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Press, 27 January 1986, Page 38

District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine; mild in the afternoon. Moderate northeasterlies predominating. Nelson: Fine apart from isolated showers in the western ranges; warm in the afternoon. Marlborough: Fine and warm in the afternoon. Buller: Cloudy and cool with occasional showers, but fine intervals developing. Westland: Moderate westerlies; cloudy with scat-

tered showers; bool. Tomorrow: Showers in Westland and I Marlborough; fine 7 elsewhere. Extended forecast until Thursday: Showers in Canterbury on Wednesday; rain clearing in other areas tomorrow. General forecast: Generally fine on the east coast from Wairarapa to Central Otago; scattered showers in western regions.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 994.0 998.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: nun. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 7 Saturday 6 To date this month .... 25 To date this year 25 To date last year 9 Average to date 43 Average for January ... 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 42 min To date this month .... 162 To date this year 162 To date last year 222 Average for January ... 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 91 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 56 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 13 deg, grass 13 deg, rainfall 14mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun - Today: Rises, 6.21 a.m.; sets, 9.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.23 a.m.; sets, 9.01 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, 10.07 p.m.; sets, 6.56 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.32 p.m.; sets 7.09 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Today: 6.10 am. and 6.31 p.m. Tomorrow: 7 a.m. and 7.23 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa, subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract femin; Kaikoura, add

17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Last quarter. February 4. New Moon: February 11. First quarter: February 17. Full Moon: February 25. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 15, 20; Brisbane, 18, 29; Canberra, 13, 27; Hobart, 13, 19; Melbourne, 13, 19; Perth, 21, 27 (noon); Sydney, 19, 24. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 1,5; Athens, 13, 17; Bahrain, 13, 19; Bangkok, 25, 33; Barbados, 22, 28; Beirut, 10, 17; Belgrade, -1, 2; Berlin, -1, 3; Bermuda, 15, 20; Bogota, 6, 17; Brussels, 1,3; Buenos Aires, 25, 36; Cairo, 9, 17; Calgary, -5, 6; Caracas, 15, 27; Chicago, -3, 3; Copenhagen, 1,3; Dublin, 4,7; Frankfurt, 1, 4; Geneva, 0, 10; Havana, 17, 26; Hong Kong, 16, 18; Honolulu, 19, 28; Islamabad, 3, 19; Istanbul, 9, 15; Jakarta, 25, 29; Jerusalem, 1, 14; Johannesburg, 44, 24; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 19, 24; Lisbon, 10, 14; London, 1,6; Los Angeles, 10, 26; Madrid, 7, 13; Manila, 19, 28; Mexico City, 6, 22; Montevideo, 19, 35; Moscow, 0,2; Nassau, 13, 25; New Delhi, 7, 20; New York, -5, 1; Nicosia, 4, 15; Oslo, -3, 0; Peking, -9, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 38; Rome, 8, 13; San Francisco, 9, 18; Santiago, 12, 32; Seoul, -8, -3; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, -5, -2; Tokyo, - 1,7; Toronto, -1, 0; Vienna,,3, 8; Warsaw, 3, 6. t