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Press, 10 January 1986, Page 28

District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and warm with moderate northerlies predominating. Nelson: Northerlies, fresh in the afternoon; fine apart from showers about the western ranges; mild. Buller, Westland: Cloudy and mild with scattered

showers and moderate northerlies.

Tomorrow; Scattered rain. Extended* forecast • until Monday: Rain on Satur- s , dav. lessening op Sunday. General forecast:

Rain clearing on the east coast of the South Island but showers continuing -on the West Coast. 5

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, .Christchurch Airport, yesterday. " Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars ..... 998.0 1000.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . j 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 0.3 To date this year ■ 0.3. To date last year.’. .. . trace Average to date 13 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7hr 54 min . To date this month 57 To date this year » 57 To date last year. . . .». 85 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at n00n..... 78 Per cent at 63p.m.- ... 64 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m- yesterday: Maximum 23 deg, minimum 16 deg, grass 16 deg, rainfall 02 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.59 a.m.; sets, 9,11 p.m. Tomorrow: rises, 6 a.m.; sets, 9.11 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 4.49 a.m.; sets, 9.23 p.m. Tomorrow: rises, 6 a.m.; sets 10.11 High* tide at Lyttelton—Today: 4.41 aan. and 5.04 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.36 a.m. and 6.01 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 January 18.

<* Full moon: January 26. Last quarter February 2. NOON WEATHER .” Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, N.E., > 19 knots. . Wellington: 18deg., showers, N., i 15 knots. » Christchurch: 2?deg., cloiidy, j E., 12 knots. I Dunedin: 17deg., recent i showers, N.E., 5 knots. I WORLD WEATHER I " Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Aus-« ) tralian cities in. the last 24 f hours were: ® . Adelaide, 14, 22; Brisbane, 22, 31; Canberra, 6, 20; Hobart, ' 0, 15; Melbourne, 12, 18; Perth, ' 22, 23 (noon); Sydney, 18, 27. • > 4 ” Temperatures hr the main 1 cities of the world were: Amsterdam, -5, -2; Bahrain, I 13,’ 21; Bangkok, 16, 28; Bdrbal dos, 22, 28; Beirut, 11, 15; . Belgrade, -4, 3; Berlin, -10, -2; , ; Bermuda, 14, 20; Bogota, 4, 18; Brussels, -5, 4; Bufenos Aires, ’ 20, 36; Cairo, 10, 20; Calgary, -5, 6; Caracas, 16, 25; Chicago, -23, -13; Copenhagen, -14, -3; Dublin, 4,8; Frankfurt, -6, 2; Geneva, - 8,1; Havana, 18, 27; Helsinki, - 19, -9; Hong Kong, 12, 18; Honolulu, 19, 26; Islamabad, 0, 21; Istanbul, 6,9; Jskarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 7, 14; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 18, 2k Lisbon, 10, 16; London, 1,3; Los Angeles, 14, 24; Madrid, 2,7; Manila, 18, 29; Mexico City, 6, 22; Miami, 21, 26; Montevideo, 20, 34; Moscow, -6, -4; Nassau, 18, 28; New Delhi, 4, 20; New York, -6, -3; 1 Nicosia, 8, 16; Oslo, -16, -9; Paris, 2,6; Peking, -8, 0; Rio de i Janeiro, 16, 29; Rome, 4, 11; I San Francisco, 10,15; Santiago, 14, 30; Seoul, -11, -6; Singapore, 23, 26; Stockholm, -15, -8; Tokyo, 0, 11; Toronto, -18, -6; Vienna, -1, 4; Warsaw, -4, 0.