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Press, 18 April 1985, Page 36

General forecast: • Mainly fine in Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa; occasional rain elsewhere in the North Island, Otago and Southland. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine, but low cloud this morning, and rain spreading north along the Alps; north-east-erlies freshening near the coast, but light inland. Marlborough: Mostly fine, but cloudy areas this morning; moderate northeast winds, mild. Nelson: Mostly cloudy,

showers about the western ranges, but becoming fine this afternoon elsewhere; moderate northerlies. Buller: Cloudy, some showers, moderate northeasterlies. Westland: Cloudy, rain at times, moderate northeasterlies. Extended range forecast to Sunday.—Canterbury and Marlborough: Dry, mild, north-easterlies until Sunday’s southerly change; Nelson, Buller and Westland: Rain, clearing Sunday with south-easterlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1010.5 1012 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month. ... 0.0 To date this year 133 To date last year 257 Average to date 188 Average for April .... 60 Wette§ April (1978) ... 199 Driest April (1979) .... 11 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 5 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 122 To date this year 838 To date last year 708 Average for April .... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 47 Per cent at 6 p.m 67 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 2 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.4 a.m.; sets, 5.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.5 a.m.; sets, 5.51 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 4.39 a.m.; sets, 5.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.41 a.m.; sets, 5.33 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 3.3 a.m. and 3.27 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.44 a.m. and 4.7 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 New moon: April 20. First quarter: April 28. Full moon: May 5. • Last quarter: May 12.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, E., 18 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N., 11 knots. Christchurch: 22deg., partly cloudy, E., 11 knots. Dunedin: 18deg., cloudy, N.E., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 10, 17; Brisbane, 16, 26; Canberra, 7, 13; Darwin, 25, 31; Hobart, 5, 12; Melbourne, 8, 18; Perth, 14, 22 (noon); Sydney, 13, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 5. 13; Athens, 12, 22; Bahrain, 22, 28; Bangkok, 25, 34; Barbados, 23, 29; Beirut, 14, 21; Belgrade, 8, 14; Berlin, 2, 10; Bermuda, 16, 20; Bogota, 8, 21; Brussels, 2, 15; Buenos Aires, 14, 23; Cairo, 12, 30; Chicago, 8, 19; Copenhagen, 3,8; Denpasar, 23, 32; Dublin, 8, 16; Frankfurt, 4, 12; Geneva, 3, 10; Helsinki, 0,3; Hong Kong, 18, 23; Honolulu, 22, 29; Islamabad, 15, 34; Jakarta, 22, 31; Jerusalem, 12, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 18, 27; Lisbon, 9, 23; London, 9, 19; Los Angeles, 15, 24; Madrid, 4, 22; Manila, 24, 35; Mexico City, 10, 22; Montevideo, 12, 20; Montreal, 9, 15; Moscow, 6, 16; New Delhi, 21, 34; New York, 8, 14; Nicosia, 12, 22; Oslo, 2, 10; Paris, 11, 16; Peking, 8, 20; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 35; San Francisco, 11, 16; Santiago, 8, 21; Sao Paulo, 17, 28; Seoul, 8, 20; Singapore, 23, 27; Stockholm, 1, 3; Taipei, 15, 19; Tel Aviv, 16, 24; Tokyo, 10, 14; Toronto, 0, 16; Vancouver, 6, 13; Vienna, 4, 14; Warsaw. -1. 13.