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Press, 4 July 1985, Page 40

General forecast: A large anticyclone covering the Tasman Sea and the north of the country is moving slowly east. A strong north-west airstream over the south Tasman flows onto the south of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh northwesterlies inland, lighter coastal northerlies, dry, extensive high cloud. Marlborough: Fine and mild in the east, but becoming cloudy about the Sounds; fresh north-westerlies. Nelson, Buller: Cloudy, moderate north-westerlies,

cool. Westland: Moderate northwest winds, cloudy, scattered light rain spreading from the south. Extended range forecast to Sunday — Canterbury: changeable south-wester-lies, coastal showers tomorrow, becoming fine, cool late Saturday; Marlborough, Nelson: fresh north-westerlies tomorrow changing to showers in the east on Saturday and clearing elsewhere; Buller, Westland: cooler showery south-westerlies tomorrow, clearing on Saturday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1020.5 1019.3 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. . . . Nil To date this year 195 To date last year 325 Average to date 344 Average for July 62 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3hr 12min To date this month. ... 19 To date this year 1205 To date last year 1073 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 54 Per cent at 6 p.m 58 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 16 deg, minimum —2 deg, grass -5 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 8.03 a.m.; seats, 5.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.03 a.m.; sets. 5.05 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 6.37 p.m.,; sets 9.38 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.49 p.m.; sets 10.16 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 5.32 a.m. and 6.03 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.32 a.m. and 7.01 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: July 10. New rnoon: July 18. First quarter: July 25. Full moon: August 1. Noon Weather Auckland: 13 deg., fog. vari-

able, 2 knots. Wellington: 13 deg., partly cloudy, N., 11 knots. Christchurch: 12 deg., cloudy, variable, 2 knots. Dunedin: 17 deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. Air Pollution Christchurch readings for 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: Adelaide: 9, 18; Brisbane: 13, 20; Canberra: 4, 15; Darwin: 20, 3 0; Hobart: 13, 14; Melbourne: 11. 17; Perth: N/A, 11 (noon); Sydney: 8, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 14, 24; Athens. 20, 30; Bahrain, 32, 38; Bangkok, 27, 31; Barbados, 23, 31; Beirut, 15, 30; Belgrade, 13, 26; Berlin, 10, 20; Bogota, 1, 20; Brussels, 10. 25; Buenos Aires, 8, 10; Cairo, 21, 34; Caracas, 19, 27; Chicago, 11, 27; Copenhagen, 12, 18; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 12, 19; Frankfurt, 12, 24; Geneva, 16, 28; Helsinki, 11. 15; Hong Kong, 27, 31; Honolulu, 23, 30; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 16, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 16, 27; London, 15, 24; Los Angeles, 25, 42; Madrid, 18, 38; Mexico City, 12, 20; Montevideo, 10. 12; Montreal, 17, 26; Moscow, 10, 18; New Delhi, 29, 39; New York, 16, 26; Nicosia, 20, 37; Oslo. 12, 21; Paris, 14, 26; Peking, 20, 30; Rio De Janeiro, 14, 32; Rome, 15, 32; San Francisco, 17, 37; Santiago, 5, 15; Sao Paulo, 15, 25; Seoul, 21, 31; Singapore, 25, 33; Taipei, 25, 31; Tel Aviv, 21. 28; Tokyo, 22. 26; Toronto, 13, 23; Vancouver, 10, 24; Vienna. 13, 25; Warsaw, 12, 20.