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Press, 7 May 1984, Page 44

General forecast: Remaining areas of rain should clear today, with cool temperatures and light winds. District forecasts: Canterbury: Variable winds; areas of rain clearing this morning; fine. Marlborough: Mostly cloudy and cool with scattered light rain, but clearing later; light or moderate variable winds, with southerlies predominating about the coast. Nelson: Cool; light winds and drizzle at times; skies clearing.

Nelson: Cool; light winds and drizzle at times; skies clearing later. Buller: Occasional rain at first, but clearing; light variable winds; cool. Westland: Light westerlies; remaining areas of rain clearing this morning; becoming fine. Tomorrow: Fine with light winds in all districts. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Thursday: Coastal drizzle or showers in the east night and morning; otherwise fine.

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cmtijivnum Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1021.9 1024.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 Saturday nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 266 To date last year 146 Average to date 228 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 0 hr 18 min Yesterday nil To date this month 28 To date this year 812 To date last year 835 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 91 Per cent at 6 p.m 87 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall tee SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.28 a.m.; sets, 5.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.29 a.m.; sets, 5.22 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.16 p.m.; sets, 10.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.59 p.m.; sets, 11.28 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.26 a.m. and 9.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.16 a.m. and 10.40 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: Tomorrow.

Full moon: May 15. Last quarter: May 23. New moon: May 31. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., cloudy, N., 2 knots. Wellington: 15deg., cloudy, N.W., 22 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., rain, N.E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 12deg., fine, S.W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 5, 16; Brisbane, 15, 23; Canberra, 5, 11; Hobart, 7, 14; Melbourne, 3, 14; Perth, 15, 16; Sydney, 13, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 13, 17; Athens, 14, 24; Bahrain, 25, 28; Bangkok, 29, 36; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 15, 25; Berlin, 10, 15; Bogota, 4, 20; Brussels, 10, 18; Buenos Aires, 13, 22; Cairo, 14, 27; Chicago, 4, 14; Copenhagen, 5, 15; Dublin, 10, 17; Frankfurt, 12, 19; Geneva, 7, 14; Helsinki, 9, 18; Hong Kong, 19, 23; Honolulu, 20, 27; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 22; Johannesburg, 12, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 18, 23; London, 8, 15; Los Angeles, 17, 32; Madrid, 3, 18; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 13, 29; Montevideo, 23, 24; Moscow, 9, 20; Nassau, 23, 30New Delhi, 25, 40; New York, 11, 24; Nicosia, 15, 24; Oslo, 5, 14; Paris, 10, 18; Peking, 11, 25; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 30; Rome, 11, 26; San Francisco, 9, 16; Santiago, 3, 23; Seoul, 9, 24 Singapore, 25, 32; Tokyo, 15, 22; Toronto, 7, 12; Vancouver, 4, 14; Vienna, 10, 21; Warsaw, 12, 26.