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Press, 1 May 1984, Page 36

General forecast: Cloudy with showers in the south and west of the South Island, fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh or strong westerlies inland, spreading to the coast at times; fine with some high cloud; mild in the afternoon. Marlborough: West to north-

westerlies fresh and gusty in exposed places; fine; mild in the afternoon. Nelson: Cloudy in the west; otherwise fine with moderate or fresh south-west-erlies. Buller, Westland: Cloudy and cool; moderate to fresh south-westerlies. Tomorrow: similar conditions.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 993.0 990.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 12 To date this year 265 To date last year 146 Average to date 214 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... n Evapotranspiration .... o.lmm Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 06 min To date this month. ... 194 To date this year 783 To date last year 792 Average for April .... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 55 Per cent at 6 p.m 62 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum 00 deg, grass —4 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.20 a.m.; sets 5.31 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.21 a.m.; sets, 5.30 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 6.57 a.m.; sets, 5.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8:04 a.m.; sets 6.06 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 4.19 a.m. and 4.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.06 a.m. and 5.34 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: Today. First quarter: May 8. Full moon: May 15. Last quarter: May 23. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., fine, S.W., 12 knots. Wellington: 13deg., fine, N., 14 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., cloudy, N.E., 6 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian centres yesterday were: Adelaide, 7, 24; Brisbane, 17, 25; Canberra, 1, 20; Hobart, 7, 19; Melbourne, 7, 23; Perth, 15, 19; Sydney, 11, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 3, 15; Athens, 11, 18; Bahrain, 24, 25; Bangkok, 28, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 15, 23: Belgrade, 2, 12; Berlin, 8, 15; Brussels, 8, 19; Buenos Aires, 8, 18; Cairo, 14, 25; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 8, 18; Copenhagen, 4, 12; Dublin, 7, 17; Frankfurt, 1, 12; Geneva, 7, 17; Havana, 21, 32; Hong Kong, 20, 20; Honolulu, 22, 29; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 11, 21; London, 7, 16; Los Angeles, 7, 20; Madrid, 9, 21; Manila, 26, 35; Montevideo, 6, 20; Moscow, 3, 13; Nassau, 17, 28; New Delhi, 26, 40; New York, 9, 20; Nicosia, 9, 20; Oslo, 8, 19; Paris, 8, 19; Peking, 9, 21; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 29; Rome, 9, 18; San Francisco, 9, 14; Santiago. 4, 24; Seoul, 10, 21; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, —l, 14; Tokyo, 9, 16; Toronto, 10, 20; Vancouver, 9, 15; Vienna, 3,5, Warsaw, 0, 7.