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Press, 11 May 1984, Page 28

General forecast . Early morning cloud and drizzle expected on the east coast, but fine elsewhere with light winds. District forecast Canterbury: Mostly cloudy and cool with areas of drizzle about the coast at first, otherwise fine; moderate north-easterlies on the coast. Marlborough: Mainly fine apart from cloudy and some drizzle patches on the Kaikoura Coast at first; moderate south-east-

erlies on the coast, but light winds inland. Nelson: Moderate easterlies predominating; a few cloudy areas, but mainly fine. Buller, Westland: Fine; easterlies predominating, fresh in exposed places. Tomorrow: Coastal drizzle in Canterbury, fine elsewhere. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Monday: In the east, coastal cloud and some drizzle night and morning; fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1026.6 1029.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m 2.0 To date this month. ... 19 To date this year 284 To date last year 148 Average to date 237 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959). ... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 36 To date this year 819 To date last year 850 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 68 Per cent at 6 p.m 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall 5 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.32 a.m.; sets, 5.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Moon — Today: rises, 3.30 p.m.; sets, 2.01 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.55 p.m.; sets, 3.18 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 12.27 a.m. and 12.57 p.m. Tomorrow; 1.22 a.m. and 1.51 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 Full moon: May 15.

Last quarter: May 23. New moon: May 31. First quarter: June 7. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 7 knots. Wellington: 12 deg., cloudy, S.E., 19 knots. Christchurch: 10 deg., rain. E., 12 knots. Dunedin; 10 deg., cloudy, E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 13, 19; Brisbane: —, 23; Canberra: 14, 17; Hobart, 8, 15; Melbourne: 7, 18; Perth: 9, 16; Sydney: 11, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 4, 12; Athens, 14, 27; Bahrain, 25, 34; Bangkok, 27, 35; Barbados, 23, 30; Belgrade, 11, 18; Berlin, 2, 14; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, 5, 14; Buenos Aires, 9, 22; Cairo. 15, 30; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 5. 11; Copenhagen, 5, 11; Dublin, 5, 12; Frankfurt, 2, 13; Geneva, 7, 12; Hong Kong, 22, 29; Honolulu, 22, 30; Islamabad, 22, 40; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 12, 19; Johannesburg, 6, 19: Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 18, 23; Lisbon, 12, 17; London, 4, 14; Los Angeles, 19, 36; Madrid, 9, 17; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 13, 27; Montevideo, 17, 21; Moscow, 15, 24; Nassau, 22, 30; New Delhi, 28, 41; New York, 14, 21; Nicosia, 13, 27; Oslo, 3, 10; Paris, 4, 17; Peking, 18, 30; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 35; Rome, 10, 20; San Francisco, 14, 27; Santiago, 3, 18; Seoul, 13, 26; Singapore, 23, 29; Tokyo, 18, 28, Toronto, 9, 11; Vancouver, 7, 14; Vienna, 6, 21; Warsaw, 4, 14.