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Press, 10 November 1986, Page 40

General forecast: Mainly fine, except in the south. District forecast: Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine and mild, moderate variable winds. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate south-wester-lies, cloudy at times, mild.

Tomorrow: Cloud increasing in the east, rain developing on the West Coast,

Extended range forecast to Friday: Continuing similar with a brief change on Thursday to cooler south-westerlies in the east.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1010.8 1013.9 Temperature: . deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday nil To date this month .... 10 To date this year 709 To date last year 379 Average to date 561 Average for November. . 49 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947) . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 6 min Saturday 5 hr 6 min To date this month .... 59 To date this year 1840 To date last year 1974 Average for November. . 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 60 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 18deg, minimum 6deg, grass Odeg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.02 a.m.; sets, 8.26 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6 a.m.; sets, 8.28 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 1.37 p.m.; sets, 320 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.49 p.m.; sets 3.43 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 12.20 p.m. and 12.50 ajn. Tomorrow: 1.16 a.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: November 17. Last quarter: November 25. New moon: December 2. First quarter December 8. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg.,- cloudy, S.W., 12 knots. Wellington: 17deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 5 knots. Christchurch: 18deg., fine, N.E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 16deg., cloudy, S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 8,9; Athens, 6, 12; Bahrain, 22, 30; Bangkok, 24, 33; Beirut, 18, 22; Brussels, 4, 11; Buenos Aires, 19, 30; Cairo, 14, 19; Chicago, 7, 17; Copenhagen, 7,‘10; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 2,9; Frankfurt, 1,5; Geneva, —1,12; Helsinki, 0,4; Hong Kong, 21, 23; Honolulu, 24, 31; Istanbul, 5, 12; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 10, 13; Johannesburg, 10, 22; Kiev, 1,3; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lisbon, 7, 20; London, 6, 11; Los Angeles, 12, 21; Madrid, 2, 21; Manila, 22, 32; Mexico City, 10, 25; Montreal, 4, 11; Moscow, —l, 2; New Delhi, 14, 28; New York, 6, 12; Oslo, 2,4; Paris, 8, 11; Peking, 1, 13; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 32; Rome, 3,7; San Francisco, 12, 17; Santiago, 11, 22; Seoul, 2, 10; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, 0,3; Taipei, 18, 23;/Tel Aviv, 15, 19; Tokyo, 10, 20; Toronto, 9, 14; Vancouver, 2,6; Vienna, 1, 10; Warsaw, 2, 7.