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Press, 7 April 1987, Page 46

General forecast: Mainly fine except for morning drizzle on the West Coast. District forecasts: - Canterbury: Fine, except for some cloud, variable winds. Marlborough: Fine, light or moderate southerlies. Nelson: Fine with light winds, mild. Buller, Westland: Cloudy • periods, especially

morning and night; light or moderate south-west-erlies. Extended forecast to Sats urday: Mostly dry in Canterbury; but some fresh cool southerlies and showers on Thursday. Showers and colder southerlies on Thursday, then fine in Nelson and Marlborough. Rain clearing on Thursday but cloud again on Saturday in the west.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1017.3 1020.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month .... Tee To date this year 205 To date last year 269 Average to date 166 Average for April 60 Wettest April (1978). ... 199 Driest April (1985) .... 10 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 18 min To date this month . . .. 40 To date this year ...... 693 To date last year 661 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday:-. Maximum 14 deg, minimum 4 deg, grass -1 deg, rainfall Tee SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.53 a.m; sets, 6.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.54 a.m; sets, 6.09 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 3.15 p.m; sets, 1.55 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.46 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — To* day: 11.29 a.m. and 11.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.14 a.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: April 14.

Last quarter: April 21. New moon: April 28. First quarter: May 6. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., fine, S., 14 knots. Wellington: 17deg., partly cloudy, N., 6 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., cloudy, NJE., 4 knots. -> Dunedin: 15deg., overcast, W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in main Australia cities yesterday: Adelaide, 15, 21; Brisbane, 18, 25; Canberra, 10, 24; Hobart, 16, 29; Melbourne, 20, 29; Perth, 14, 28; Sydney, 17, 25. '■ Minimum and maximum temperatures in main world cities yesterday: Amsterdam, 6, 12; Athens, 10, 22; Bahrain, 20, 28; Bangkok, 28, 34; Beirut, 14, 20; Belgrade, 10, 20; Berlin, 8, 10; Bermude, 16, 23; Bogota, 5,17; Brussels, 6, 11; Cairo, 10, 24; Copenhagen, 1,6; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 5, 10; Frankfurt, 4, 14; Geneva, 5,8; Havana, 19, 23; Helsinki, 1,10; Hong Kong, 18, 20; Honolulu, 20, 29; Islamabad, 12, 30: Istanbul, 4,16; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 6, 14; Johannesburg, 18, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 19, 26; Lisbon, 6, 14; London, 5, 13; Madrid, 2,9; Manila, 22, 35; Montevideo, 17, 28; New Delhi, 20, 36; New York, 7, 14; Oslo, —l, 10; Paris, 4, 11; Peking, 8,16; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 25; Rome, 15, 23; San Francisco, 10, 18; San Juan, 24, 33; Sao Paulo, 15, 22Seoul, 7. 25; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, 1,7; Tokyo, 10, 21; Vienna, 2, 17; Warsaw, 3, 11.