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Press, 20 July 1984, Page 34

General forecast: An anti-cyclone centred east of the North Island is moving slowly away, while a trough of low pressure in the central Tasman Sea is moving south-east. Some showers in Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, and Westland. Mainly fine elsewhere in the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate northerlies; mainly fine, but showers developing along the Alps. Nelson, Marlborough: Mainly fine but showers may spread east late during the day. Buller, Westland: Moderate

north-easterlies; cloudy and cool with occasional showers. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in Canterbury; showers elsewhere. Extended forecast to Monday: Cloudy with northerlies at first in Nelson, Buller, and Westland, and a few showers west of the main ranges; rain spreading tomorrow to Westland and Buller; some brief rain in Nelson on Sunday; fine tomorrow in Canterbury and Marlborough, then cold southerlies and rain developing for a time; clearing from the south during Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. MiHibars .... 1026.3 1026.3 -Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 7 Rainfall: mm.' 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 73 To date this year 395 To date last year 331 Average to date 376 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 60 To date this year 1129 To date last year 1087 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 87 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 92 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum —3 deg, grass —5 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.59 a.m.; ■ sets, 5.17 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.53 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Moon—Today, sets, 11.28 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.16 a.m.; sets, 11.48 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10 a.m. and 10.16 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.44 a.m. and 11.01 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min : ) Phases of Moon Last quarter: Tomorrow. New moon: July 28. First quarter: August 4. Full moon: August 12.

Air pollution Christchurch readings, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday. Smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 12deg., recent showers, E., 4 knots. Wellington: lOdeg., cloudy, N., 12 knots. Christchurch: sdeg., fine, S., 18 knots. Dunedin: 7deg., fine, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of Australia in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 6, 13; Brisbane, 11, 21; Canberra, —l, 8; Hobart, 4, 13; Melbourne, 8, 10; Perth, 10, 12 (noon); Sydney, 7, 18. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 10, 18; Athens, 21, 36; Bahrain, 31, 37; Bangkok, 28, 34; Barbados, 26, 31; Belgrade, 12, 18; Berlin, 10, 18; Bogota, 5, 18; Brussels, 8, 18; Buenos Aires, 11, 17; Cairo, 21, 37; Calgary, 10, 24; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, 17, 25; Copenhagen, 15, 22; Dublin, 14, 18; Frankfurt, 11, 17; Geneva, 10, 21; Havana, 23, 33; Helsinki, 14, 17; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 21, 30; Jakarta, 22, 32; Jerusalem, 20, 30; Johannesburg, 10,18; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 30; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 15, 24; London, 17, 22; Los Angeles, 24, 33; Madrid, 18, 34; Manila, 24, 34; Mexico City, 12, 24; Montevideo, 10, 15; Moscow, 18, 27; Nassau, 26, 31; New Delhi, 25, 34; New York, 21, 28; Nicosia, 25, 40; Oslo, 13, 22; Paris, 13, 24; Peking, 24, 34; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 27; Rome, 16, 30; San Francisco, 15, 21; Santiago, 5, 15; Seoul, 21, 30; Singapore, 22, 27; Stockholm, 14, 20; Tokyo, 25, 32; Toronto, 13, 25; Vienna, 14, 19; Warsaw, 12, 18.