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Press, 12 November 1985, Page 60

General forecast: Cloudy, scattered showers and cooler, south-westerlies in the south of the South Island, elsewhere fine. District forecasts: Canterbury: Variable high cloud with showers on the ranges, moderate coastal north-easterlies today. Winds may tend southwesterly in the south late in the day. Mild this afternoon. Marlborough: Moderate northerlies, cloudy at times, but long fine periods. Mild. Nelson: Moderate northerlies today, some cloud

with isolated showers over the western ranges, but long fine intervals. Mild. Buller: Light winds, cloudy, isolated showers, mild today. Westland: Rather cloudy at first with scattered rain but becoming fine and mild this afternoon, little wind. Extended range forecast to Friday — Canterbury Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Mainly fine with light to moderate variable winds; Westland fine, little wind, scattered rain on Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1017.1 1017.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20.3 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m...... Nil To date this month. ... 25 To date this year 379 To date last year 484 Average to date 564 Average for November . 49 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947). 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 30 min To date this month. ... 98 To date this year 1987 To date last year 1777 Average for November . 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon 53 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 61 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 18 deg, minimum 9 deg, grass 5 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.59 a.m; sets, 8.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.58 a.m.; sets, 8.30 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 5.31 a.m.; sets, 8.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.02 a.m.; . sets, 9.27 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 4.22 a.m. and 4.46 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.17 a.m. and 5.43 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: Tomorrow. First quarter: November 19. Full moon: November 28. Last quarter December 5.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 11 knots. Wellington: 15 deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. Christchurch: 18 deg., cloudy, N.E., 11 knots. Dunedin: 17 deg., cloudy, S.E., 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide: 16, 24; Brisbane: 22, 30; Canberra: 11, 27; Darwin: 26, 33 (noon); Hobart 13,17; Melbourne: 14,17; Perth 15, 26; Sydney: 17, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 6,9; Athens, 11, 20; Bahrain, 23, 29; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 23, 30; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, 8, 18; Berlin, 10,13; Bogota, 45,19; Brussels, 0, 12; Buenos Aires, 11, 25; Cairo, 16, 25; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, 6,9; Copenhagen, 8, 12; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 5, 11; Frankfurt, 10,16; Geneva, 9, 21; Helsinki, 37, 43; Hong Kong, 18, 24; Honolulu, 24, 28; Istanbul, 9, 17; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 11, 19; Johannesburg, 13, 25; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima 15, 20; Lisbon, 17, 22; London 3,7; Los Angeles, 15, 19; Madrid, 8, 23; Manila, 21, 33; Montevideo, 20, 29; Montreal, 3,8; Moscow, -2, 1; New Delhi, 15, 30; New York, 7, 17; Nicosia, 14, 22; Oslo, 37, 45; Paris, 8, 15; Peking, -1, 6; Rio De Janeiro, 15, 30; Rome, 12, 22; San Francisco, 9, 15; Santiago, 12, 24; Sao Paulo, 14, 27; Seoul, 1,7; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, 4,7; Taipei, 16, 20; Tel Aviv, 16, 24; Tokyo, 15, 20; Toronto, 0,6; Vancouver, 4,7; Vienna, 7, 10; Warsaw, 3, 10.