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Press, 2 June 1984, Page 72

General forecast: An anti-cyclone is moving slowly eastwards over New Zealand. A weak cold front is expected to move onto southern New Zealand this afternoon, bringing showers to coastal Southland and South Otago. Elsewhere mainly fine, with frosts. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine; moderate north-westerlies developing inland and variable winds about the coast. Nelson, Marlborough: Mainly fine, but becoming cloudy in the western ranges with drizzle patches morning and night.

Buller, Westland: Cloudy, and some drizzle patches morning and night; moderate northerlies. Tomorrow: Some showers on the West Coast and Nelson. Fine elsewhere. Extended range forecast until Tuesday: An anticyclone covering most of the Tasman Sea is expected to move east-north-east to cross the North Island during the week-end. A disturbed westerly airstream should spread eastwards to the New Zealand area, affecting mainly the west and south of the South Island.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .. . . 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1025.1 1024.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... — To date this year 314 To date last year 214 Average to date 286 Average for June 54 Wettest June (1960). ... 168 Driest June (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 9 To date this year 936 To date last year 919 Average for June 120 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 66 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 11 deg, minimum —3 deg, grass -7 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 7.52 a.m., sets 5.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 7.53 a.m., sets 5.01 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises 10.18 a.m., sets 6.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 11.13 a.m., sets 8.04 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 6.21 a.m. and 6.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.18 a.m. and 7.45 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: June 7. Full moon: June 14.

Last quarter: June 21. New moon: June 29. NOON WEATHER Auckland: lldeg., fine, N., 2 knots. Wellington: lOdeg., partly cloudy, 5 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., fine, calm. Dunedin: lldeg., partly cloudy, W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 7, 16; Brisbane, 13. 23; Canberra, -2, 14; Hobart, 9, 15; Melbourne, 9, 15; Perth, 10, 19 (noon); Sydney, 11, 22. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 12, 18; Athens, 16, 30; Bahrain, 26, 33; Bangkok, 30, 34; Barbados, 24, 31; Beirut, 18, 28; Belgrade, 13, 25; Berlin, 8, 17; Bogota, 5, 21; Brussels, 8, 10; Buenos Aires, 4. 17; Cairo, 21, 36; Calgary, 8, 18; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, 4, 21. Copenhagen, 8, 16; Dublin, 7, 17; Frankfurt, 7, 11; Geneva, 7, 15; Havana, 22, 28; Helsinki, 13, 20; Hong Kong, 27, 29; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 21, 43; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 16, 29; Johannesburg, 3, 11; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 22: Lisbon, 13, 23; London, 12, 22; Los Angeles, 21, 31; Madrid, 7, 21; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City. 10, 16; Montevideo, 10, 12; Moscow, 14, 23; Nassau, 22, 29; New Delhi, 28, 42; New York. 16, 17; Nicosia, 17, 34; Oslo, 12. 21; Paris, 10, 19; Peking, 19, 34: Rio de Janeiro, 17, 34; Rome, 11, 22; San Francisco, 10, 20; Santiago, 2, 16; Seoul, 16, 27: Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm. 10, 20; Tokyo, 18, 24; Toronto, 6. 10; Vienna, 11, 16; Warsaw, 8. 20.