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Press, 10 January 1987, Page 72

General forecast: Over the northern and central North Island, cloudy areas with isolated showers; in the east of both islands, also Buller and Westland, morning cloud with a few drizzle patches; elsewhere fine apart from some morning cloud. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy about the coast and plains with some drizzle, otherwise fine; moderate easterlies, mild.

Marlborough: Fine and warm, light winds. Nelson, Buller: Moderate north-easterlies, mild. Westland: Cloudy with drizzle; afternoon sea breezes. Tomorrow: Fine over the . North Island; showers on the West Coast of the South Island, but fine and warm in the east. Extended forecast until Wednesday: Mostly fine In the east and in Nelson; showers In the west.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1021.4 1023.1 , Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: 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 ...>.. 15 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 48 min To date this month .... 99 To date this year 99 To date last year 57 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 66 Per cent at 6 p.m 58 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 12 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.00 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.01 aan.; sets, 9.12 pan. Moon—Today: Rises, 5.16 pan.; sets, 1.54 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.21 p.m.; sets, 2.21 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 1.53 aan. and 2.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.42 a.m. and 2.59 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 Full moon: Jan 15. Last quarter Jan 23. New moon: Jan 30. First quarter Feb 4.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., cloudy, E., 12 knots. Wellington: 21deg„ partly cloudy, S.E., 11 knots. Christchurch: 19deg.,‘overcast, E., 5 knots. Dunedin: 20deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 26; Brisbane, 21, 31; Canberra, 11, 24; Hobart, 8, 17; Melbourne, 9, 18; Perth (noon), 19, 24; Sydney, 18, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures In the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, -5, 3; Athens, 6, 11; Bahrain, 15, 20; Bangkok, 20, 31; Barbados, 25, 29; Belgrade, -5, -2; Berlin, -8, 0;' Bermuda, 16, 19; Bogota, 10, 20; Brussels, -4, 2; Buenos Aires, 19, 31; Cairo, 7. 18; 'Calgary,-12, 5; Caracas, 18, 26; Copenhagen, -13, -7; Denpasar, 23, 31; Dublin, -2, 5; Frankfurt, -8, -2; Geneva, -1, 4; Havana, 20, 26; Helsinki, -17, 9; Hong Kong, 16, 20; Honolulu, 17, 29; Islamabad, 4,19; Istanbul, 1. 4; Jakarta, 22, 29; Jerusalem, 2, 12; Johannesburg, 15, 27; Kiev, -28, -7; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 5, 11; London, 0,3; Madrid, -1, 13; Manila, 21, 31; Mexico City, 6, 26; Miami, 17, 24; Montevideo, 17, 29; Montreal, -3, 0; Moscow, -31, -25; New Delhi, 8, 24; New York. 2,8; Nicosia, 5, 17; Oslo, 1,3; Paris, 0,2; Peking, - 9; 4; Rio de Janeiro, 24, 41; Rome, 1, 12; San Francisco, 6, 16; San Juan, 20, 28; Santiago, 11, 30; Sao Paulo, 20, 32; Seoul, -3, 6: Stockholm, -20, - 15; Taipei, 15, 20; Tel Aviv, 8, 18; Tokyo, 3,15; Toronto, -2, 0; Vancouver, -3, 4; Vienna,-10, • 7; Warsaw, -22, -15.