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Press, 13 January 1982, Page 34

General forecast: An anticyclone covering much of the'eastern.Tasmanv and New -Zealand should persist and continuing settled, dry weather is expected over the North .'lsland and the north and much, of the east of the South Island. A weak cold front near Tasmania yesterday afternoon is expected to reach Fiordland this afternoon and give some showers in the south-west and far south of the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate variable winds about the coast today with freshening north-westerlies at times inland; fine and warm apart from variable high

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

cloud. Marlborough: North-wester-lies- fresh at times in ex-.’c-posed places with mainly fine/warntj. weather. Nelson:. Moderate winds with daytime sea breezes; some cloud this , morning, otherwise fine Land warm. Buller: Moderate winds mainly from westerly quarters; some cloudy areas this morning, otherwise fine; warm. Westland: Moderate west to north-westerlies, freshening at times in South Westland; some ■ cloud this morning but otherwise mainly fine. Outlook: Some showers likely on the east coast, elsewhere fine.

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11 p.m. Millibars 1014 9 1014.7 Temperature: deg Maximum Ito 6 p.m.) . 29 Rainfall: mm 9 a m to 11 p.m nil To date this month. . . 6 To dale this year 6 To date last year TCE Average to date 18 Average for Jan 47 Wettest 11980) 139 Driest 11954) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 13 hr 48 min To dale this month. ... 96 To date this year. ... 96 To date last year 123 Average for Jan 211 Humidity: Per cent at noon 37 Per cent at 6 p.m 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. vesterdav: Maximum 22 deg. minimum 11 deg, grass 6 deg. rainfall nil SUN. MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6.4 a.m.; sets. 9.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.5 a.m.; sets. 9.10 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 11.37 pm.; sets. 9.30 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises—: sets. 10.40 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.17 a.m. and 8.46 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.15 a.m. and 9.43 p.m. <

Phases of Moon Last quarter: January 17. 1 p.m New moon: January 25. 6 p.m.

First quarter: February 2. 3 a.m. Full moon: February 8. 9 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg.. fine, s.w.. 7 knots. Wellington: 20deg., fine, N.. 13 knots. Christchurch: 27deg.. partly cloudy. N.E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 20 deg. partly cloudy. S.. 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 20. 25. Brisbane. 22. 30; Canberra. 16. 35; Hobart. 16. 30; Melbourne. 22. 24; Sydney. 21. 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. -10, -4; Athens. 10,17; Bangkok, 19, 31; Barbados. 22, 29; Beirut, 15. 20; Belgrade. —7. 0; Berlin. —l5, —10; Brussels. —7, —3; Buenos Aires, 18. 27; Cairo, 9. 19; Copenhagen, 0,1; Dublin. —4, 0; Frankfurt, -10. —7; Geneva, 6,11; Helsinki, —l5, 4; Hong Kong. 17, 19; Honolulu. 21, 27; Jakarta, 23. 30; Jerusalem. 4. 14; Johannesburg, 15. 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lisbon. 11, 16; London, —4. 2; Los Angeles, 13. 20; Madrid. 6, 11; Manila, 21. 30; Mexico City. 6, 21; Montreal. —23. —l4; Moscow, —l7. —l7; New Delhi. 9,19; New York. —l4. -10; Oslo. -9. -7; Paris. -4. 0; Rio. 21. 36;' Rome. 5. 14; San Francisco. 6. 15; Seoul. -6. 5; Singapore. 24. 30; Stockholm. —lO. —6; Tokyo. 5. 9; Toronto. — 15. -12: Vancouver. 0. 5; Vienna. -13. -9.