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Press, 4 February 1987, Page 72

District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate northerlies tending to gusty northwesterlies at times; rain and isolated thunderstorms about the ranges; mainly dry in the east.

•Marlborough: Strong gusty northwesterlies; cloudy and warm with scattered rain spreading from the west. Nelson: Fresh west- to

northwest winds; rain in the west Buller: Fresh northerlies; cloudy with some rain. Westland: Rain, sometimes .heavy with isolated thunderstorms; fresh northerlies tending westerly later. Extended forecast to Saturday: Some rain tomorrow in Canterbury; cool southwest winds developing; becoming fine on Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1.0024 999.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 39 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ..... trace To date this month .... nil To date this year 20 To date last year 41 Average to date 56 - Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945) .- 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 30 min To date this month .... 31 To date this year 311 To date last year 242 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 31 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 6deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, ‘ND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.32 a.m.; sets, 8.52 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.34 a.m., sets, 8.51 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 11.48 a.m.; sets, 11.33 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1'57 p.m.; sets 11.55 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.22 a.m. and 10.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.13 a.m. and 11.41 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: February 6. Full moon: February 14. Last quarter. February 21. New moon: February 28.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., partly cloudy, S., 12 knots. Wellington: 19deg., partly cloudy, N., 17 knots. ■ Christchurch: 20deg., cloudy, E., 13 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., cloudy, N.E., 24 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 22; Brisbane, 23, 31; Canberra, 19, 31; Darwin, 23, 30; Hobart, 13, 18; Melbourne, 13, 21; Perth, 17, 22; Sydney, 25, 31. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -7, 2; Bahrain, 15, 23; Bangkok, 21, 32; Beirut, 19, 24; Berlin, -13, -1; Bermuda, 11, 16; Bogota, 7, 22; Brussels, 0,4; Buenos Aires, 15, 27; Cairo, 15, 32; Caracas, 14, 25; Chicago, 0,8; Copenhagen, -5, 2; Curitiba, 19, 26; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 6, 11; Frankfurt, -11, -2; Geneva, -5, -1; Havana, 15, 27; Helsinki, -7,. 0; Hong Kong, 15, 21; Honolulu, 17, 30; Islamabad, 4, 23; Istanbul, 5,7; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 11, 24; Johannesburg, 18, 29; Kiev, -6, -5; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 34; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 13, 15; London, 2,7; Los Angeles, 9, 24; Madrid, 5, 12; Manila, 19, 30; Mexico City, 4, 24; Miami, 12, 22; Montevideo, 16, 28; Montreal, -12, -6; Moscow, -8, -1; Nassau, 17, 24; New Delhi, 10, 24; New York, -3, 3; Nicosia, 10, 20; Oslo, -10, -4; Paris, 2.3; Peking, -10, 2; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 36; Rome, -3, 10; San Francisco, 8, 16; San Juan, 20, 29; Santiago, 12, 32; Sao Paulo, 19,-30; Seoul, -5, -3; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, -3, 1; Taipei, 12, 17; Tel Aviv, 15, 28; Tokyo, -1, 3; Toronto, -10, 3; Vancouver, 2, 10; Warsaw, -5, -2.