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Press, 6 January 1987, Page 32

District forecasts: Canterbury: Light winds with daytime sea breezes; fine apart from low cloud or fog night and morning; very warm inland. Marlborough: Fine apart from a little cloud; moderate cool easterlies. Nelson, Buller: Fine apart

from morning cloud; light winds apart from afternoon sea breezes. Westland: Fine except low cloud night and morning; mild with sea breezes. Extended forecast to Saturday: Fine apart from morning cloud in Canterbury: afternoon sea breezes, but generally light winds.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer. .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars..... 1024 1025.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rainfell: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... nil To date this year nil To date last year tee Average to date 8 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 13 hr 36 min To date this month .... 62 To date this year 62 To date last year 39 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon’ 56 Per cent at 6 p.m 61 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg,' minimum 13 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.56 a.m.; sets, 9.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.57 a.m.; sets, 9.14 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 12.46 p.m.; sets, — . Tomorrow: Rises, 12.51 a.m.; sets, 12.55 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 10.45 a.m. and 11.14 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.38 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 the Moon First quarter tomorrow. Full moon: Jan 15. Last quarter Jan 23. New moon: Jan 30. -

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23 deg., cloudy, E., 14 knots. Wellington: 19 deg., fine, S.E., 12 knots. Christchurch: 19 deg., fine, N.E., 12 knots. Dunedin: 19 deg., fine, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 25; Brisbane, 20, 28; Canberra, 10, 26; Darwin, 26, 32; Hobart, 15, 25; Melbourne, 16, 24; Perth, 21, 30; Sydney, 20, 26. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -2, 4; Athens, 6, 11; Bahrain, 13, 19; Bangkok, 26, 32; Barbados, 24, 28; Beirut, 11, 16; Belgrade, -5, 0; Berlin, -4, -2; Bermuda, 18, 21; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 0,8; Buenos Aires, 14, 27; Cairo, 11, 19; Caracas, 15, 25; Chicago, -1, 4; Copenhagen, -10, -1; Curitiba, 24, 29;.Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 4,8; Frankfurt, -1, 1; Havana, 19, 22; Helsinki, -21, -18; Hong Kong, 17, 17; Honolulu, 21, 30; Islamabad, 1, 16; Istanbul, -1, 5; Jakarta, 22, 29; Jerusalem, 9, 12; Johannesburg, 15, 27; Kiev, -25, -14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; .Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 9, 14; London, 2, 10; Los Angeles, 10, 20; Madrid, -3. 11; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 6, 20; Miami, 12, 20; Montevideo, 12, 24; Montreal, -6, 0; Moscow, -22, -17; Nassau, 13, 24; New Delhi, 6, 23; New York, -1, 4; Nicosia, 5, 14; Oslo, -16, -3; Paris, 0,2; Peking, -11, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 35; Rome, 1, 14; "San Francisco, 11, 13; San Juan, 20, 29; Sao Paulo, 20, 29; Seoul, -10, -2; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, -15, -10; Taipei, 17, 20; Tel Aviv, 10, 18; Tokyo, 3, 12; Vancouver, 6,8; Vienna, -4, -2; Warsaw, -20, -5.