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Press, 24 April 1984, Page 48

General forecast Over the South Island, north-westerlies freshening in the south and rain developing. Cloudy on the West Coast but elsewhere mainly fine apart from some morning fog areas. District forecasts Canterbury: Fine apart from early morning fog or cloudy areas; moderate north-easterlies along the coast and north-westerlies inland; becoming milder. Marlborough: Cloudy about the Kaikoura Coast

morning and night, otherwise mainly fine; north or north-wester-lies freshening about the Sounds, but moderate elsewhere. Nelson: Fine; moderate northerlies. Buller: Cloudy; moderate northerlies. Westland: Cloudy; moderate north-easterlies developing. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in Marlborough and eastern Canterbury; showers elsewhere; westerlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1017.8 1017.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 259 To date last year 118 Average to date 200 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... 11 Evapotranspiration .... o.7mm Sunihine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 151 To date this year 741 To date last year 759 Average for April .... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 78 Per cent at 6 p.m 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 4 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.13 a.m.; sets, 5.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.14 a.m.; sets, 5.41 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, —; sets, 3.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.42 a.m.; sets 3.31 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.46 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.07 a.m. and 12.34 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 New moon: May 1.

First quarter: May 8. Full moon: May 15. Last quarter: May 23. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., fine, S.W., 4 knots. Wellington: 15deg., fine, calm. Christchurch: 13deg., cloudy, E., 17 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian centres yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 18; Brisbane, 16, 26; Canberra, 6, 18; Hobart. 10, 18; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth. 9, 18; Sydney, 13, 24. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 10, 20; Athens, 13, 17; Bahrain, 23, 34; Bangkok, 28, 34; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 7, 15; Berlin, 8, 20; Bogota, 3, 18; Brussels, 8, 22; Buenos Aires, 14, 17; Cairo, 13, 25; Chicago, 5, 14; Copenhagen, 9, 16; Dublin. 7, 15; Frankfurt, 5, 22; Geneva. 3, 21; Havana, 22, 31; Helsinki, 3,7; Hong Kong, 20, 21; Honolulu, 21, 29; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 5, 14; Johannesburg, 10, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 18, 22; Lisbon, 14, 23; London, 13, 17; Los Angeles, 14. 29; Madrid, 8, 24; Manila, 25. 36; Montevideo, 15, 20; Moscow. 1,7; Nassau, 21, 30; New Delhi. 25, 36; New York, 10, 16: Nicosia, 9, 21; Oslo, 4,6; Paris, 10, 25; Peking, 13, 26; Rome, 6. 23; San Francisco, 9, 20; Santiago, 2, 24; Seoul, 7, 19; Singapore, 26, 31; Stockholm, 4,7; Tokyo, 8, 14; Toronto, 4. 11; Vancouver, 8, 14; Vienna, 5, 16. Warsaw, 5, 12.