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Press, 1 July 1985, Page 40

General forecast: A shallow trough is moving east over the North Island with a broad band of rain, while a ridge of high pressure lies over the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and cool, moderate north-east winds. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine and cool with light winds. Westland: Becoming cloudy, rain developing in the south by evening, calm. Extended forecast until Thursday: Canterbury:

Mostly fine but periods of rain about the Alps and scattered showers, winds from a westerly quarter, fresh at times. Marlborough, Nelson: Mainly fine, then changeable with occasional showers and fine periods, winds variable in direction and fresh at times, particularly about Cook Strait. Buller, Westland: Fine at first with little wind then changeable, with winds fluctuating between north-west and southwest, and strong in exposed places.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1022.4 1021.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a m. to 11 p.m Nil Saturday Trace To date this month. ... 12 To date this year 195 To date last year 321 Average to date 338 Average for June 54 Wettest June (1960). ... 168 Driest June (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 0 min Saturday 7 hr 36 min To date this month 128 To date this year 1186 To date last year 1068 Average for June 120 Humidity: Per cent at noon 80 Per cent at 6 p.m 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 14deg. minimum Odeg, grass -3dcg. rainfall Trace SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 8.4 a.m.; sets, 5.2 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.4 a m.; sets, 5.3 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises. 3.24 p.m.; sets, 6.35 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 4.19 p.m.; sets, 7.47 am. High tide at Lyttelton; Today 2.46 a.m. and 3.16 pm. Tomorrow: 3.39 am. and 4.9 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaora, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min: Kaikoura. add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon Full moon: July 3. Last quarter: July 10. New moon: July 18. First quarter: July 25. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14 deg., rain, N. 10 knots. Wellington: 10 deg., rain, S.E., 14 knots. Christchurch: 9 deg., cloudy, S.W., 7 knots. Dunedin: 9 deg., fine, N.W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Aus-t-alian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 8, 17; Brisbane, 8, 21; Canberra, —l, 15; Hobart, 9, 18; Melbourne, 10, 16; Perth. 15. 21; Sydney, 11, 20. Mininum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 11, 18; Athens, 19, 31; Bahrain, 33, 37; Bangkok, 29, 31; Barbados, 25, 31; Beirut, 24, 30; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, 10, 16; Buenos Aires, 15, 22; Cairo, 21, 38; Copenhagen, 12, 19; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 10. 17; Frankfurt, 10. 17; Geneva, 8, 24; Helsinki, 11, 15; Hong Kong, 26, 31; Honolulu, 20, 32; Islamabad, 26, 36; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 18, 30; Johannesburg, 5. 17; Kuala Lumpur. 22, 34; Lisbon, 16, 28; London. 13, 20, Los Angeles, 19, 32; Madrid, 17, 33; Manila, 22. 26; Mexico City, 10, 24; Montevideo. 15, 24; Montreal. 13, 24; Moscow, 14, 23; New Delhi, 25. 39; New York, 13, 18; Oslo, 13. 18; Paris, 12, 18; Peking, 22. 30, Rio de Janeiro, 14, 28; Rome. 15. 30; San Francisco. 14. 22; Santiago, 4. 15; Sao Paulo, 11, 25; Seoul. 22. 30; Singapore, 24. 31; Stockholm, 12. 18; Tokyo. 18. 22; Toronto. 15. 22; Vancouver, 10. 19; Vienna. 13, 21; Warsaw. 10. 18.