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Press, 13 January 1987, Page 36

General forecast: Fine; warm in the North Island; some rain in the west and south of the South Island, fine elsewhere. District forecasts:

Canterbury: Fine, warm, rain in the Alps, moderate northerlies.

Marlborough, Nelson: Fine, warm, moderate north-west winds. ’ < BuUer, Westland: Cloudy, mild, moderate northern lies. Extended range forecast to Saturday: Dry in the east and north, some showers in the west. ,

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS u

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ....- 6p.m. 11p.m. Millibars. . . 1014.8 1014.5 Temperature: ' deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 26 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to II p.m...... Nil To date this month »... Trace To date this year ..... Trace To date last year . 3 Average to date ...... 20 Average for January ... 51 Wettest- January (1980).. 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 12 min To date this month .... 117 To date this year 117 To date last year ..... 69 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 59 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . ... =f 76 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 24deg, minimum 17deg, grass 16deg, rainfall trace mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES ' Sun—Today: Rises, 6.03 a.m.; sets, 9.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.05 a.m; sets, 9.11 pJD. Moon—Today: Rises, 8.17 p.m.; sets, 3.37 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.04 p.m.; sets, L 27 a.m. ■ • High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 4.07 a.m. and 4.22 pm. Tomorrow: 4.46 a.m. and 5.01 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60m in; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Meen Full moon: January 15. Last quarter: January 23. New moon: January 30. First quarter. February 4. rf. ‘I-

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 24 deg., partly cloudy, S., 5 knots. Wellington: 20 deg., cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. ■ . 1 Christchurch: 23 deg., cloudy, S., 10 knots. ' . Dunedin: 20 deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. ■''' '. • WORLD WEATHER A -f Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— . j Adelaide, 12, 23; Brisbane, 22, 31; Canberra, 16, 28; Darwin, 23, 32; Hobart, 11, 19; Melbourne, 12, 22; Perth, 12; r • 28; Sydney, 21, 26. i Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: ! Amsterdam, ■ —l2, Athens, 10,13; Bahrain, 15,19; Bangkok, 20, 33; Barbados, 24,;' 29; Beirut, 9, 13; Belgrade, X, . i 5; Berlin, —lB, —l2; Bogota, if 19; Brussels, -10. -3; Buenw Aires, 21, 30; Cairo, 10, I 6( ; Caracas, 19,’ 26; Chicago, -A ‘ 3; Copenhagen, —l7, —‘J Curitiba, 19, 28; Denpasar, 23; 30; Dublin, 1,4; Frankfurt —l3, —3; Geneva, —2, —l»Jfe Helsinki, —32, —2B; Hong Kong, 17, 21; Honolulu, 20, 20} Istanbul, 4.10; Jakarta, 24, 31( ; Jerusalem, 3, 11; Johannes-. : burg, 14, 25; Kudla Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 13; London, —6, -3; Madrid? 3, 10; Manila, 19; 32; Mexicd City, 9, 26; Montreal, —B, 1; i New Delhi, 11, 23; New York, : 2,6; Nicosia. 11,15; Oslo, —2ft .. —2O; Paris. 1; PeSl ?«-; —l2, —3; Rto de Janeiro,.22, 38; Rome, 7, 10; San cisco, 7, 12; Santiago. 13, 3l;fSeOul.—ll,—l; Singapore. 23YA 27; Stockholm, —25, Taipei, 13. 20; Tel Aviv, 7. Tokyo, '9, 10;Toronto, —2,'it& Vancouver, 2,7; Vienna, —wj ■. —l2; Warsaw, —27. —17. s