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Press, 18 April 1986, Page 32

General forecast. Mostly cloudy with light rain spreading north on the east coast; fine in Marlborough and Nelson. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy with some patches of light rain about the coast, but sunny intervals developing inland; not much ' wind. Marlborough: Mainly fine with light winds but

moderate southerlies and cloudy skies on the Kaikoura coast. Nelson: Fine with light winds. Buller: Skies often cloudy but some fine periods; moderate south-west winds. Westland: Cloudy at times with occasional light rain, little wind. Extended forecast to Monday: Fine with light, variable winds.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromater: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1026.3 1028.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 Rainfall: * mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... 14 To date . Ulis year 272 To date last year 133 Average to date 188 Average for April 60 Wettest (1978) 199 Driest (1985) 10 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 48 min To date Ulis month .... 129 To date tills year 751 To date last year 838 Average for April ..... 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 65 Per cent at 6 p.m 59 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 6 deg, grass 00 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.04 a.m; sets, 5.51 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.05 a.m; sets, 5.50 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 3.3 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.33 p.m; sets, 12.07 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 11.23 a.m. and 11.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.7 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 Full moon: April 25. Last quarter May 1.

New moon: May 9. First quarter May 17. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 18deg, fine, N, 7 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 5 knots. Dunedin: 12deg., overcast, S., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 19; Brisbane, 17, 26; Canberra, 11, 18; Hobart, 15, 19; Melbourne, 12, 17; Sydney, 19, 26. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 5, 11; Athens, 11, 22; Bangkok, 28, 35; Beirut, 16, 20; Belgrade, 4, 15; Berlin, 5, 16; Brussels, 2, 14; Buenos Aires, 6, 17; Cairo, 16, 28; Copenhagen, 2,3; Curitiba, 14, 19; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 4, 9; Frankfurt, 5, 17; Geneva, 2, 13; Hong Kong, 20, 21; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad, 18, 31; Istanbul, 8, 19; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 18; Johannesburg, 13, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 8, 15; London, 4,9; Los Angeles, 14, 23; Madrid, 4, 13; Manila, 23, 36; Mexico City, 12, 29; Montevideo, 11, 6; Montreal, 2, 17; Moscow, 1,2; New Delhi, 23, 37; New York, 9, 19; Paris, 6, 11; Peking, 6, 24; Rio de Janeiro, 24, 38; Rome, 5, 14; San Francisco, 11, 15; San Juan, 23, 31; Santiago, 6, 22; Sao Paulo, 18, 23; Seoul, 4, 14; Singapore, 25, 32; Stockholm, —4, 3; Tokyo, 10, 18; Toronto, 5,9; Vancouver, 7, 11; Vienna, —l, 13; Warsaw, —2, 9.