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Press, 15 January 1986, Page 56

District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine; coastal breezes; north-easterlies. Wellington: Fresh northerlies; some showers; cloudy. Marlborough: Fine; warm;

cloud increasing; turning southerly; becoming fine. Otago: Fine; moderate north-easterlies. Extended forecast to Saturday: Mostly fine; northwesterlies prevailing.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1005.5 1012.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 27 Rainfall: rnm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 5 To date last year trace Average to date 23 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 6 min To date this month. ... 84 To date this year 84 To date last year 116 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m..... 52 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a an. yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, minimum 16 deg, grass 14 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON) AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.05 a m; sets, 9.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.07 a.m.; sets, 9.09 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 10.56 a.m.; sets, midnight. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.03 p.m.; sets, 12.18 ajn. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 9.28 a.m. and 9.55 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.18 a.m. and 10.45 pan. (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: January 18. Full Moon: January 26.

Last quarter: February 2. New Moon: February 9. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 24 deg., cloudy, S., 8 knots. Wellington: 20 deg., cloudy, N.W., 22 knots. Christchurch: 24 deg., cloudy, W., 3 knots. Dunedin: 18 deg., cloudy, S., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 37; Brisbane, 24, 31; Canberra, 15, 29; Darwin, 17, 34; Hobart, 12, 23; Melbourne, 12, 30; Perth, 17, 25; Sydney, 20, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 2,7; Athens, 5, 12; Bahrain, 13, 20; Bangkok, 17, 30, Barbados, 25, 28; Beirut, 12,17; Belgrade, -4, 2; Berlin, 2, 5; Bermuda, 16, 20; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, 1,8; Buenos Aires, 18, 29; Cairo, 11,19; Calgary, -7, 13; Caracas, 18, 27; Chicago, 0, 4; Copenhagen, 2,3; Curitiba, 16, 27; Denpasar, 23, 31; Dublin, 6, 12; Frankfurt, 2,6; Geneva, 1. 6; Helsinki, -6, -4; Hong Kong, 16, 20; Honolulu, 18, 27; Islamabad, 2, 18; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 6,9; Johannesburg, 18, 30; Kiev, -3, -1; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lisbon, 10, 15; London, 7, 11; Los Angeles, 15 31; Mexico City, 1, 19; Miami, 15, 22; Montevideo, 25, 28; Montreal, -2, 5; Moscow, -16, - J 3; „^¥ sau > 19 > 23; New Delhi, 7, 22; New York, 1,11; Nicosia, 5, 17; Oslo, -4, -3; Paris, 5, 11; "10, R*° de Janeiro, 21, 33; Rome, 5, 15; San Francisco, 8, 14; San Juan, 19, 30; Santiago, 11, 31; Sao Paulo, 19, ,!• -*• -*• Singapore/ 23, 28; Taipei, 13, 18; Tel Aviv, 9 17; Tokyo, 0,9; Toronto, 1,4; Vancouver, -1, 9; Vienna, 2,4, : Warsaw, 1,2.