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Press, 14 January 1987, Page 52

District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain about the Alps; mainly dry and warm further east; cloud increasing; moderate winds. Marlborough: North or north-westerlies, fresh in exposed places; fine apart from high cloud; warm. Nelson: Light winds; mostly cloudy, with drizzle morning and night; some sunny inter-

vals; mild. Buller: Moderate northeasterlies; cloudy and mild; showers. Westland: Mild and humid; showers; moderate north-easterlies. Extended forecast to Sunday: Dry near Canterbury coast; some rain in Alps; south-west-erlies and isolated showers on Friday; fine on Saturday and Sunday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Air- . port, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1009.2 1009.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.tn.) . . 27 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.. .. . , nil To date this month .... tee To date this year ..... tee To date last year 5 Average to date 21 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) , . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 48 min To date this month .... 130 To date this year ..... 130 To date last year ..... 78 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 53 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . .; 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 26deg, minimum 17deg, grass 15deg, rainfall nil mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.5 a.m.; sets, 9.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.6 am; sets, 9.10 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.4 p.m.; sets, 4.27 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.42 pm.; sets, 5.25 am. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 4.46 am and 5.1 pm. Tomorrow: 5.26 a.m. and 5.43 pm. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 36min.). Phases of the Moen Full moon: Tomorrow. Last quarter January 23. New moon: January 30. First quarter Febroary 4.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., showers, W., 8 knots. Wellington: 22deg., cloudy, N., 15 knots. Christchurch: 26deg., cloudy, N.E., 8 knots. Dunedin: 20deg., cloudy,- S., 5 knots. ■ WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 22; Brisbane, 23, 31; Canberra, 16, 27; Darwin, 24, 26; Hobart, 13, 22; Melbourne, 13, 27; Perth, 19, 26; Sydney, 21, 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —l7, —9; Athens, 10,15; Bahrain, 15,18; Bangkok, 22, 30; Barbados, 24, 28; Belgrade, -9,-6; Berlin, —lB, —10; Bermuda, 20, 23; Bogota, 2, 19; Brussels, —l5, —6; Buenos Aires, 18, 29; Cairo, 7, 19; Calgary, 7, 14; Caracas, 17, 27; Chicago, —3, 0; Copenhagen, —lB, —l5; Curitiba, 19, 29; Denpasar, 23, 29; Dublin, —4, 0; Frankfurt, —l4, —10; Geneva, —9, 2; Havana, 20, 23; Helsinki, —3l, —2B; Hong Kong, 14,20; Honolulu, 20, 27; Islamabad, 4, 19; Istanbul, 10, 12; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 5,12; Johannesburg, 14, 25; Kiev, —l5, —l5; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 5, 12; London, —9, —5; Los Angeles, 10, 27; Madrid, —2, 8; Manila, 18, 32; Mexico Qty, 2, 19; Miami, 16, 22; Montevideo, 19, 25; Montreal, —5, —2; Nassau, 20, 28;New Delhi, 11, 19; New York, 3,5; Nicosia, 3,13; Oslo, —l7, —l6; Paris, —l2, —6; Peking, —l6, —4; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 37: Rome, 6, 11; San Francisco, 5,9; San Juan, 20, 30; Santiago, 14.30; Sao Paulo. 19, 30; Seoul, —4, —2; Singapore, 23, 24; Stockholm, —22, —l9; Taipei, 11, 19; Tel Aviv, 8. 19; Tokyo. 0,4; Toronto, —3, —1; Vancouver, 10, 12; Vienna, — 16, —l3; Warsaw, —24, —l9.