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Press, 9 May 1985, Page 44

General forecast: Most South Island areas can expect periods of rain up until Sunday. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy, with rain in the Alps and a few falls spreading to the eastern foothills; mostly dry about the plains and in North Canterbury. Nelson, Marlborough: Northerlies freshening; rain developing.

Buller, Westland: Northerlies freshening; overcast with periods of rain; thunderstorms and heavy rain south of Hokitika. Tomorrow: Rain in most areas. Extended forecast until Sunday: Rain clearing today on the West Coast; scattered showers tomorrow in Canterbury, Nelson and Buller, clearing by Sunday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1012.5 1012.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. . . . Nil To date this year 143 To date last year 267 Average to date 232 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959). .. . 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: . hrs Yesterday 2 hr 00 min To date this month. ... 54 To date this year 978 To date last year 819 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 56 Per cent at 6 p.m 66 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 25deg, minimum lldeg, grass Bdeg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.30 a.m.; sets, 5.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.31 a.m.; sets, 5.20 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 8.58 p.m.; sets, 12.24 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.07 p.m.; sets 1.13 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 8.22 a.m. and 8.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.19 a.m. and 9.44 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 Last quarter: May 12. New moon: May 20.

First quarter: May 28. Full moon: June 3.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 7 knots. Wellington: 17deg., cloudy, N., 13 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., cloudy, E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., overcast, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 9, 18; Brisbane, 18, 28; Canberra, 0, 12; Hobart, 10, 13; Melbourne, 10, 15; Perth, 8, 19 (noon); Sydney, 14, 21. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 10, 19; Bahrain, 25, 31; Bangkok, 29, 37; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 13. 23;

Belgrade, 14, 20; Berlin, 12, 24; Bermuda, 20, 25; Bogota, 6, 17; Brussels, 8, 18; Buenos Aires, 13, 20; Cairo, 22, 42; Calgary, 2, 19; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, 10, 21; Copenhagen, 8, 15; Dublin, 3, 15; Frankfurt, 13, 21; Geneva, 7, 18; Havana, 22, 30; Helsinki, 4, 11; Hong Kong, 25, 30; Honolulu, 20, 28; Islamabad, 21, 39; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 22, 30; Johannesburg, 12, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 16, 21; Lisbon, 9, 15; London, 8, 16; Los Angeles, 15, 21; Madrid, 4, 11; Manila, 25, 28; Mexico City, 10, 23; Montevideo. 10, 18; Moscow, 8, 20; Nassau, 21, 28; New Delhi, 24, 41; New York, 18, 23; Nicosia, 14, 27; Oslo, 7, 12; Paris, 10, 19; Peking, 15, 28; Rio de Janeiro, 13, 27; Rome, 13, 16; San Francisco, 10, 16; Santiago, 6, 20; Seoul, 10, 18; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 2, 13; Tokyo, 12, 21; Toronto, 5, 15; Vienna, 6, 19; Warsaw, 9, 22.