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Press, 10 April 1987, Page 38

General forecast Occasional rain in most parts of the North Island; mainly fine on the West Coast of the South Island and inland Otago and Southland, with showers elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Moderate southerlies; cloudy and cool, with scattered showers. Westland: Moderate southerlies; mainly fine; cool. Tomorrow:Periods of rain

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baronwten .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1007.6 1010.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ..... Imm To date this month .... trace To date this year 205 To date last year 269 Average to date ...... 172 Average for April....'. 60 Wettest April (1978). ... 199 Driest April (1985) .... 10 Sunchine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 30 min To date this month .... 57 To date this year 710 To date last year ...... 687 Average for April 150 Humidity: Per cent at noon ...... 81 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. . . 87 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 25deg, minimum 15deg, grass 12deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today. Rises, 6.56 a.m.; sets, 6.5 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.57 a.m.; sets, 6.4 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 4.35 pjn.; sets, 2.8 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.54 p.m.; sets 3.15 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.16 a.m. and 1.39 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.58 a.m. and 2.20 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.)

in Marlborough and North Canterbury: mainly fine over the rest of the South Island.: Extended range forecast to Tuesday: Easterlies in Canterbury during the week-end; scattered rain in North Canterbury, Nelson and Buller; south-westerlies and scattered coastal showers in Canterbury from Monday; cloudy, with westerlies, in Westland on Tuesday.

Phases of the Moon Full moon: April 14. Last quarter: April 21. New moon: April 28. First quarter: May 6. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., cloudy, N., 14 knots. Wellington: 17deg., cloudy, N.W., 20 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., cloudy, S., 26 knots. Dunedin: Udeg., cloudy, W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday: Brisbane, 17, 26; Sydney, 14, 21; Canberra, 4, 20; Hobart, 4, 19; Adelaide, 11, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday: Amsterdam, 6, 12; Athens, 12, 24; Bahrain, 19, 26; Bangkok, 26, 35; Beirut, 20, 27; Belgrade, 8, 21; Berlin, 9, 15; Brussels, 4, 12; Buenos Aires, 19, 24; Cairo, 14, 28; Copenhagen, 1,9; Dublin, 7, 12; Frankfurt, 8, 22; Geneva, 3,15; Helsinki, -2, 2; Hong Kong, 21, 25; Honolulu, 22, 30; Jakarta, 25, 33; Jerusalem, 9, 23; Kiev, 2, 11; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 34; Lisbon, 15, 19; London, 8, 13; Los Angeles, 13, 30; Madrid, 8, 16; Manila, 22, 36; Montreal, 6, 10; Moscow, 1,5; Nassau, 6, 25; New Delhi, 22, 37; New York, 6,14; Oslo, -3, 10; Paris, 7, 18; Peking, 14, 17; Rome, 7, 21; San Francisco, 11, 21; Seoul, 8, 22; Singapore, 22, 32; Stockholm, 1,7; Taipei, 21, 29; Tokyo, 12, 25; Vancouver, 2, 13; Vienna, 9, 17; Warsaw, 1, 12.