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Press, 9 January 1987, Page 28

General forecast: Fine in most districts, but cloud and drizzle in the west, some cloud on the South Island east coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy morning and night with coastal drizzle, otherwise fine; warm inland by afternoon. Marlbrough: Fine and warm, some coastal cloud morning and night

Nelson, Buller: Light or moderate northerlies, cloudy areas, chiefly morning and night, otherwise fine and mild. Westland: Moderate northerlies predominating, rather cloudy skies and drizzle patches morning and night Tomorrow: Fine in the east; cloudy with/drizzle in the west. Extended forecast until Tuesday: Mostly fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1018.2 1021.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rwnfaib ITUTL 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month .... Nil To date this year Nil To date last year Trace Average to date 13 Average for Jan 51 Wettest Jan (1980) .... 139 Driest Jan (1954) 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 06 min To date this month .... 95 To date this year 95 To date last year 49 Average for Jan 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 64 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 11 deg, rainfall Nil.

SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.59 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m.

Moon—Today. Rises, 4.10 p.m.; sets, 1.31 a.m. Tomorrow. Rises, 5.16 p.m.; sets, 1.54 a.m.

High tide at Lyttelton—Today 1.01 a.m. and 1.22 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.53 a.m. and 2.13 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: January 15. Last quarter: January 23. New moon: January 30. First quarter: February 4. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21 deg., overcast, E., 10 knots. Wellington: 21 deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 15 knots. Christchurch: 21 deg., cloudy, S., 14 knots. Dunedin: 17 deg., cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. ; WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Aus-, tralian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 23; Brisbane, 21, 28; Canberra, 13, 29; Hobart, 8, 15; Melbourne, 11,* 17; Perth (noon) 19, 28; Sydney, 21, 30. Minimum and maximunf temperatures in the maiq cities of the world yesterday were: 1 Amsterdam, —6, 1; Athens; 8, 13; Bahrain, 15, 19; Bangkok, 22, 32; Barbados, 25, 28; Beirut, 12,14; Belgrade, —2, 2; Berlin, —l5, 5; Bermuda, 16, 19; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, —B, 0; Buenos Aires, 18, 29; Cairo, 8, 16; Calgary, —l3, 2; Caracas, 15, 25; Copenhagen, —lO, —5; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, —l, 6; Frankfurt, —2, 6; Geneva, 3,6; Havana, 20, 25; Helsinki, —2O, —l4; Hong Kong, 16, 21; Honolulu, 18, 30; Islamabad, 3, 21; Istanbul, 1,4; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 4, 10; Johannesburg, 15, 25; Kiev, —B, —7; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 4, 15; London, 1,5; Madrid, 0, 13; Manila, 21, 32; Mexico City, 6, 26; Montevideo, 19, 26; Montreal, —3, 0; Moscow, —3l, —22; Nassau, 11, 25; New Delhi. 9, 23;