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Press, 3 November 1984, Page 80

General forecast: An anti-cyclone north-east of the North Island is slowmoving. Another anti-cy-clone south-west of the South Island is moving slowly eastwards, and a ridge of high pressure lies east of New Zealand. District forecasts:

Canterbury, Marlborough: Some fog or drizzle patches; mostly sunny and mild in the afternoon. Nelson. Buller. Westland:

Mainly fine but some cloudy periods and areas of morning fog; mild. Tomorrow: Some morning drizzle in Canterbury and Marlborough, mainly fine elsewhere. -i Extended forecast until Tuesday: Scatterd rain in Nelson and Buller, coastal mist or drizzle, particularly night and morning in eastern areas of the South Island, but generally dry inland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1021.1 1022.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm • 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... nil To date this year 484 To date last year. . : . . 494 Average to date 549 Average for November . 549 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947). 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 10 To date this year. ... . 1716 To date last year 1643 Average for November . 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon 67 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 76 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.9 a.m.; sets, 8.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.7 a.m.; sets, 8.19 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 2.38 p.m.; sets, 4.9 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.40 p.m.; sets, 4.31 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.16 a.m. and 1.38 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.5 a.m. and 2.24 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25mtn; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Full moon: November 9. Last quarter November 16.

New moon: November 23. First quarter: November 30; . NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., Rain, E., 17 • knots. Wellington: 15deg., cloudy, S., 1 14 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., cloudy, variable, 5 knots. Dunedin: 13deg., mist, S., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last ,24 hours were: Adelaide, 13, ,21; Brisbane, 17, 24; Canberra, 12, 25; Hobart, 11, 20; Melbourne, 17, 22; Perth, 14, 21 (noon); Sydney, 17, 22. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 12, 17; Athens, 10, 16; Bahrain, 22, 30; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 23, 27; Beirut, 15, 25; Belgrade, 7, 12; Berlin, 2, 12; Bogota, 7, 17; Brussels, 12, 17; Buenos Aires, 10, 22; Cairo, 16, 29; Calgary, — 26, —5; Caracas, 18, 26; Chicago, 1, 11; Copenhagen, 11, 13; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 4, 6; Geneva, 4, 10; Havana, 23, 23; Helsinki, 6, 10; Hong Kong. 22, 26; Honolulu, 23, 30; Islamabad, 7, 29; Jakarta, 23, JI; Jerusalem, 12, 19; Johannesburg, 14, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23,. — 32; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 12, 21; London, 13,18; Los Angeles, 16, 21; Madrid, 9, 20; Manila, 23, 30; Mexico City, 11, 23; Montevideo, 10, 23; Moscow, 2,5; Nassau, 23, 29; New Delhi, 15, 30; New York, 14, 23; Nicosia, 13, 24; Oslo, 3, 10; Paris, 9, 19; Peking, 2, 17; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 37; Rome, 7, 21; San Francisco, 9, 20; Santiago, 10, 24; Seoul, 10, 14; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 6, 13; Tokyo, 6, 18, Toronto, 7, 11; Vienna, 3,8; Warsaw, 4, 14.