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Press, 3 May 1984, Page 38

General forecast: Mainly fine with coastal cloud and fresh winds moderating. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Coastal cloud, fresh at first with southwesterlies decreasing, fine. Buller, Westland: South-

westerlies moderating, cloudy with isolated showers. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in most districts, cloudy ort the West Coast. Extended range forecast until Sunday: Fine with frosts in most districts, becoming cooler by Friday with rain spreading.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1002.5 1010.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 266 To date last year 146 Average to date 219 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (I 960 013 Evapotranspiration .... Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 10 To date this year 793 To date last year 807 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 27% Per cent at 6 p.m 50% Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum -1 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfall 1 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.24 a.m.; sets, 5.27 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.12 a.m.; sets, 6.38 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.20 a.m.; sets 7.18 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 5.59 a.m. and 6.27 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.54 a.m. and 7.20 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 First quarter: May 8. Full moon: May 15. Last quarter: May 23. New moon: May 31.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 22 knots. Wellington: lldeg., fine, N.W., 12 knots. Christchurch: lldeg., fine, S.W., 18 knots. Dunedin: sdeg, showers, W., 18 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 26; Brisbane, 16, 26; Canberra, 0, 20; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 8, 23; Melbourne, 14, 23; Perth, 13, 19; Sydney, 11, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 6, 16; Athens, 14, 22; Bahrain, 23, 30; Bangkok, 28, 36; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 7, 14; Berlin, 6, 17; Bogota, 8, 17; Brussels, 6, 17; Buenos Aires, 7, 20; Cairo, 14, 32; Caracas, 21, 30; Chicago, 4, 11; Copenhagen, 6, 17; Dublin, 6, 15; Frankfurt, 1, 14; Geneva, -1, 14; Havana, 21, 31; Helsinki, 5, 15; Hong Kong, 22, 23; Honolulu, 23, 29; Islamabad, 16, 36; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 14, 24; Johannesburg, 10, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 25, 33; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 13,18; London, 7, 17; Los Angeles, 8, 18; Madrid, 10, 17; Manila, 25, 34; Mexico City, 15, 31; Montevideo, 5, 18; Montreal, —7, 18; Moscow, 6, 20; Nassau, 17, 27; New Delhi, 22, 39; New York, 15, 23; Nicosia, 10, 24; Oslo, 13, 22; Paris, 6, 18; Peking, 8, 23; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 29; Rome, 4, 14; San Francisco, 9, 15; San Juan, 22, 31; Santiago, 5, 26; Sao Paulo, 17, —; Seoul, 8. 16; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 6, 21; Taipei, 22, 27; Tel Aviv, 16, 24; Tokyo, 11, 19; Toronto, 9, 18; Vancouver, 6, 15; Vienna, 5, 11; Warsaw, 4, 18.