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Press, 29 May 1985, Page 68

Genera, iorecast: A large, intense anticyclone lies over the South Island and is expected to remain slow-moving. A south-easterly flow covers the North Island. - District forecasts: Canterbury: Mostly cloudy but sunny intervals inland; rather cold, with variable winds. Marlborough: Cloudy about the coast, with some showers; elsewhere, cloudy at first but fine periods during the day;

south-easterly winds, fresh about the Sounds; cool. Nelson, Buller: Easterly winds; fine and cool, with frosts. Westland: Fine and frosty, with moderate easterly winds. Extended range forecast to Saturday: Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and frosty, except for a few morning drizzle patches along the east coast. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Mainly dry, settled weather, with little wind.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1040.7 1042.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 12 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1.0 To date this month. ... 36 To date this year 179 To date last year 313 Average to date 266 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 127 To date this year 1052 To date last year 907 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 74 Per cent at 6 p.m 83 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum —1 deg, grass —4 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.49 a.m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.50 a.m.; sets, 5.2 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 2.20 p.m.; sets. 1.4 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 2.43 p.m.; sets, 2.20 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today; 11.57 a.m! and —. Tomorrow: 12.20 a.m. and 12.50 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: June 3. Last quarter: June 10. New moon: June 19. First quarter: June 26. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., fine, S., 4 knots.

Wellington: 15deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., cloudy, S.W., 3 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg., cloudy, calm. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch readings for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Smoke: Medium; sulphur dioxide: Low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Alice Springs, 18, 29; Brisbane, 15, 23; Canberra, 4, 19; Darwin, 23, 33; Hobart, 5, 18; Melbourne, 11, 20; Sydney, 13, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 17, 30; Athens, 20, 28; Bahrain, 28. 37; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 19, 27; Belgrade, 16, 28; Berlin, 9, 30; Bermuda, 22, 26; Bogota, 16, 19; Brussels, 15, 28; Buenos Aires. 16. 19; Cairo. 22, 38; Calgary, 4. 20; Caracas. 21, 27; Chicago, 11, 32; Copenhagen, 13, 24; Curitiba, 10, 22; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, 10, 14; Frankfurt, 14, 29; Geneva, 11, 26; Helsinki, 9. 16; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 24. 3fr, Islamabad, 18, 41; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 16. 27; Johannesburg, 7, 20; Kiev, 13, 23; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima. 14. 19; Lisbon, 15, 19; London. 15, 18; Los Angeles, 17, 22; Madrid, 9. 24; Manila, 25. 34; Mexico City, 13, 28; Montevideo, 15. 23; Montreal, 10. 20; Moscow. 5, 17; Nassau, 20, 30; New Delhi, 30. 42; New York. 17. 31; Nicosia. 20, 35; Oslo. 11, 18: Paris. 17. 29: Peking, 18, 22; Rio de Janeiro. 16. 30; Rome, 15, 29; San Francisco, 12, 17; Sao Paulo, 14. 21; Seoul, 15. 27; Singapore. 23, 32; Stockholm, 8, 18; Taipei. 25, 30; Tel Aviv. 20. 26; Tokyo. 17, 25; Toronto, 7. 18; Vancouver, 9. 17; Vienna, 14, 25; Warsaw. 10. 24.