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Press, 2 April 1985, Page 48

General forecast: Rain in South Westland, Fiordland and Southland, spreading to Otago tomorrow, fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Gusty northwesterlies inland, occasonally spreading to the coast, some rain in the Alps, fine and mild elsewhere. Marlborough: Fine and mild, north-westerlies fresh and gusty in exposed places. Nelson: Light or moderate northerlies, mainly fine

and mild, but cloudy periods in the west. Buller: Moderate westerlies, mostly cloudy, with a few light showers. Westland: Fresh cloudy northerlies with periods of rain. Extended range forecast to Friday: Canterbury: Fine tomorrow, cool southwesterlies and showers about Thursday; Marlborough, Nelson: Mainly dry until Thursday with strong north-westerlies, cool southerlies, showers on Friday; Buller, Westland: rain, westerlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1015.8 1015.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... Nil To date this year 133 To date last year 253 Average to date 156 Average for April .... 60 Wettest April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... 11 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9hr 12min To date this month. ... 9 To date this year 725 To date last year 590 Average for April .... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 41 Per cent at 6 p.m 46 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15deg, minimum 4deg, grass —2deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.47 a.m.; sets, 6.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.48 a.m.; sets, 6.16 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 5 p.m.; sets, 1.53 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.28 p.m.; sets 3.12 _a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.10 a.m. and 1.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.58 a.m. and 2.22 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: 18deg., fine, N.E., 15 knots. Wellington: 15deg., fine, N., 11 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., partly cloudy, E., 7 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday Adelaide, 18, 19; Brisbane, 19, 25; Canberra, 7, 26; Darwin, 26, 35; Hobart, 11, 12; Melbourne, 16, 23; Perth, 15, 23 (noon); Sydney, 17, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 6, 13; Athens, 10, 20; Bahrain, 20, 26; Barbados, 22, 29; Beirut, 12, 21; Belgrade, 5, 20; Berlin, 9, 11; Bermuda, 20, 23; Brussels, 7, 14; Buenos Aires, 13, 28; Cairo, 17, 30; Chicago, 0,4; Copenhagen, 3,3; Denpasar, 24, 33; Dublin, 6, 11; Frankfurt, 8, 14; Geneva, 3, 17; Havana, 20, 30; Helsinki, —2, 3; Hong Kong, 12, 15; Honolulu, 21, 27; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 13, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 19, 26; Lisbon, 9, 18; London, 9,16; Los Angeles, 9, 23; Madrid, —l, 20; Manila, 20, 36; Mexico City, 12, 28; Montevideo, 11, 26; Montreal, —l, 8; Moscow, —3, 1; New Delhi, 22, 33; New York, 8, 16; Nicosia, 9, 16; Oslo, -5, 6; Paris, 8, 15; Peking, 3, 17; Rio de Janeiro, 24, 37; Rome, 0, 20; San Franciso, 8, 20; Santiago, 9, 25; Sao Paulo, 20, 30; Seoul, —l, 10; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, —4, 5; Taipei, 10, 13; Tel Aviv, 15, 25; Tokyo, 4, 12; Toronto, —l, 6; Vancouver, 3, 9; Vienna, 1,10; Warsaw, 1, 8.