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Press, 21 February 1987, Page 88

General forecast: Fine in the North Island and the north and east of the South Island. Rain in Fiordland, spreading to Westland, Buller, Southland and Central Otago. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlbo'rough: Fine and warm, with freshening north-west-erlies. Nelson, Buller: Fine and

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1016.7 1017.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. < To date this month .... 82 To date this year ...... 102 To date last year . ... . 96 Average to date ....... 83 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945) . 144 . Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12- hr 42 min To date this month . . •,. 147 To date this year 427 To date last year 379 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 52 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . . . 58 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to-9 am. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 7 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.56 a.m.; set, 8.28 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.57 a.m.; sets, 8.27 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.45 p.m.; sets, 2.42 p.m. To-' morrow: Rises, —; sets, 3.59 pan. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.15 a.m. and 11.44 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.8 p.m. and (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60mih; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phase of Moon Last quarter: Today. New moon: February 28. First quarter: March 8. FUU moon: March 16.

mild; Moderate variable winds. Westland: Moderate westerlies; rain developing. Tomorrow: Fine in Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough; rain elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Wednesday: Rain becoming widespread on Monday; clearing on Tuesday, and southerlies.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20 deg., cloudy, S.W., 18 knots. Wellington: 20 deg., fine, S.E., 4 knots. Christchurch: 19 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 7 knots. Dunedin: 16 deg., partly cloudy, S., 7 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Cairns, 24, 27; Brisbane, 20, 29; Sydney, 19, 29; Canberra, 13, 28; Melbourne, 21, 22; Hobart, 17, 19; Adelaide, 18, 20; Perth, 15, 25; Darwin, 25, 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —2, 2; Athens, 9, 18; Bahrain, 17, 24; Bangkok, 25, 33; Beirut, 13, 18; Belgrade, 4, 10; Berlin, —l, 0; Bermuda, 18, 21; Bogota, 9, 20; Brussels, —9, 3; Buenos Aires, 22, 31; Cairo, 11, 24; Copenhagen, —3, —1; Dublin, 2,5; Frankfurt., —4, 0; Geneva, —2, 0; Helsinki, —7, —3; Hong Kong, 18, 20; Honolulu, 21, 28; Islamabad, 6, 18; Istanbul, 5, 11; Jerusalem, 5, 15; Johannesburg, 18, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 8, 11; London, 0, -4; Los Angeles, 10, 22; Madrid, 0,9; Manila, 16, 32; Mexico City, 10, 27; Montevideo, 19, 31; Montreal, —2O, —8; Moscow, —4, —4; New Delhi, 14, 24; New York, —3, 6; Oslo, —l5. —3; Paris, —2, 1; Peking, —6, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 34; Rome, 4, 14; San Francisco, 8, 19; San Juan, 20, 30; Santiago, 12, 30; Sao Paulo, 17, 26;.5e0u1, —4, 7; Singapore, 24, 33; Stockholm, —ll, —4; Tokyo, 2,8; Toronto, —ll, —3> Vancouver, 3,8; Vienna, —3, 3; Warsaw, 0,2.