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Press, 28 January 1986, Page 38

General forecast: Unsettled conditions prevailing throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Strong northwesterlies, alpine showers, fine and warm in the east. Marlborough, Nelson: Mainly fine and mild, moderate to fresh westerlies, tending southwest with isolated showers by afternoon

on the Kaikoura Coast Buller, Westland: Moderate westerlies, scattered showers, cool.

Tomorrow: Mainly fine with variable winds in Marlborough and Nelson, isolated southwesterly showers elsewhere.

Extended range forecast to Friday: Mainly fine and warm in the east, some shower cloud on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromater: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 998.0 1000.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 27 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month .... 29 To date this year 29 To date last year 9 Average to date 45 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 14 hr 6 min To date this month .... 176 To date this year 176 To date last year 231 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 35 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 28 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 ajn. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum II deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall 4mm.

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.24 a.m.; sets, 9.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.25 a.m.; sets 9.00 p.m.

Moon — Today: Rises, 10.32 p.m.; sets 8.09 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.54 p.m.; sets 9.21 a.m.

High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 7.00 a.m. and 7.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.52 a.m. and 8.17 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 Last quarter: February 4. New Moon: February 11. First quarter: February 17. FulLMoon: February 25.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21 deg., cloudy, S.W., 14 knots. Wellington: 20 deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 20 knots. Christchurch: 24 deg., fine, N.W., 23 knots.

Dunedin: 18 deg., cloudy, S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER

Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 29; Brisbane, 19, 29; Canberra, 13, 28; Darwin, 25, 30; Hobart, 11, 20; Melbourne 15, 20; Perth, 20, 27; Sydney, 19, 26. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -12, 4; Athens, 10, 15; Bahrain, 12, 21; Bangkok, 23, 31; Barbadoes, 20, 28; Beirut, 11,15; Belgrade, 10, 7; Berlin, -2, 0; Bermuda, 17, 19; Brussels, -1, 2; Buenos Aires, 27, 37; Cairo, 9, 20; Calgary, -3, 6; Copenhagen, 0,1; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 3,6; Frankfurt, 0,4; Geneva, -2, 1; Helsinki, 0,2; Hong Kong, 14, 16; Honolulu, 18, 27; Islamabad, 3, 18; Istanbul, 7, 12; Jakarta, 22, 29; Jerusalem, 5, 14; Johannesburg, 14, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 10, 14; London, -1, 5; Los Angeles, 14, 30; Madrid, -1,19; Mexico City, 7, 22; Montevideo, 25, 38; Montreal, -18, -13; Moscow, 2,4; Nassau, 15, 25; New Delhi, 6, 22; New York, -2, 5; Oslo, -3, 0; Paris, -1, 5; Peking, -10, 2; Rio De Janeiro, 22, 36; Rome, 3,9; San Francisco, 8, 20; San Juan, 19, 28; Santiago, 13, 31; Sao Paulo, 20, 28; Seoul, -12, -5; Singapore, 22, 30; Stockholm, -2, -5; Taipei, 12, 15; Tel Aviv, 11, 21; Tokyo, 0,7; Toronto, -4, 4; Vancouver, 1, 7; Vienna, 1,10; Warsaw, 0, X