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Press, 23 June 1984, Page 76

General forecast: Scattered cloud and drizzle in most districts, clearing and becoming fine. District forecast: Canterbury: Variable winds, fine and cool. Marlborough: Moderate south-westerlies, cloudy at first inland but clearing. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with moderate south-westerlies, some

cloud in the west. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in the east, some showers on the West Coast. Extended range forecast to Tuesday: Fine in the east until Sunday when a cold, showery, southerly change will set in. Unsettled westerlies with rain on the West Coast; becoming fine and frosty from Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1011.8 1014.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 10 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 2 To date this year 316 To date last year 269 Average to date 324 Average for June 54 Wettest June (1960). ... 168 Driest June (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 5 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 125 To date this year 1052 To date last year 1016 Average for June 120 Humidity: Per cent at noon 96 Per cent at 6 p.m 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall Trace SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 8.03 a.m.; sets, 5.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.03 a.m.; sets, 5.01 p.m. Moon — Today: rises, 1.26 a.m.; sets, 1.24 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.29 a.m.; sets 1.45 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: — and 12.07 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.23 a.m. and 12.52 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 New moon: June 29. First quarter: July 6. Full moon: July 13. Last quarter: July 21.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., cloudy, W„ 8 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, S., 6 knots. Christchurch: 7deg., fog, S., 18 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., partly cloudy, W„ 13 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, 8, 18; Brisbane, 12, 21; Canberra, -2, 6; Darwin, 17, 28; Hobart, 10, 14; Melbourne, 7, 14; Perth, 13, 16; Sydney, 7, 18. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 16, 21; Athens, 19, 29; Bahrain, 28, 36; Bangkok, 28, 31; Beirut, 19, 27; Belgrade, 16, 28; Berlin, 13, 26; Bogota, 4, 18; Brussels, 14, 24; Buenos Aires, 9, 12; Cairo, 19, 33; Calgary, 6, 16; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, 13, 25; Dublin, 11, 17; Frankfurt, 16, 30; Geneva, 13, 26; Havana, 23, —; Helsinki, 10, 22; Hong Kong, 26. 30; Honolulu, 22, 31; Islamabad, 26, 39; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 15, 23; Johannesburg, 8, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lisbon, 17, 23; London, 16, 22; Los Angeles, 18, 26; Madrid, 13, 28; Manila, 23, 30; Mexico City, 14, 22; Montevideo, 11, 14; Montreal, 7, 20; Moscow, 12, 23; Nassau, 19, 31; New Delhi, 23, 35; New York, 19, 29; Nicosia, 16, 30; Oslo, 12, 25; Paris, 20, 29; Peking, 19, 24; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 33; Rome, 15, 30; San Francisco, 16, 18; San Juan, 23, 33; Santiago, 7, 14; Sao Paulo, 14, 25; Seoul, 21, 27; Singapore, 26, 32; Taipei, 27, 33; Tel Aviv, 20, 27; Tokyo, 19, 23; Toronto, 15, 20; Vancouver, 10, 20; Vienna, 14, 25; Warsaw, 12, 21.