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Press, 1 April 1985, Page 44

General forecast: An anti-cyclone covers the eastern Tasman Sea and New Zealand, and is moving east. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine with light winds.

Westland: Mainly fine with moderate westerlies developing. Extended range forecast until Thursday: Mainly dry in all districts. Cool showery periods likely in Canterbury, Buller and Westland tomorrow and Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromotan .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1028.4 1028.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14.8 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday nil To date this month. ... 45 To date this year 133 To date last year 253 Average to date 154 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1977) ... 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 42 min Saturday 5 hr 00 min To date this month 204 To date this year 716 To date last year 590 Average for March 163 Humidity: Per cent at noon 43 Per cent at 6 p.m 57 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 26 deg, minimum 05 deg, grass 02 deg, rainfall 0.8 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.46 a.m.; Sets, 6.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.48 a.m.; Sets, 6.18 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.27 p.m.; Sets, 12.38 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5 p.m.; Sets, 1.53 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 12.22 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.10 a.m. and 1.33 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: April 6. Last quarter: April 12.

New Moon: April 20. First quarter: April 28. Noon Weather Auckland: 18 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 18 knots. Wellington: 15 deg., fine, S., 20 knots. Christchurch: 14 deg., fine, S., 18 knots. Dunedin: 12 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 15, 32; Brisbane, 19, 25; Canberra, 11, 25; Darwin, 24, 32; Hobart, 10, 27; Melbourne, 14, 29; Perth, 17, 23; Sydney, 18, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main centres of the world in the last 24 hours: Amsterdam, 10, 14; Athens, 10, 18; Bahrain, 20, 25; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 14, 22; Belgrade, 4, 17; Berlin, 4,8; Bermuda, 19, 23; Bogota, 10,18; Brussels, 4, 10; Buenos Aires, 13, 26; Cairo, 13, 25; Chicago, 5, 14; Copenhagen, —l, 3; Dublin, 8, 15; Frankfurt, 5,8; Geneva, —4, 12; Helsinki, —2, 4; Hong Kong, 15, 16; Honolulu, 21, 29; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 12, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 19, 26; Lisbon, 7, 18; London, 8, 15; Los Angeles, 10, 20; Madrid, —3, 17; Manila, 23, 36; Mexico City, 13, 27; Montreal, —4, 2; Moscow, —4, 2; New Delhi, 22, 34; New York, 17, 28; Oslo, —6, 3; Paris, 8, 15; Peking, 2, 17; Rio de Janeiro, 24, 37; Rome, 5, 18; San Francisco, 6, 18; Santiago, 10, 28; Sao Paulo, 20, 30; Seoul, —l, 9; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, -5, 0; Tel Aviv, 15, 24; Tokyo, 8, 15; Toronto, 4,9; Vancouver, 5, 10; Vienna, 1,7; Warsaw. 1. 5.