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Press, 18 January 1986, Page 80

District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy, warm at first with frest northwesterlies inland; a change to moderate southerlies and brief rain spreading slowly north during the afternoon with cooler temperatures. Marlborough: Strong northwesterlies about Cook Strait, lighter elsewhere; often cloudy but remain-

ing dry with a warm afternoon. Nelson, Buller: Cloudy periods but remaining ary; mild. Westland: Cloudy and mild; scattered rain in the South. Tomorrow: Fine or becomming fine in most South Island areas. Extended forecast until Tuesday: Some light rain tomorrow: mainly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1017.7 1020.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 30 Rainfall: nun. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 5 To date last year 1 Average to date 28 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 48 min To date this month. ... 108 To date this year 108 To date last year 143 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 45 Per cent at 6 p.m 35 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 22 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND’TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.10 a.m; sets 9.08 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.11 a.m; sets, 9.08 p.m. Moon: Today: Rises, 2.11 p.m; sets, 12.56 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.14 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 11.53 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.21 a.m. and 12.40 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa subtract 45mln, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon First quarter: Today, Full moon: January 26.

Last quarter: February 2. New moon: February 9. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 24deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 12 knots. Wellington: 21deg., cloudy, N.W., 16 knots. Christchurch: 25deg., cloudy, N.W., 13 knots. Dunedin: 23deg., cloudy, N.E., 15 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 10, 22; Brisbane, 23, 31; Canberra, 10,17; Hobart, 10,18; Melbourne, 10,19; Perth, 21, 36 (noon); Sydney, 16, 19. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 0,5; Athens, 6, 15; Bahrain, 15, 22; Bangkok, 21, 33; Barbados, 20, 27; Beirut, 12,17; Belgrade, 1,3; Bermuda, 16, 20; Bogota, 5, 19; Brussels, -3, 4; Buenos Aires, 21, 33; Calgary, -5, 5; Chicago, -16, 3; Copenhagen, -3, 2; Dublin, 3,7; Frankfurt, 1,7; Geneva, 2,6; Havana, 10, 24; Helsinki, -18, -8; Hong Kong, 16, 19; Honolulu, 16, 27; Islamabad, 0, 18; Istanbul, 5, 11; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem, 4, 11; Johannesburg, 17, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 9, 15; London, 2,5; Los Angeles, 14, 20; Madrid, -4, 10; Manila, 20, 30; Mexico City, 5; 20; Montevideo, 21, 30; Montreal, -16, -15; Moscow, -1, 0; Nassau, 11, 24; New Delhi, 5, 20; New York, -13, -4; Nicosia, 9, 17; Oslo, -13, 0; Paris, 4,8; Peking, -8, 6; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 35; Rome, 8, 17; San Francisco, 11,15; Santiago, 12, 29; Seoul, -4, 1; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, -10, -7; Taipei, 13; 22; Tokyo, 3,6; Toronto, -12, -8; Vancouver, 6, 8; Vienna, 3,12; Warsaw, 1,2.