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Press, 26 April 1984, Page 40

General forecast: Some showers about Cook Strait this morning but becoming fine by afternoon. In the west of the South Island, Southland and south Otago, cool, showery. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh westerlies inland and a few showers about the Alps; elsewhere, fine, moderate coastal south-westerlies. Marlborough: Westerlies, mainly moderate; showers about the Sounds at first, otherwise fine and mild. Nelson: Fine apart from a few showers on the western ranges; moderate south-west winds.

Buller, Westland: Moderate west or south-west winds; variable cloud, isolated showers. Tomorrow: Canterbury: Northerlies, rain in Alps. Marlborough: Westerlies, fine. Nelson: Showers in the west, westerlies. Buller, Westland: Rain, freshening northerlies. Extended range forecast for South Island for period Thursday to Sunday: A cold front should cross the country over the week-end, bringing cold showery southerlies to eastern districts, but clearing weather on the west coast of the South Island

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1001.6 1003.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Tuesday nil To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 258 To date last year 118 Average to date 204 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... 11 Evapotranspiration, Tues. 0.5 Do, Wednesday 0.3 Sunshine: hrs Tuesday 8 hr 6 min Yesterday 6 hr 00 min To date this month 165 To date this year 755 To date last year 774 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 50 Per cent at 6 p.m 36 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 2 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.15 a.m.; sets, 5.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.16 a.m.; sets, 5.37 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.45 a.m.; sets, 3.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.46 a.m.; sets, 4.17 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.53 a.m. and 1.19 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.36 a.m. and 2.1 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., partly cloudy, calm. Wellington: 16deg., cloudy. N.W., 24 knots. Christchurch: 22deg., partly cloudy, N., 10 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., partly cloudy. S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 9, 19; Brisbane, 16 27; Canberra, 5, 16; Darwin. 25. 35; Hobart, 10, 14; Melbourne, 11, 16; Perth, 17, 22 (noon); Sydney, 12, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 12, 20; Athens 10, 15; Bahrain, 24, 35; Bangkok, 29, 35; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 7, 14: Berlin, 5, 18; Bogota, 5. 17; Brussels, 5, 23; Buenos Aires, 10. 17; Cairo, 12, 24; Calgary, 0. 8; Caracas, 20, 30; Chicago, 3,5: Copenhagen, 6, 17, Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 5, 18; Frankfurt, 5, 21; Geneva, 5, 24; Havana, 21, 32; Helsinki, 2, 12; Hong Kong, 19, 22; Honolulu, 22, 30, Islamabad, 15, 36; Jakarta, 24. 32; Jerusalem, 5, 14; Johannesburg, 15, 22; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 14. 20, London, 5, 20; Los Angeles, 17, 31; Madrid, 8, 23; Manila, 22. 35; Mexico City, 15, 29; Miami, 25, 29; Montevideo, 11. 17: Montreal, 1, 19; Moscow, 2,7; New Delhi, 19, 33; New York, 5. 7; Oslo, 2, 13; Paris, 12, 25: Peking, 10, 22; Rio de Janeiro 20, 35; Rome, 6, 22; San Francisco, 10, 16; Santiago, 6, 25: Sao Paulo, 17, 29; Seoul, 9, 23: Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm. 3. 15; Taipei, 18, 27; Tel Aviv, 10. 19; Tokyo, 8, 18; Toronto, 4,7: Vancouver, 4, 10; Vienna. 9, 20. Wa»aw. 7. 13