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Press, 12 May 1984, Page 72

General forecast Cloud clearing in the east of the South island. Mainly fine with moderate easterlies. District forecasts Canterbury: Mostly cloudy at first but sunny intervals increasing, especially inland; cool north-easter-lies predominating and becoming fresh in exposed coastal places. Marlborough: Moderate easterlies; a few showers on the Kaikoura Coast

this morning, otherwise mainly fine. Nelson: Moderate easterlies; fine; mild in the afternoon. Buller, Westland: Fine; easterlies, fresh in exposed places. Tomorrow: Fine in the east; cloud increasing in Nelson and on the West Coast. Extended range forecast for the South Island until Tuesday: On the east coast, cloudy with drizzle patches morning and night; fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1026.1 1026.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 21 To date this year 289 To date last year 151 Average to date 239 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 37 To date this year 820 To date last year 854 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 71 Per cent at 6 p.m 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 10 deg, minimum 1 deg, grass —1 deg, rainfall 2 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.33 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.34 a.m.; sets, 5.17 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 3.55 p.m.; sets, 3.18 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.20 p.m.; sets 4.35 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.22 a.m. and 1.51 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.15 a.m. and 2.44 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa subtract 45min; Porty Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases Full moon: May 15.

Last quarter: May 23. New moon: May 31. First quarter: June 7. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy, E., 11 knots. Wellington: 12deg., partly cloudy, E., 12 knots. Christchurch: 10deg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., fine, N.E., 24 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 10, 18; Brisbane: 12, 22; Canberra: 5, 16; Hobart: 8, 13; Melbourne: 9, 20; Perth: 11, 16; Sydney: 11, 19. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1, 11; Athens, 16, 26; Bahrain, 26, 32; Bangkok, 25, 35; Barbados, 24, 31; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 6, 12; Berlin, 4, 12; Bogota, 7, 18; Brussels, 6, 12; Buenos Aires, 10, 20; Cairo, 15, 29; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 3, 16; Copenhagen, 4, 11; Dublin, 6, 12; Frankfurt, 7, 14; Geneva, 5, 14; Helsinki, 3,5; Hong Kong, 24, 28; Honolulu, 22, 31; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 19, 23; Johannesburg, 13, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 17, 23; Lisbon, 12, 19; London, 4, 12; Los Angeles, 19, 32; Madrid, 8, 16; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 12, 25; Montevideo, 8, 21; Moscow, 9, 22; New Delhi, 26, 41; New York, 11, 17; Nicosia, 14. 28; Oslo, 1, 10; Paris, 5, 13; Peking, 15, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 34; Rome, 14, 23; San Francisco, 10, 19; Santiago, 3„ 20; Singapore, 25, 31; Stockholm, 2,9; Tokyo, 16, 25; Toronto, 5, 11; Vancouver. 5, 15; Vienna, 5, 14.