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Press, 29 January 1986, Page 64

General forecast: Scattered showers, mainly fine. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate south-westerlies, cool with isolated coastal showers. Marlborough: Fresh cool southerlies along the coast with scattered showers; in inland areas, mainly fine with light winds. Nelson: Mainly fine and

cool but isolated showers in the ranges in the morning; light winds with daytime sea breezes. Buller: Fine and cool with moderate southerlies. Westland: Light winds and fine. Extended forecast to Saturday: Fine and mild with westerlies predominating, some showers from tomorrow on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1008.5 1013.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 3.7 To date this month .... 29 To date this year ..... 29 To date last year 9 Average to date 46 Average for January ... 51 Wettest (1980) 139 Driest (1954) 8 Sunshine: Yesterday 8 hr To date this month .... 184 To date this year 184 To date last year 244 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 56 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 27 deg, minimum 11 deg. grass 4 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.26 a.m.; sets 9 pm. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.27 a.m.; sets, 8.59 pm Moon — Today: Rises, 10.54 pm; sets 9.21 am. To-’ morrow: Rises, 11.15 pm.; sets 10.33 am. High tide at Lyttelton - Today: 7.52 am. and 8.17 pm Tomorrow: 8.44 am. and 9.09 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; ~ Ashburton and Rafraia, 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. Full moon: February 25. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22 deg., cloudy S., 16 knots,. Wellington: 20 deg., fine, N.W., 19 knots. Christchurch: 20 deg., partly cloudy, E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 17 deg., partly cloudy, W„ 13 knots WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday: Adelaide, 17, 29, Brisbane, 20, 30; Canberra, 15, 23; Hobart, 9, 20; Melbourne, 14, 27; Perth, 23, 29; Sydney, 22, Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday. Amsterdam, 0,4; Athens 6, 13; Bahrain, 14, 21; Bangkok, 22, 30; Barbados, 21, 29; Jerusalem, 5, 14; Johannesburg, 16, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lisbon, 5, 13; London, 0,4; Los Angeles, 14, 30; Madrid -3, 11; Mexico City, 4, 17; Montreal, -2, 0; Moscow, 2, 3; Nassau, 15, 27; New Delhi, 7, 22; New York, 5,7; Oslo, - 12, -1; Paris, -3, 4; Peking, -9, 5; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 33; Rome, 3, 11; San Francisco, 10, 21; San Juan, 19, 28; Santiago, 15,30; Sao Paulo, 19, 28; Singapore, 23, 29; Stocholm -5, -3; Sydney, 19, 26; Tokyo, • 1,8; Vienna, 0,3; Warsaw, -1,