, 34; Mexico City, 12, 29; Montevideo, 12, 18; Moscow, 7, 19; New Delhi, 23, 38; New York, 8, 19; Nicosia, 10, 20; Oslo, 2, 12; Paris, 7, 16; Peking, 12, 15; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 36; Rome, 10, 20; San Francisco, 9, 14; Santiago, 4, 20; Seoul, 7, 18; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, 1,9; Tokyo, 7, 18; Toronto, 4. 11; Vancouver, 7, 14; Vienna, 6,7; Warsaw, 3, 13.