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Press, 5 July 1983, Page 40

General forecast: Showers in Fiordland and about Foveaux Strait withfresh westerlies. Over the rest of the South Island it should be mainly fine. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine, cold weather with moderate variable winds. Marlborough: Fine and frosty with light winds. Nelson. Buller: Fine and

cold with light winds. Westland: Mainly fine but some cloudy periods developing in the south; moderate variable winds. Tomorrow: Fine in Canterbury, showers in the Alps; late showers in Westland; fine elsewhere with northwesterlies in Marlborough and south-westerlies in Nelson and Buller.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1018.2 1012.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 8 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 8 To date this year 289 To date last year 152 Average to date 340 Average for July 55 Wettest July (1977).... 181 Driest July (1967) 5 Evapotranspiration .... Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 36 min To date this month. ... 9 To date this year 1058 To date last year 1078 Average for July 122 Humidity: Per cent at noon 66 Per cent at 6 p.m 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 8 deg, minimum 3 deg, grass 1 deg, rainfall 4mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 8.03 a.m.; sets, 5.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 8.03 a.m.; sets, 5.06 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.39 a.m.; sets, 1.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.46 a.m.; sets 1.35 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton today—--11.59 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.18 a.m. and 12.47 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 New moon: July 11,12.18 a.m. First quarter: July 17, 2.50 p.m. Full moon: July 25, 11.27 a.m. Last quarter: August 2, 12.52 p.m. —(——————

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 9 deg., fine, S., 12 knots. Wellington: 6 deg., showers, S., 20 knots. Christchurch: 7 deg., cloudy, S.W., 14 knots. Dunedin: 6 deg., fine, S.W., 9 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, 2, 15; Brisbane, 10, 20; Canberra, 4, 12; Darwin, 19, 31; Hobart, 1,9; Melbourne, 7, 14; Perth, 11,17 (noon); Sydney, 10, 16. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 13, 20; Athens, 21, 30; Bahrain, 31, 36; Bangkok, 29, 33; Beirut, 22, 30; Belgrade, 16, 24; Berlin, 16, 24; Bogota, 5, 18; Brussels, 15, 24; Buenos Aires, 8, 18; Cairo, 20, 33; Calgary, 10, 16; Caracas, 20, 27; Chicago, 19, 30; Copenhagen, 13, 18; Dublin, 10, 18; Frankfurt, 14, 22; Geneva, 11, 26; Havana, 23, 32; Helsinki, 11, 21; Hong Kong, 29, 32; Honolulu, 21, 31; Jakarta, 24, 34; Jerusalem, 14, 25; Johannesburg, 4, 15; Kiev, 18, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 21, 26; Lisbon, 15, 20; London, 14, 26; Los Angeles, 18, 24; Madrid, 15, 34; Manila, 23, 35; Miami, 27, 32; Montreal, 22, 28; Moscow, 18, 27; Nassau, 25, 32; New Delhi, 25, 30; New York, 23, 34; Nicosia, 18, 35; Oslo, 7, 15; Paris, 12, 23; Peking, 22, 32; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 28; Rome, 17, 29; San Francisco, 13, 19; San Juan, 26, 32; Santiago, 7, 14; Seoul, 14, 26; Singapore, 24’ 32; Stockholm, 10, 20; Taipei’ 26, 35; Tel Aviv, 20, 28; Tokyo 20, 23; Toronto, 20, 29; Vancouver, 13, 20; Vienna, 16, 26Warsaw, 15, 24.