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Press, 8 February 1986, Page 80

District forecasts: General forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and mild, variable winds. Marlborough: Fine, with morning southerlies moderating. Nelson, Buller, Westland:

Fine and. mild with afternoon seabreezes. Tomorrow: Fine with light winds, north: easterly in Canterbury; Extended range forecast to Tuesday: ; Continuing fine.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1005.6 1010.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 27 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. trace To date this month .... trace To date this year 41 To date last year 13 Average to date 62 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 30 min To date this month .... 51 To date this year 275 To date last year 360 Average for February .. 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 34 Per cent at 6 pjn. .... 66 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 13 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises 6.38 a.m., sets 8.49 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 6.39 a.m., sets 8.47 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 4.51 a.m., sets 8.43 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 6.08 a.m., sets 9.15 pm. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 423 a.m. and 4.46 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.16 a.m. and 5.41 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30znin; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon New moon: February 11. First quarter February 17.

Full moon: February 25. Last quarter March 2. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., fine, S., 11 knots. Wellington: 19deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 24 knots. Christchurch: 27deg., cloudy, S., 20 knots. ? Dunedin: 16deg., cloudy, S, 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER < Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 17, 37; Brisbane, 24, 31; Canberra, 15, 27; Darwin, 25, 31; Hobart, 8, 19; Melbourne, 12, 31; Perth, 20, 23; Sydney, 20, 26. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -7, -3; Athens, 5, 9; Bahrain, 18, 23; Bangkok, 22, 31; Barbados, 19, 28; Beirut, 12, 18; Belgrade, -6, -2; Berlin, -10, -3; Bermuda, 16, 22; Bogota, 2, 21; Brussels, -8, 0; Buenos Aires, 23, 31; Cairo, 13,18; Calgary, -10, 0; Chicago, I, 2; Copenhagen, -9, -1; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, -2, 2; Frankfurt, -3, 0; Geneva, -3, 1; Havana, 17, 29; Helsinki, -15, -8; Hong Kbng, 8,13; Honolulu, 14, 27; Islamabad, 3, 22; Istanbul, 2,6; Jakarta, 23, 31; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 21, 27; Lisbon, 5, 12; London, -1, 0; Los Angeles, 12, 19; Madrid, -1, 9; Manila, 19, 32; Mexico City, 6, 24; Montevideo, 20, 32; Montreal, -11,-3; Moscow, -22, -11; Nassau, 15, 27; New Delhi, 10. 22; New York, 1,7; Nicosia, 6, 18; Oslo, -14, -6; Peking, -8, -1; Rio De Janeiro, 19, 28; Rome, 2, 10; San Francisco, 11, 14; San Juan, 22, 28; Santiago. 14, 29; Seoul, -12, M; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, -12, -3; Taipei, 12,14; Tokyo, 0, 7; Toronto, -1, I; Vancouver, 3, 8; Vienna, -7, -1; Warsaw, -15,