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Press, 1 June 1985, Page 80

General forecast: An intense anticyclone south-east of the South Island is slow-moving. A south-easterly airstream flows over the North Island. District forecast: Canterbury: Rather cloudy and cold, with scattered rain in North Canterbury and rain further south at times; mainly light win. Marlborough: Strong southerlies about the Sounds,

moderate winds elsewhere; cloudy and cool, with some rain. Nelson, Buller: Light or moderate variable winds; fine apart from variable high cloud. Westland: Fine, apart from a few cloud or fog patches night and morning; little wind; cool. Extended forecast: Coastal low cloud with periods of rain, often cloudy inland; light variable winds.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1033.5 1032.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 0.17 To date this month. ... 38 To date this year 180 To date last year 314 Average to date 284 Average for May 70 . Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday hr 6 min To date this month. ... 134 To date this year 1058 To date last year. . ... 928 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 86 Per cent at 6 p.m.... . 87 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24'hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 12 deg, minimum 5 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall o.lmm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.52 a.m.; sets, 5.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.53 a.m.; sets, 5.02 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 3.33 p.m.; sets, 4.57 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.06 p.m.; sets, 6.19 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.07 a.m. and 2.37, p.m. Tomorrow: 3 a.m. and 3.31 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtact 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: 14 deg., cloudy, S., 9 knots.’ Wellington: 10 deg.,, drizzle, S., 12 knots. Christchurch: 9 deg., recent showers, S.W., 6 knots. Dunedin: 10 deg., fine, N.E., 13 knots. Air pollution Christchurch readings for 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: smoke, (low); sulphur dioxide, (low). WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 5, 16; Brisbane, 15, 23; Canberra, 7, 16; Hobart, 8, 14; Melbourne, 10, 15; Perth, 7, 14; Sydney, 13, 19. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 10, 20; Athens, 18, 30; Bahrain, 30, 35; Bangkok, 24, 32; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 19, 27; Belgrade, 15, 24; Berlin, 12, 20; Bermuda, 21, 27; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, 10, 23; Buenos Aires, 7, 14; Cairo, 19, 34; Calgary, 7, 15; Caracas, 21, 27; Chicago, 7, 24; Copenhagen, 12, 16; Curitiba, 11, 24; Dublin, 5,18; Frankfurt, 12,14; Geneva, 11, 18; Helsinki, 13, 24; -Hong Kong, 25, 26; Honolulu, 22, 29; Islamabad, 24, 42; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 15, 23; Johannesburg, 9, 17; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 12, 15; London, 9, 17; Los Angeles, 15, 24; Madrid, 10, 26; Manila, 26, 36; Mexico City, 14, 28; Montreal, 7, 22; Moscow, 13, 28; New Delhi, 31, 43; New York, 15, 22; Oslo, 7, 18; Paris, 10, 22; Peking, 15, 22; Rio De Janeiro, 18, 31; San Francisco, 10, 20; San Juan, 24, 33; Santiago, 2, 20; Sao Paulo, 13, 27; Seoul, 14, 25; Singapore, 26, 33; Stockholm, 13, 28; Taipei, 21, 26; Tel Aviv, 18, 26; Tokyo, 13, 19; Toronto, 15, 24; Vancouver, 9, 19; Vienna, 16, 27; Warsaw, 14, 24.