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Press, 9 November 1984, Page 44

General forecast: Fine over most of the country but some areas of cloud, chiefly night and morning, and in Northland scattered showers. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy areas night and morning,, otherwise fine; light winds. Marlborough: Fine and mild, light winds, morning coastal cloud. Westland: Fine, light winds. 2Nelson, Buller. Fine, some morning cloud; . light winds but sea breezes de-

veloping this morning, mild this afternoon. Tomorrow: Similar in Canterbury, Westland, Buller and Nelson; fine, northerlies in Marlborough. Extended range forecast for the South Island to Monday.— North-westerlies from Sunday in Canterbury and Marlborough; north-westerlies freshening with a few showers from Sunday in Nelson; northerlies, scattered showers on Sunday, widespread rain developing in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 pjn. Millibars .... 1026.6 1026.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 484 To date last year 497 Average to date 559 Average for November . 49 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947). 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 48 To date this year 1754 To date last year. .... 1673 Average for November . 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 72 temperatures ana rainlan tor the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 8 deg, rainfall tee. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.2 a.m.; sets. 8.25 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.1 a.m; sets, 8.27 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 8.55 p.m.; sets, 6.10 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 102 p.m.; sets 6.37 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 523 a.m. and 5.51 p.m. Tomorrow: 620 a.m. and 6.40 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45miir, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17mim Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon Full Moon: Today. Last quarter: November 16. New Moon: November 23. First quarter: November 30. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide: 22, 33; Brisbane, 18, 25; Canberra, 12, 20; Darwin, 22, 30 (noon); Hobart, 10, 24; Melbourne, 12, 27; Perth, 12, 15 (noon); Sydney, 16, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 6, 11; Athens, 11, 22; Bahrain, 22, 29; Bangkok, 27, 35; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 15, 26; Berlin, 2,7; Brussels, 5, 15; Buenos Aires, 16, 20; Cairo, 15, 26; Chicago, — 5,9; Copenhagen, 7,9; Denpasar, 23, 32; Dublin, 6,12; Frankfurt, 1,9; Geneva, 4, 10; Helsinki, 7,8; Hong Kong, 22, 26; Honolulu, 23, 29; Islamabad, 13, 27; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 20; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 16, 21; Lisbon, 13, 17; London, 10, 13; Los Angeles, 15, 20; Madrid, 6, 11; Manila, 23, 33; Mexico City, 8, 22; Montevideo, 14, 21; Montreal, 4,4; Moscow, 0,1; New Delhi, 13, 28; New York, 9, 15; Oslo, -1, 5; Paris, 8, 15; Peking, 4, 18; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 31; Rome, 13, 18; San Francisco, 14, 18; Santiago, 7, 17; Seoul, 13, 20; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 6, 12; Taipei, 21, 25; Tel Aviv, 13, 23; Tokyo, 11, 21; Toronto, 2,6; Vancouver, 7, 11; Vienna, 5,5; Warsaw, 3, 10.