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Press, 23 February 1985, Page 80

General forecast: Mainly fine, but cloud likely on the east coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy with • some morning drizzle but sunny intervals in the afternoon on the coast; north-easterlies fresh in exposed places; inland, fine apart from some morning cloud; light winds. Marlborough: Cloudy on the

coast but fine inland; light north-easterly winds. Nelson, Buller: Fine except for some cloud about the ranges; light winds apart from sea breezes. Westland; Fine apart from some cloudy areas morning and night; moderate northerlies developing. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Cooler southerlies in Canterbury tomorrow, fine and mild elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1024.8 1025.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace To date this month. ... 73 To date this year 81 To date last year ‘149 Average to date. ..... 86 Average for February. . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 195 To date this year 472 To date last year 375 Average for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 73 Per cent at 6 p.m 7 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21deg, minimum lOdeg, grass 7deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 8.25 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.1 a.m.; sets, 8.24 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 9.56 a.m.; sets, 10.2 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.57 a.m.; sets, 10.21 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 8.16 a.m. and 8.42 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.4 a.m. and 9.28 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 First quarter: February 28. Full moon: March 7. Last quarter: March 14.

New moon: March 22. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., cloudy, E., 10 knots. Wellington: 20deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: 16deg., cloudy, E., 13 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., overcast, E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 20, 27; Brisbane, 21, 26; Canberra, 15, 29; Hobart, 15, 24; Melbourne, 18, 29; Sydney, 20, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —B, 2; Athens, 0,5; Bahrain, 13, 22; Bangkok, 27, 34; Barbados, 21, 29; Beirut, 8,15; Belgrade, —B, —3; Berlin, —5, 0; Brussels, 0,5; Buenos Aires, 20, 34; Cairo, 9, 19; Copenhagen, —4, —3; Dublin, 4, 9; Frankfurt, —5, 0; Geneva, —ll, —3; Havana, 21, 26; Helsinki, —2O, —10; Hong Kong, 12, 13; Honolulu, 20, 28; Islamabad, 5, 24; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 6,8; Johannesburg, 14, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 22, 26; Lisbon, 6, 10; London, 3,7; Los Angeles, 11, 17; Matirid, 2, 10; Manila, 21, 33; Mexico City, 8, 24; Montevideo, 20, 30; Montreal, —l2, —2; Moscow, —2O, —10; New Delhi, 14, 27; New York, -1, 8; Oslo, —lO, —4; Paris, —3, 8; Peking, —l2, —3; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 39; Rome, 0,9; San Francisco, 6, 11; San Juan, 21, 29; Santiago, 14, 32; Sao Paulo, 21, 30; Seoul, —ll, —5; Singapore, 27, 33; Stockholm, —2O, —9; Tokyo, 6, 14; Toronto, 1,4; Vancouver, 3,9; Vienna, —6, —3; Warsaw, —l6,<— 6.