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Press, 2 July 1983, Page 64

General forecast: Gales about Cook Strait. Cold southerly winds in eastern districts with further showers but some fine intervals developing in inland parts of South Canterbury, Otago and Southland. On the West Coast, Nelson and inland Marlborough, mainly fine, cool weather. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cold southwesterlies, strong on exposed coasts, fresh elsewhere, ■ but slowly moderating; fine intervals in inland parts of South Canterbury, cloudy else-

where with occasional showers. Marlborough: Coastal southerly gales, showers, fresh southerlies inland, cloudy at first with showers, clearing. Nelson: Fresh south-wester-lies at first, cloudy, isolated showers, moderating to south-east, becoming fine. Buller, Westland: Moderate south-easterlies, some cloud, otherwise fine. Tomorrow: Coastal cloud, fine and frosty inland in Canterbury; coastal southerly showers in Marlborough; fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 996.2 997.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 7 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1.0 To date this month. ... nil To date this year 279 To date last year 149 Average to date 334 Average for July 55 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Evapotranspiration .... Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 1050 To date last year 1075 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 59 Per cent at 6 p.m 63 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 9 deg, minimum 1 deg, grass 0 deg, rainfall 9 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 8.04 a.m., sets 5.04 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 8.04 a.m., sets 5.04 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 9.31 p.m., sets 12.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Sets 12.23 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.43 a.m. and 9.59 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.27 a.m. and 10.44 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: lldeg., showers, S.W., 16 knots. Wellington: 7deg., overcast, W., 8 knots. Christchurch: 6deg., cloudy, S.W., 31 knots. Dunedin: 6deg., rain, S.W., 25 knots. AIR POLLUTION Christchurch average 24 hours to 8 a.m. yesterday: smoke, low; sulphur dioxide, low. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 11, 14; Brisbane, 17, 26; Canberra, 8, 14; Darwin, 20, 29; Hobart, -1, 10; Melbourne, 9, 13; Perth, 12, 16 (noon); Sydney, 9, 21. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam, 14, 17; Athens, 18, 31; Bahrain, 31, 36; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 26, 31; Beirut, 20, 30; Belgrade, 14, 20; Bogota, 5, 18; Buenos Aires, 5, 12; Cairo, 20, 39; Calgary, 12, 22; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago 17, 26; Copenhagen, 12, 15; Dublin, 10, 16; Frankfurt, 13 20Geneva, 9, 22; Helsinki, 11, 16; Hong Kong, 28, 31; Honolulu, 23, 31; Jakarta, 23 33Jerusalem, 25, 29; Johannesburg, 2, 16; Kiev, 15, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 21, 26; Lisbon, 19, 31; London, 13, 19Los Angeles, 19, 25; Madrid, 14, 25, 35; Mexico City, 14, 27; Miami, 27, 30; Montevideo, 1, 12; Montreal, 13, 24; Moscow, 18, 25; Nassau 22 32New Delhi, 25, 33; New York’ 15- 27; Nicosia, 18, 34; Oslo, 20; Paris 11, 21; Peking, 21, 31; “ 10 J atieiro - 15, 25; Rome, 20, 29; San Francisco, 12, 19: