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Press, 7 January 1987, Page 48

General forecast: Fine throughout New Zealand District forecasts: 0 S Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, West-

land: Fine and mild apart from morning coastal cloud and day-

time sea breezes. Tomorrow: Similar. Extended range forecast t unday: Continuing flne 011 the West Coast. A cool southerly change

in the east will bring isolated showers late in the week.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 pm. Millibars 1024.1 1024.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month .... nil To date this year ..... nil To date last year ..... trace Average to date 10 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 SunaNne: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 54 min ’ To date this month .... 75 To date this year 75 To date last year 41 Average for January . .. 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 62 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 66 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 11 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises; 5.57 a m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.58 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.55 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.03 p.m.; sets, 1.10 a.m. , High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.38 a.m. Tomorrow: 12.08 a.m. and 12.30 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 the Moon First quarter today. Full moon: January 15. Last quarter January 23. New moon: January 30.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., partly cloudy, E., 9 knots. Wellington: 22deg., fine, S.E., 7 knots. Christchurch: 20deg., partly cloudy, E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., cloudy, S., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 29; Brisbane, 21, 28; Canberra, 11, 29; Darwin, 24, 32; Hobart, 16, 26; Melbourne, 16, 23; Perth, 18, 23; Sydney, 20, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 3,6; Athens,' 3, 6; Bahrain, 14, 21; Bangkok, 24, 32; Barbados, 24, 28; Belgrade —6, 2; Berlin, 0,3; Bermuda, 17, 20; Bogota, 6, 21; Brussels, 2,7; Buenos Aires, 15, 29; Cairo, 8, 21; Caracas, 16, 24; Chicago, —6, 4; Copenhagen, —lO, —2; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 4,8; Frankfurt, 0,3; Geneva, —5, 3; Hong Kong, 14, 20; Honolulu, 19, 29; Istanbul, —3, 2; Jakarta, 23; 30; Jerusalem, 9,12; Johannesburg, 15, 28; Kiev, —l6, —l2; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 6, 13; London, 6,9; Los Angeles, 13, 15; Madrid, —3, 11; Manila, 24, 32; Mexico City, 5, 21; Montreal, —l5, —6; Moscow, —24, —2O; New Delhi, 8, 24; New York, —2, 2; Oslo, 6,10; Paris, 1,8; Peking, —lO, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 31; Rome, 1,9; San Francisco, 9,10; San Juan. 20, 26; Santiago, 12, 31; Seoul, —7, 1; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, —7, —3; Tel Aviv. 10,18; Tokyo, 2,5; Vancouver 5,7; Vienna, —2, 3. -