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Press, 8 April 1987, Page 64

General forecast? Fine in the North Island and the north and east of the South Island, elsewhere rain. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine, mild north to northwest winds. Marlborough: Freshening north-westerlies, fine, mild. Nelson: Fine, northerlies, mild.

Buller, Westland: Cloudy, northerlies, scattered rain tonight. Tomorrow: Rain all districts. Extended range forecast •to Sunday: Clearing from Friday in Canterbury; rain easing from Friday in Marlborough; fine Friday, northerlies at weekend in Westland; fine in Buller from Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1015.5 1015.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil To date this month .... Trace To date this year ..... 205 To date last year 269 Average to date 168 - Average for April 60 Wettest April (1978). ... 199 Driest April (1985) .... 10 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 00 min To date this month .... 48 To date this year 701 To date last year 671 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon 79 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 9 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today. Rises, 6.54 a.m.; sets, 6.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.55 a.m.; sets, 6.07 p.m. Moon — Today. Rises, 3.46 p.m.; sets, —. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.12 p.m.; sets, 1.01 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today 12.14 a.m. and —. Tomorrow: 12.34 a.m. and 12.57 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 Full moon: April 14. Last quarter: April 21. New moon: April 28. First quarter May 6.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., fine, S., 10 knots. Wellington: 15deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 6 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., partly cloudy, variable, 3 knots. Dunedin: 16deg., cloudy, variable, 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 15, 20; Brisbane, 17, 27; Canberra, 11, 23; Darwin, 27, 33; Hobart, 15, 21; Melbourne, 16, 20; Perth, 19, 30; Sydney, 18, 28. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 4,13; Athens, 8, 22; Bahrain, 19, 24; Bangkok, 25, 35; Barbados, 24, 30; Beirut, 17, 26; Belgrade, 12, 20; Berlin, 5,8; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, 5, 12; Buenos Aires, 15, 26; Cairo, 10, 24; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 2, 11; Copenhagen, -1, 7; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 5, 11; Frankfurt, 4, 14; Geneva, -1, 9; Helsinki, 1, 10; Hong Kong, 20, 21; Honolulu, 20, 30; Istanbul, 8,17; Jakarta, 22, 30; Jerusalem, 9, 17; Johannesburg, 16, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lima, 19, 26; Lisbon, 9, 17; London, 9, 14; Los Angeles, 10, 21; Madrid, 6, 13; Manila, 22, 35; Montevideo, 14, 26; Montreal, 6, 11; Nejv Delhi, 21, 36; New York, 6, 15; Nicosia, 8, 18; Oslo, 0, 12: • Paris, 8, 17; Peking, 6, 19; Rio de Janeiro, 16, 23; Rome, 5, 20; San Francisco, 10, 17; Seoul, 14, 16; Singapore, 26, 32; Stockholm, -1, 7; Taipei, 19, 25; Tel Aviv. 12, 20; Tokyo, 11, 20; Toronto, 7,9; Vancouver, 8, 11; Warsaw, 6, 13.