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Press, 2 May 1985, Page 40

General forecast: A ridge of high pressure persists across the South Island and a south-westerly flow covers the North Island, bringing dry, settled weather. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate variable winds; cloudy morning and night with a few drizzle patches, but otherwise fine.

Marlborough: Cloudy areas morning and night with a few drizzle patches likely about the coast; long fine periods inland during the day. Nelson, Buller: Light winds; fine. Westland: Mostly fine, but a few cloudy areas morning and night. Tomorrow: Fine and mild. Extended forecast until Sunday: Mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1035.3 1036.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Raintail: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this year 143 To date last year 265 Average to date 216 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 8 To date this year 932 To date last year 784 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 58 Per cent at 6 p.m 77 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall nil

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.21 a.m.; sets, 5.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.28 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.18 p.m.; sets, 3.23 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.42 p.m.; sets 4.42 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.33 a.m. and 2.1 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.25 a.m. and 2.53 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: May 5.

Last quarter: May 12. New moon: May 20. First quarter: May 28. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg„ cloudy, N.E., 6 knots. Wellington: 15deg., cloudy, S.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., partly cloudy, 12 knots. Dunedin: lldeg., fine, S.W., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 15, 26; Brisbane, 17, 26; Canberra, 10,19; Hobart, 12, 23; Melbourne, 9. 20; Perth, 13, 23 (noon); Sydney, 16, 21. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 4, 11; Athens, 11, 22; Bahrain, 21, 32; Bangkok, 25, 31; Barbados, 22, 27; Belgrade, 6, 18; Berlin, 2, 10; Bermuda, 21, 25; Bogota, 6, 18; Brussels, 5,.13; Buenos Aires, 3, 17; Cairo, 24, 35; Calgary, 0, 14; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 3, 21; Copenhagen, 1,8; Dublin, 8, 13; Frankfurt, 2, 10; Geneva, 1, 10; Havana, 20, 28; Helsinki, 4,7; Hong Kong, 21, 24; Honolulu, 19, 30; Islamabad, 18, 36; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 12, 24; Johannesburg, 12, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 18, 23; Lisbon, 11, 24; London, 10, 15; Los Angeles, 12, 23; Madrid, 5, 24; Manila, 23, 34; Mexico City, 13, 23; Montevideo, 10, 14; Moscow, 8,9; Nassau, 19. 31; New Delhi, 26, 41; New York, 9, 22; Nicosia, 12, 27; Oslo, 1, 10; Paris, 8, 12; Peking, 14, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 35; Rome. 11. 21; San Francisco. 11, 18; Santiago, 5, 19: Seoul. 15, 24; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, 2,5; Tokyo, 12, 23; Toronto. 7. 20; Vienna. 3,9; Warsaw, 1, 8.