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Press, 19 May 1984, Page 72

General forecast: Cold showery southerlies in the south and east of the South Island, but clearing. Fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Southerlies strong about exposed coasts, but lighter inland; cold with occasional showers; some hail or sleet likely. Marlborough: Strong cold southerlies on exposed coasts with showers; lighter winds elsewhere

with isolated showers. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate southerlies predominating; a few showers persisting in the ranges; fine or becoming fine elsewhere. Tomorrow: Fine and frosty, apart from a few coastal showers in Marlborough. Extended range forecast for South Island until Tuesday: Fine and frosty, but low cloud and drizzle patches on the east coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1007.4 1011.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: nun* 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month. ... 21 To date this year 286 To date last year 170 Average to date 255 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 48 min To date this month. ... 88 To date this year. .... 871 To date last year 876 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 39 Per cent at 6 p.m 70 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14 deg, minimum 2 deg, grass —1 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.40 a.m.; sets, 5.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.41 a.m.; sets, 5.10 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 8.23 p.m.; sets, 11.39 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.25 p.m.; sets, 12.26 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 7.58 a.m. and 8.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.51 a.m. and 9.13 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 Last quarter: May 23.

New moon: May 31. First quarter: June 7. Full moon: June 14. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., fine, N E., 10 knots. Wellington: ISdeg., cloudy, N., 11 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 6 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were. Adelaide, 12, 18; Brisbane, 15, 23; Canberra, 4, 17; Hobart, 5, 16; Melbourne, 7, 22; Perth, 10, 19; Sydney, 13, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 7, 16; Athens, 15, 28; Bahrain, 27, 34; Bangkok, 27, 34; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 15, 23; Belgrade, 14, 24; Berlin, 9, 22; Bogota, 8, 18; Brussels, 4, 13; Buenos Aires, 4. 17; Cairo, 17, 34; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 4, 18; Copenhagen, 12, 19; Dublin, 9, 15; Helsinki, 12, 21; Hong Kong, 24, 26; Honolulu, 23, 30; Jakarta, 31; Jerusalem, 18, 30; Johannesburg, 9, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 32; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 10. 16; London, 6, 14; Los Angeles, 15, 25; Madrid, 6, 13; 23, 34; Montevideo, 5, 16; Moscow, 17, 26; Nassau, 17, 30; New Delhi, 28, 43; New York, 7, 13, Nicosia, 15, 33; Oslo, 11,’ uj Paris, 10, 17; Peking, 16, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 25; 11, 20; San Francisco, 9, 20Santiago, 6, 16; Seoul, 12, 24; Singapore, 25, 31; Tokyo, 12, 20; Toronto, 4, 14; Vancouver, 6, 14; Vienna, 11, 20; Warsaw s' 23.