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Press, 22 April 1986, Page 36

General forecast: An anticyclone east of the North Island should rebuild west into the Tasman today. A westerly flow covers southern New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate variable winds, fine, and mild. Marlborough: Fine, mild, moderate north-wester-lies about the Sounds, light winds elsewhere. Nelson: Light variable northerlies predominating, fine, mild.

Buller: Fine, moderate westerlies. Westland: Moderate westerlies cloudy, isolated showers. Extended range forecast to Friday.— Canterbury: fine tomorrow, north-westerlies from Thursday; Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: fine, settled, some frosts; Westland: fine, moderate westerlies tomorrow, but freshening north-westerlies on Thursday with rain on Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1016.2 1019.6 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 this year 272 To date last year 134 Average to date 196 Average for April 60 Wettest April (1978). ... 199 Driest April (1985) .... 10 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 12 min To date this month .... 156 To date this year ?. .. . 778 To date last year 857 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 49 Per cent at 6 p.m 49 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.09 a.m.; sets, 5.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.11 a.m.; sets, 5.45 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.22 p.m.; sets, 12.43 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.26 p.m.; sets 1.15 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 2 a.m. and 2.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.47 a.m. and 3.13 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: 20deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. Wellington: 17deg., showers, N., 13 knots. Christchurch: 22deg., cloudy, N.W., 8 knots. Dunedin: 21deg„ fine, N.W., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 13, 19; Brisbane, 18, 27; Canberra, 2, 20; Darwin, 26, 32; Hobart, 11, 19; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth, 13, 21 (noon); Sydney, 13, 24. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 3,7; Athens, 12, 18; Bahrain, 22, 31; Bangkok, 28, 35; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 17, 25; Belgrade, 7, 14; Berlin, 5,8; Bogota, 5, 17; Brussels, 2,8; Buenos Aires, 16, 26; Cairo, 15, 30; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, 14, 20; Copenhagen, 2, 10; Denpasar, 23, 32; Dublin, 4,8; Frankfurt, 3, 11; Geneva, 2,9; Helsinki, 1,4; Hong Kong, 25, 27; Honolulu, 24, 31; Istanbul, 8, 16; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 12, 28; Johannesburg, 12, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 17, 24; Lisbon, 8, 16; London, 6, 14; Los Angeles, 16, 31; Madrid, 5, 15; Manila, 21, 35; Mexico City, 12, 27; Montevideo, 15, 19; Montreal, 2, 17; Moscow, 5, 11; New Delhi, 20, 37; New York, 9, 23; Nicosia, 14, 28; Oslo, 0,5; Paris, 5, 10; Peking, 5, 24; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 30; Rome, 8, 17; San Francisco, 11, 28; Santiago, 11, 16; Sao Paulo, 14, 25; Seoul, 8, 16; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 0,4; Taipei, 20, 23; Tel Aviv, 17, 26; Tokyo, 12, 17; Toronto, 2, 17; Vancouver, 7,9; Vienna, 5, 12; Warsaw, 8, 13.