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Press, 25 June 1983, Page 60

General forecast; A south-westerly airi stream should cover New Zealand. In the east of both ■ islands, the weather should be mainly fine. In the north of the North Island, the ! west of both islands, and the : south of the South Island, a I few showers but long fine ’ intervals are expected, with cool temperatures.

District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine, with moderate, variable winds. Nelson, Marlborough: Mainly fine, but isolated showers about the western ranges. Buller, Westland; Variable skies, with isolated showers. Tomorrow: Showers in most places.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1005 7 1008.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 11 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month. ... 55 To date this year 269 To date last year 137 Average to date 323 Average for June 61 Wettest (1960) '. 168 Driest (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 5 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 108 To date this year 1023 To date last year 1048 Average for June 113 Humidity: Per cent at noon 77 Per cent at 6 p.m 92 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum 0 deg, grass —4 deg, rainfall Tee SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, (5.03 a.m; sets, 5 pan. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.03 a.m; sets, 5.01 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.44 p.m; sets, 7.42 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.33 p.m; sets, 8.38 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 4.14 a.m. and 4.40 p.m. Tomorrow: 5 a.m. and 5.26 p.m. (Loke 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: Today, 8.32: p.m. Last quarter July 4,1212 a.m. New moon: July 11,12.118 a.m.

First quarter: July 17, 2.50 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 12deg., showers, N.W., 6 knots. Wellington: Udeg., cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. Christchurch: 10deg., cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 7deg., cloudy, W., 9 knots. Air pollution Christchurch average, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: smoke, medium; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 9, 17; Brisbane, 14, 21; Canberra, 3,9; Hobart, 4, 12; Melbourne, 8, 14; Perth, 10, 18 (noon); Sydney, 9, 19. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 20, 27; Bahrain, 29, 36; Bangkok, 28, 31; Barbados, 26, 31; Beirut, 20, 28; Belgrade, 14, 20; Berlin, 10, 27; Bogota, 6, 19; Brussels, 13, 29; Buenos Aires, 8, 14; Cairo, 19, 36; Calgary, 6, 19; Chicago, 19. 34; Copenhagen, 10, 18; Dublin, 11, 18; Frankfurt, 14, 27; Geneva, 9, 23; Havana, 25, 31; Helsinki, 8, 16; Hong Kong, 27, 32; Honolulu, 23, 31; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 28; Johannesburg, 6, 16; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 21, 26; Lisbon, 16, 23; London, 15, 25; Los Angeles, 19, 27; Madrid, 16, 27; Manila, 24, 35; Mexico City, 16, 26; Montevideo, 9, 11; Moscow, 4, 10; Nassau, 25, 32; New Delhi, 28, 43; New York, 18, 30; Nicosia, 19, 35; Oslo, 10, 21; Paris, 16, 27; Peking, 25, 31; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 32; Rome, 13, 26; San Francisco, 12, 22; Santiago, 0, 15; Seoul, 19. 27; Singapore, 26, 33; Stockholm, 12, 23; Tokyo, 16, 20; Toronto, 20, 30; Vienna, 16, 25; Warsaw, 7, 18.