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Press, 2 May 1986, Page 32

General forecast: Showers on the West Coast and Nelson. Mainly fine on the east coast of the South Island from Otago. District forecast: Canterbury: Fine with variable winds; cool. Nelson: Fresh west or south-westerlies; mostly fine, but showers about the ranges. 1 Marlborough: Fresh west

or north-westerlies, fine; becoming cooler. Buller and Westland: moderate south-wester-lies; cloudy and cool with occasional showers. Tomorrow: Showers likely on the West Coast; fine elsewhere. Extended forecast until Monday: Showers in most South Island districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1004.7 1002.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 0.4 To date this month .... Nil To date this year 272 To date last year 143 Average to date 216 Average for May 70 Wettest May (1959) .... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 12 min To date this month .... 3 To date this year 848 To date last year 932 Average for May 125 Humidity: Per cent at noon 75 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 90 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 7 deg, grass Nil deg, rainfall SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.22 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.23 a.m.; sets, 5.17 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, —; sets, 2.52 p.m. Tomorrow: 00.56 a.m.; sets 3.16 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.26 a.m. and 11.51 p.m. tomorrow: 12.21 p.m. and —. (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 the Moon New Moon, May 9. First quarter, May 17. Full Moon, May 24. Last quarter. May 31. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg„ cloudv. SW 15 knots. Wellington: 17deg., partly

cloudy, N.W., 16 knots. Christchurch: 12deg., cloudy, S., 29 knots. Dunedin: 9deg., partly cloudy, W., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 12, 16; Brisbane, 20, 23; Canberra, 0, 18; Hobart, 7, 13; Melbourne, 11, 15; Perth, 13, 24 (noon); Sydney, 11, 20. Temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 4, 16; Athens, 11, 23; Bahrain, 23, 30; Bangkok, 25, 35; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut,16, 21; Berlin, 9, 21; Bermuda, 19, 23; Brussels, 8, 16; Buenos Aires, 16, 26; Cairo, 15, 30; Calgary, —2, 11; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 6, 24; Copenhagen, 7, 11; Dublin, 8, 14; Frankfurt, 10, 22; Geneva, 8, 12; Havana, 20, 30; Helsinki, 8, 16; Hong Kong, 23, 26; Honolulu, 22, 30; Islamabad, 16, 30; •Istanbul, 10, 17; Jakarta, 23, 33; Jerusalem, 12, 21; Johannesburg, 10, 21; Kiev, 10, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 17, 23; Lisbon, 10, 16; London, 6, 17; Los Angeles, 17, 25; Madrid, 3, 19; Manila, 24, 37; Mexico City, 12, 24; Miami, 22, 30; Montevideo, 10, 24; Montreal, 12, 27; Moscow, 9, 17; Nassau, 17, 29; New Delhi, 21, 35; New York, 11, 22; Nicosia, 27, 31; Oslo, 4, 12; Paris, 6, 16; Peking, 11, 24; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 25; Rome, 5, 19; San Francisco, 10, 20; Santiago, 9, 26; Seoul, 11, 24; Singapore, 25, 31; Taipei, 22, 28; Tel Aviv, 14, 23; Tokyo, 11, 21; Toronto, 10, 14; Vancouver, 3, 10; Vienna, 10, 26; Warsaw, 10, 26.