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Press, 13 June 1984, Page 54

General forecast: A westerly flow covers the country and a cold front should cross the south of the South Island then move off to the east with little or no effect north of Otago. District forecasts: Canterbury: Showers about the Alps clearing, cloudy elsewhere; occasional fresh north-westerlies inland, moderate morning coastal south-westerlies, otherwise winds light and variable.

Marlborough: Fine, moderate south-westerlies, mild this afternoon. Nelson: Moderate southwesterlies, fine. Buller: Moderate southwesterlies, cool, occasional showers clearing. Westland: A few showers, becoming fine during the day, light to moderate south-west winds; cool. Tomorrow: Fine with light winds in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .. . 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1010.1 1010.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. . . . Trace To date this year 314 To date last year 257 Average to date 306 Average for June 54 Wettest June (1960). ... 168 Driest June (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 67 To date this year 995 To date last vear 972 Average for June 120 Humidity: Per cent at noon 38 Per cent at 6 p.m 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass -2 deg, rainfall Nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.59 a.m.; sets, 4.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8 a.m.; sets, 4.59 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 4.28 p.m.; sets, 7.18 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.14 p.m.; sets, 8.27 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 3.45 a.m. and 4.15 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.38 a.m. and 5.8 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: Tomorrow. Last quarter: June 21. New moon: June 29. First quarter: July 6.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 15 deg., cloudy, S., 13 knots. Wellington: 16 deg., fine, N., 10 knots. Christchurch: 16 deg., cloudy, N.E., 3 knots. Dunedin: 14 deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings. 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday. Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. World Weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide. 3, 16; Brisbane. 14. 23; Canberra. 6, 13; Darwin. 23, 32; Hobart, 8, 14; Melbourne, 8, 14; Perth, 13, 20 (noon); Sydney. 7, 17. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were — Amsterdam, 9, 18; Athens. 18, 30; Bahrain, 28, 35; Bangkok, 27, 32; Barbados, 25, 31, Beirut, 19, 27; Belgrade, 13, 27. Berlin, 10, 18; Brussels, 9, 21; Buenos Aires, 5, 16; Cairo. 19, 34; Copenhagen, 6, 14; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 13, 15; Frankfurt, 9, 23; Geneva, 7. 23: Helsinki, 5, 12; Hong Kong. 28. 32; Honolulu, 23, 30; Jakarta. 23, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 28: Johannesburg, 6, 19; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 12, 26: London, 12, 21 Los Angeles, 19, 26; Madrid. 10. 27; Manila, 24, 35; Mexico City 12, 21; Montevideo, 5, 15; Montreal, 16, 26; Moscow, 6. 14: New Delhi, 30, 40; New York, 26, 35; Oslo, 6, 19; Paris. 12. 24. Peking, 26, 33; Rio de Janeiro 17, 30; Rome, 10, 25: San Francisco, 11, 24; Santiago, 7. 15; Sao Paulo, 10, 20; Seoul. 17. 29; Singapore, 23. 31. Stockholm, 7, 14; Tokyo, 20. 24 Toronto, 20, 30; Vancouver. 9 19; Vienna, 11, 22; Warsaw. 7 15.