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Press, 21 January 1982, Page 28

General Forecast: A large anticyclone is expected to cover most of New Zealand with fine weather without much wind in most areas and a mild afternoon, but north-westerlies should freshen in areas about Cook Strait. District forecasts: Canterbury. Cloudy areas about the coast this morning otherwise clear; moderate north-easter-lies predominating along the coast; north-wester-lies may freshen inland this afternoon: mild.

Marlborough: Light winds in many inland places, with northerlies freshening about the Sounds; fine and mild. Nelson: Little wind apart from sea breezes by day; fine and mild this afternoon. Westland: Fine; light winds but afternoon sea breezes; mild this afternoon. Outlook: Fine in all districts, but showers developing in south Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1019.0 1016.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace To date this month. ... 11 To date this year 11 To date last year 2 Average to date 30 Average for January. . . 47 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 18 min To date this month . . . 155 To date this year 155 To date last year 180 Average tor January. . . 211 Humidity: Per cent at noon 54 Per cent at 6 p.m 53 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 18 deg. minimum 9 deg, grass 6 deg. rainfall Imm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.14 a.m.; sets. 9.5 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.16 a.m.; sets. 9.5 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 2.50 a.m.; sets. 5.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 3.27 a.m.; sets 6.46 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 2.40 a.m. and 2.56 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.21 a.m. and 3.37 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30mm; Ashburton • and Rakata. subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon New moon: January 25. 6 p.m.

First quarter: February 2, 3 a.m. Full moon: February 8. 9 p.m. Last quarter: February 16, 9 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., fine. S.E., 12 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, S., 14 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., cloudy, W„ 5 knots. Dunedin: 13deg.. partly cloudy, S„ 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 26. 40; Brisbane, 22. 27: Canberra, 17, 31; Hobart, 17, 23; Melbourne, 26 38; Sydney, 21. 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —4, 6; Athens, 7, 17: Bahrain, 15, 17; Bangkok, 20. 29; Barbados. 23, 28; Beirut, 9, 18; Belgrade, —6, —2; Berlin, —B, — 3; Brussels, —3, 11; Buenos Aires, 18, 28; Cairo. 6, 17; Chicago, —l6, —7; Copenhagen, —4, —2: Dublin, 6,9: Frankfurt, —5, —4; Geneva, —1 1; Havana, 13, 25; Helsinki, — 6. 0; Hong Kong, 12, 17; Honolulu. 21, 25; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 4. 12: Johannesburg, 15. 26; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 32; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 6. 13; London. 5, 11; Los Angeles, 10, 16; Madrid. 5, 12; Manila, 19, 29; Mexico City, 20, 23; Montreal, —2B, —l9; Moscow, —l3. -4; New Delhi, 6, 22; New York, -18. -10; Oslo, -3, 3; Paris, 1, 11; Rio. 18, 31; Rome, 3. 15; San Francisco, 10, 12; San Juan. 24, 29; Santiago. 12, 27; Sao Paulo, 17, 26; Seoul, —9, —2: Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, —9, 0; Tokyo. 0. 10; Toronto, —2l, —l2; Vancouver. 1. 5; Vienna, — 7, -6.