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Press, 24 January 1986, Page 30

General forecast* Warm, cloudy, with some showers throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, ' Buller, Westland: Cloudy with scat- - tered showers, becoming cooler in Canter- ,

bury with coastal southerlies developing. Tomorrow: Becoming fine on the West Coast and clearing from the south in the east. ' Extended range forecast to, Monday: Becoming fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteoro(logical Office, Christchurch Air- ' port, yesterday. - Barometer: .... 6 p.m. U p.m. Millibars.,. . .'. 1009.7 “1011.6 ‘ Temperature: • 8 deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . « 29 Rainfall: , » mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. <>.... nil To date this month .... 5 To date this.year ...... 5 * To date last year .. .’.. • 6 Average to date 38 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: > * hrs • Yesterday 11 hr 30 min To date this month .. „ . 155 To date this year 155 * To date last year ...... 201 Average for January . 209’ Humidity: . Per cent at nopn .....* 54 Per cent at 6 p.m. . t . . ,59 ’ Temperatures ’and rainfall for the' 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 31 deg, minimum ,16 deg, grass 14 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.19 a.m.; sets, 9.04 p.m. .Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 9.03 6 p.m. . Moon . — Today: Rises, 8.17 pm.; sets, 3.42 a.m.’Tomorrow: Rises, 9.01 sets 4.40 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton.— Today: 4 a.m. and 4.16 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.41 a.m. and 4.58 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, « a subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45mih; Port Levy, subtract : 30min; Asfiburton and* Rakaia, subtract 25min; KaikoUra, add 6 17min;« Kaiapoi and o Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon • * * Full moon; January 26. Last quarter February 2. New moon: February 9. Last quarter: February 17. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., cloudy, N.E., 10 knots. . Wellington: 21deg., cloudy, N.W. V 18 knots. Christchurch: 26deg., * cloudy, variable, 5 knots. Dunedin: 17de8., rain. calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum ' temperatures in the fnain Aus.tralian cities yesterday were: Adelaide,’ 13i 26; Brisbane, 21, 29; Canberra, 11, 21; * Darwin, 25,'31; Hobart, 2, 19; • Melbourne, 13; 24; Perth, 24, 35; Sydney, 17, 22.Minimum and maximum temperatures -in the main cities of the world in the last * , 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 4,7; Athens, 7, 16; Bahrain, 11, 15; Bangkok,24, 33; Barbados,, 23, 28; Beirut 5, 10;* Belgrade, 2, 10; Berlin, 3,7; Brussels, 3,9; Buenos Aires, 17, 33; Cairo, 9, 19; Calgary, —lO, 1; Caracas, 17, 26; Chipago, —I, 12; Copenhagen, 3,6; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 1,8; Frankfurt, ’ 4,7; Geneva, —4, 8j Havana, 13, 25; Helsinki, .0, 1; Hong Kong, 15, 17; Honolulu, 19, 29; Islamabad, 7, 12;' Istanbul, 4, 12; Jakarta, 23, 29; Jerusalem, * 2, 10; Johanpesburg,’ 15, 25; <• Kuala Lumpur, 23,, 32; Limp, 18, 24; Lisbon, 9, 13; London, 3,8; Los Angeles, 13,« 21* Madrid, 3, 11; Manila, 21, 30; 4 Mexico City, 6, 21;