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Press, 1 July 1983, Page 26

General forecast: Cold and showery weather over most parts of New Zealand, with some snow in coastal Marlborough and Canterbury. Mainly fine on the West Coast. Fine intervals in inland Marlborough and Nelson. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain or snow in the morning, easing to scattered showers by afternoon; fresh southerlies.

Nelson; Cloudy with scattered showers in the morning, but some fine intervals in the afternoon. Buller, Westland: Mainly fine and cool; moderate south-easterlies. Marlborough: Southerlies, very cold, with rain in the morning and snow to low levels on the ranges; easing to scattered showers in the afternoon. Tomorrow: Fine in Nelson, Buller and Westland; clearing in Canterbury and Marlborough.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barorieter: .... 6 p.tn. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 992.4 995.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 9 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 9 To date this month. ... 57 To date this year 271 To date last year 149 Average to date 332 Average for June 61 Wettest June (I 960 ... 168 Driest June (1979) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 6 min To date this month. ... 134 To date this year 1049 To date last year 1075 Average for June 113 Humidity: Per cent at noon 76 Per cent at 6 p.m 79 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 13 deg, minimum 1 deg, grass —3 deg, rainfall 1 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 8.04 a.m.; sets, 5.03 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.04 a.m.; sets, 5.04 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 9.29 p.m.; sets, 11.38 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.31 p.m.; sets 12.01 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 9 a.m. and 9.17 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.43 a.m. and 9.59 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 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., rain, N.E., 9 knots. Wellington: 9deg., cloudy, N.E., 16 knots. Christchurch: 6deg., cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. Dunedin: 6 deg., rain, 11 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch average, 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 12, 17; Brisbane, 11, 24; Canberra, 6, 12: Hobart, —2, 7; Melbourne, 5, 14; Perth. 12, 18 (noon); Sydney, 11, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 14, 18; Athens, 19, 33; Bahrain, 30, 35; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 26, 31; Beirut, 20, 29; Belgrade, 10, 21; Berlin, 7, 20; Bogota, 3, 18; Buenos Aires, 5, 17; Cairo, 18 33; Calgary, 6, 22; Chicago, 17, 20; Copenhagen, 11, 16; Dublin, 14, 18; Frankfurt, 10, 20, Geneva, 14, 21; Helsinki, 14, 19; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 24, 31; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 17, 28; Johannesburg, 5, 17; Kuala Lumpur. 24, 33; Lima, 22, 26; Lisbon, 15, 30; London, 15, 19; Los Angeles, 19, 25; Madrid, 13, 29; Manila, 24. 34; Mexico City, 14, 26; Montevideo, 3, 14; Moscow, 14, 22; Nassau, 23, 32; New Delhi, 25, 31; New York, 24, 25; Nicosia, 18, 34; Oslo, 11, 19; Paris, 11.20; Peking, 22, 33; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 28; Rome, 19, 26; San Francisco, 14, 19; Santiago, 1. 15; Seoul, 19, 24; Singapore, 27. 32; Stockholm, 10, 17; Tokyo, 18, 26; Toronto, 13, 22; Vienna, 16, 18; Warsaw, 15, 19.