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Press, 10 November 1984, Page 80

General forecast: A broad ridge of high pressure extends onto New Zealand from the north-east bringing fine weather over most of the country. District forecasts: Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough: North-westerlies; fine. Buller, Westland: Cloudy; scattered rain likely in the day. Tomorrow: Periods of rain

on the West Coast; mainly fine elsewhere. Extended forecast until Tuesday: Nelson, Buller and Westland tomorrow; mainly dry at first with a period of widespread rain on Monday or Tuesday; warm north-westerlies in Marlborough and Canterbury; showers developing about the western ranges tomorrow; possible cold south-westerlies on Tuesday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1020.0 1021.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year. . . 1 . 484 To date last year 497 Average to date 561 Average for Nov 49 Wettest (1942) 140 Driest (1947) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 57 To date this year 1764 To date last year 1673 Average for Nov 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 9 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.1 a.m.; sets, 8.27 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6 a.m.; sets, 8.23 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 10.2 ' p.m.; sets, 6.37 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.7 p.m.; sets 7.10 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 6.20 a.m. and 6.40 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.9 a.m. and 7.31 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 30mi-i.) Phases of Moon Last quarter: November 16. New moon: November 23. First quarter: November 30. Full .moon: December 8. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 26, 31; Brisbane, 20, 29; Canberra, 14, 25; Hobart, 13, 26; Melbourne, 16, 31; Perth, 13, 21 (noon); Sydney, 16, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 7, 11; Athens, 12, 22; Bahrain, 22, 30; Bangkok, 26, 34; Beirut, 15, 24; Belgrade, 8, 20; Berlin, 2, 10; Bogota, 8, 17; Brussels, 5, 14; Buenos Aires, 17, 20; Cairo, 15, 27; Calgary, —6, 7; Chicago, 13, 31; Copenhagen, 8, 10; Dublin, 8, 11; Geneva, 3, 11; Helsinki, 4, 7; Hong Kong, 23, 26; Honolulu, 24, '3l; Islamabad, 10, 26; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 13, 19; Johannesburg, 13, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lima, 15, 21: Lisbon, 12, 14; London, 11, 13; Los Angeles, 16, 21; Madrid, 6, 12; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 8, 23; Montevideo, 16, 20; Moscow, 0,3; Nassau, 22, 26; New Delhi, 14, 29; New York, 4, 10; Nicosia, 10, 20; Oslo, 4,4; Paris. 11, 15; Peking, 2, 18; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 32; Rome, 8. 20; San Francisco, 11, 16; Santiago, 5, 19; Seoul, 12, 18; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 0,8; Tokyo, 13, 21; toronto, —2. 8; Vienna, 5, 10; Warsaw, 3, 9.