General forecast: Strong westerlies in most areas, with showers or thunderstorms about and west of the ranges, and about Stewart Island. Fresh snow over the South Island ranges, to low levels in the south. A few showers may spread to the Canterbury foothills, and into Otago and Southland. Temperatures should be a few degrees lower than yesterday.. Canterbury: Cold and showery about the Alps, snow to 500 m, elsewhere mainly fine but some falls spreading to the eastern foothills at times; northwesterlies, strong in exposed inland places and freshening at times about the coast. Marlborough: Northwesterly winds, strong
about the outer Sounds, otherwise fresh; fine but for a few showers in the north and west. Nelson: Westerlies freshening; fine apart from showers about the western ranges, spreading elsewhere from time to time. Buller: Fresh westerlies, changeable and cold with frequent showers and isolated thunderstorms; some snow on the ranges. Westland: Cold and showery with some hail and isolated thunderstorms; snow down to 500 m; westerly winds, fresh at times. Tomorrow: Similar conditions in Canterbury; fine in Marlborough and Nelson; south-westerlies and further showers in Buller and Westland.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 993.4 996.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday 0.3 To date this month. ... 55 To date this year 269 To date last year 149 Average to date 329 Average for June 61 Wettest June (1960). ... 168 Driest June (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 12min To date this month. ... 127 To date this year 1042 To date last year 1065 Average for June 113 Humidity: Per cent at noon 35 Per cent at 6 p.m 49 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass —2 deg, rainfall o.3mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 8.04 a.m.; sets, 5.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.04 a.m.; sets, 5.03 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 8.25 p.m.; sets, 10.41 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.27 p.m.; sets 11.11 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7.30 a.m. and 7.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.17 a.m. and 8.35 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Stfrnner, add 30min.)
Phases of Moon Last quarter: July 4, 12.12 a.m. New moon: July 11, 12.18 a.m. First quarter: July 17, 2.50 p.m. Full moon: July 25, 11.27 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., overcast, N., 5 knots. Wellington: Hdeg., partly cloudy, N.W., 24 knots. Christchurch: lOdeg., fine, N.W., 20 knots. Dunedin: Bdeg., fine, N.W., 13 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch average, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, medium. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 2, 16; Brisbane, 12, 20; Canberra, 2,7; Darwin, 19, 30; Hobart, 2,7; Melbourne, 6, 11; Perth, 12, 16 (noon); Sydney, Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 11, 21; Athens, 20, 32; Bahrain, 30, 36; Bangkok, 26, 29; Belgrade, 15, 31; Berlin, 11, 22; Bogota, 4, 18; Brussels, 12, 21; Buenos Aires, 4, 17; Calgary, 6, 17; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 23, 37; Copenhagen, 13, 21; Dublin, 10, 17; Frankfurt, 15, 26; Geneva, 17, 26; Havana, 23, 31; Helsinki, 13, 19; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 21, 31; Jakarta, 22, 30; Jerusalem, 16, 26; Johannesburg, —2, 15; Kiev, 3, 15; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 22, 26; Lisbon, 15, 24; London, 13. 21; Los Angeles, 19, 25; Madrid, 13, 29; Manila, 26, 34; Mexico City, 14, 25; feiami, 26, 31. 1
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