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Press, 3 February 1986, Page 44

Genera! forecast: Unsettled throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate easterlies, mild with rain. Marlborough, . Nelson: Mild, cloudy, with rain periods, tending southeasterly in Marl-

borough, southerly in Nelson. Buller, Westland: Fine and mild. Tomorrow: Mostly fine in Nelson, showery southwesterlies elsewhere. Extended range forecast to Thursday: Cool but clearing, northerlies prevailing in the east, with easterlies on the West Coast.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Baromotor: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1013.8 1015.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil Saturday nil To date this month .... nil To date this year 41 To date last year 11 Average to date 54 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 18 min Saturday 10 hr 42 min To date this month .... 14 To date this year ..... 237 To date last year 290 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon ..... 80 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 77 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 23 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 12 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.31 a.m.; sets, 8.54 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.33 a.m.; sets, 8.53 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 12.58 a.m.; sets, 3.35 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, —; sets, 4.53 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 12.13 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.45 a.m. and 1.09 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 Moon Last quarter: tomorrow. New Moon: February 11. First quarter February 17. Full Moon: February 25.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., rain, N., 6 knots. Wellington: 18deg., rain, S.E., 13 knots. Christchurch: 20deg., cloudy, S.E., 7 knots. Dunedin: 19deg., fine, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 21; Brisbane, 22, 29; Canberra, 15, 35; Darwin, 27, 33; Hobart, 14, 17; Melbourne, 15, 22; Perth, 18, 30; Sydney, 21, 38. Minimum and maximum temperatures in ' the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -1, 2; Athens, 10, 18; Bahrain, 15, 20; Bangkok, 21, 30; Barbados, 21, 27; Beirut, 9, 14; Belgrade, 2,7; Berlin, -1, 0; Bermuda, 16, 20; Brussels, -2, 1; Buenos Aires, 17, 27; Cairo, 10, 20; Calgary, 1,8; Chicago, -8, -1; Copenhagen, -1, 1; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 1,4; Frankfurt, 2,5; Geneva, -6, 5; Hong Kong, 15, 19; Honolulu, 18, 27; Islamabad, 2, 22; Istanbul, 8, 12; Jakarta, 23, 28; Jerusalem, 4, 15; Johannesburg, 16, 27; Kuala Lumpur,-22, 32; Lima, 19, 27; Lisbon, 4, 12; London, 2,3; Los Angeles, 14, 15; Madrid, 0, 5; Manila, 20, 33; Mexico City, 8, 22; Montreal, -18, -10; Moscow, -18, -8; Nassau, 19, 25; New Delhi, 9, 21; New York, - 4,2; Nicosia, 5, 17; Oslo, 26, 32; Paris, I, 3; Peking, -10, 2; Rio De Janeiro, 24, 42; Rome, 7, 10; San Francisco, 14, 16Santiago, 13, 34; Sao Paulo, 22, 30: Seoul, -10, -2; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, -3, -1; Taipei, 15,19; Tel Aviv, 10, 20; Tokyo, 2,6; Toronto, -8, -3; Vancouver, 6,9; Vienna, 0 2Warsaw, -1, 2. ’