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Press, 30 January 1986, Page 36

District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate north-easterlies; fine, becoming mild. Marlborough: Fine; moderate southerlies. Nelson, Buller: Fine; mild; light winds.

Westland: Light winds; fine; mild; becoming cloudy. Tomorrow: North-easter-lies;, fine. Extended forecast to Sunday: Northerlies; fresh at times; fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1020.3 1022.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17

Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month .... 41 To date this year 41 To date last year 9 Average to date 48 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8

Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 54 min To date this month .... 197 To date this year 197 To date last year 257 Average for January ... 209

Humidity: Per cent at noon 55 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 42 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 7 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall 12

SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.27 a.m; sets 8.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.28 a.m; sets, 8.58 p.m.

Moon — Today: Rises, 11.15 p.m; sets, 10.33 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.36 p.m; sets, 11.46 a.m.

High tide at Lyttelton — Today. .8.44 a.m. and 9.09 ' p.m. Tomorrow: 9.35 a.m. and 10.01 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 Last quarter February 4. New Moon: February 11. First quarter February 17. Full Moon: February 25.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., cloudy, S., 25 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, S., 22 knots. Christchurch: 14deg., cloudy, S.W., 17 knots. Dunedin: 13deg., cloudy, W., 15 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 18, 29; Brisbane, 19, 29; Canberra, 16, 28; Darwin, 24, 31; Hobart, 13, 29; Melbourne, 16, 32; Perth, 21, 33; Sydney, 21, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:

Amsterdam, 1,5; Athens, 5, 11; Bahrain, 13, 20; Bangkok, 20, 31; Beirut, 12,16; Belgrade, —2, 5; Berlin, —5, 0; Bermuda, 20,-23; Bogota, 4, 17; Brussels, —5, 4; Buenos Aires, 19, 27; Cairo, 10, 20; Calgary, —l, 11; Caracas, 18, 28; Chicago, —6, 5; Copenhagen, —5, —3; Curitiba, 18, 30; Denpaar, 23, 30; Dublin, 0,4; Frankfurt, —6, —2; Geneva, —6, 0; Hong Kong, 13, 18; Honolulu, 15, 27; Islamabad, 2, 18; Istanbul, 6, 10; Jakarta, 25, 29; Jerusalem, 7,11; Johannesburg, 16, 26; Kiev, —2, 2; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 27; Lisbon, 4, 15; London, I, 7; Los Angeles, 15, 31; Madrid, —3, 12; Manila, 21, 31; Mexico City, 4, 16; Miami, 11, 21; Montevideo, 24, 27; Montreal, —lB, 0; Moscow, —l, 2; Nassau, 14, 24; New Delhi, 9, 23; New York, 2,4; Nicosia, 4, 18; Paris, 0,3; Peking, —B, 5; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 33; Rome, —2, 7; San Francisco, 11, 20; San Juan, 17, 30; Santiago, 13, 31; Sao Paulo, 16, 30; Seoul, —4, 4; Singapore, 23, 29; Stockholm, —5, —1; Taipei, 14, 18; Tel Aviv, 12, 19; Tokyo, 0,9; Toronto, —l6, —l3; Vancouver, 5, 11; Vienna, —2, 1; Warsaw, —4, —l.