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Press, 11 January 1986, Page 68

District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough: Moderate variable winds; Cloudy in the morning with some drizzle, otherwise mostly fine and mild. I Nelson: Some cloud about the western ranges with light showers; otherwise fine and mild. Buller, Westland: Light winds; cloudy at times with areas of drizzle in

the morning; mild. Tomorrow: Some rain on the West Coast. Extended forecast until Tuesday: Mainly settled weather until Monday evening; showers developing on Tuesday. General forecast: Mostly fine weather in the North Island and eastern areas of the South Island. Rain developing in the lower areas of the South Island and the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1012 1016 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 0.5 To date this year 0.5 To date last year trace Average to date 17 Average for January.. . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr min To date this month. ... 69 To date this year 69 To date last year 97 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 pjn 68 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6 a.m.; sets, 9.11 p.m. Tomorrow: rises, 6.1 a.m.; sets, 9.10 p.m. Moon—Today: rises, 6 a.m.; sets, 10.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.16 a.m.; sets 11.47 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 536 a.m. and 6.1 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.35 a.m. and 7.2 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: Today. First quarter. January 18.

Full moon: January 26. Last quarter: February 2. Noon weather Auckland: 25deg., cloudy, N.W., 9 knots. Wellington: 22deg„ partly cloudy, N., 12 knots. Christchurch: 23deg., partly cloudy, S., 15 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., overcast, S., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 12, 16; Brisbane, 21, 24; Canberra, 8, 23; Hobart, 12,16; Melbourne, 14, 20; Perth, 18, 22 (noon); Sydney, 16, 27. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, -6, 0; Athens, 9, 14; Bahrain, 11, 22; Bangkok, 17, 29; Beirut, 12, 16; Belgrade, -4, 4; Berlin, -10, -5; Bermuda, 14,19; Bogota, 6,20; Brussels, - 5,5; Buenos Aires, 24, 33; Cairo, 13, 25; Calgary, -6, 10; Caracas, 16,25; Chicago, -22, -9; Copenhagen, -12, -5; Dublin, 5, 9; Frankfurt, -2, 0; Geneva, -5, 1; Helsinki, -11, -10; Hong Kong, 12,17; Honolulu, 17, 28; Islamabad, -1, 21; Istanbul, 5, 10; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 8, 14; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 29; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 10,16; London, 2,5; Los Angeles, 11, 25; Madrid, 0,8; Manila, 18, 28; Mexico City, 7, 22; Montevideo, 20, 27; Montreal, -23, -16; Moscow, -5, -4; Nassau, 18, 23; New Delhi, 4, 22; New York, -8, -1; Nicosia, 10,17; Oslo, -18, -10; Paris, 2,8; Peking, -8, 2; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 29; Rome, 0, 12; San Francisco, 10, 17; Santiago 13 29, Seod, -12, -7; Singapore, 24, Stockholm, -12, -9; Taipei, 8,18; Tel Aviv, 10, 18; Tokyo, 1,9; Toronto, -22, -6; Vienna, -2, 4; Warsaw, -7, -1.