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Press, 10 February 1986, Page 44

District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and mild; moderate northeasterlies. Marlborough: Fine and mild; northerlies freshening. 1 Nelson: Fine; mild; light winds; sea breezes becoming fresh. Buller: Fine; mild; day-

time sea breezes; showers developing. Westland: Mainly fine; scattered rain spreading into the south; light winds; mild. Tomorrow: Northerlies; mainly fine. Extended forecast to Thursday: Cool southerlies; some showers over South Island on Wednesday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1010.8 1012.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 23 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Saturday trace To date this month .... 0.1 To date this year 41 To date last year 23 Average to date 65 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 30 min Saturday 12 hr 12 min To date this month .... 76 To date this year 299 To date last year 363 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 62 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 4 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.41 a.m.; sets, 8.46 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.42 a.m.; sets, 8.45 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 7.24 a.m.; sets, 9.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.36 a.m.; sets 10.01 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 6.11 a.m. and 6.38 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.09 a.m. and 7.38 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 New Moon: tomorrow. First quarter February 17. Full moon: February 25. Last quarter. March 2.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, S.W., 15 knots. Wellington: 19deg., fine, E., 4 knots. Christchurch: 21deg., fine, N.E., 7 knots. Dunedin: 23deg., cloudy, W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 22; Brisbane, 21, 30; Canberra, 17, 33; Darwin, 28, 32; Hobart, 12, 19; Melbourne, 16, 23; Perth, 15, 28; Sydney, 21, 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -8, -2; Athens, 6, 15; Bahrain, 14, 19; Bangkok, 24, 33; Beirut, 12,18; Belgrade, -3, 0; Berlin, -15, -14; Bogota, - 1, 19; Brussels, -14, -2; Buenos Aires, 19, 30; Cairo, 13, 18; Calgary, -11, -5; Caracas, 16, 26; Chicago, -5, -2; Copenhagen, -9, -7; Curitiba, 16, 27; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, -2, 2; Frankfurt, -13, -2; Geneva, -2, 0; Helsinki, -16, -10; Hong Kong, 9, 15; Honolulu, 20, 28; Islamabad, 3, 23; Istanbul, 5, 13; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 5, 11; Johannesburg, 15, 25; Kiev, -13, -5; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 21, 27; Lisbon, 6, 13; London, -2, 1; Los Angeles, 8,17; Madrid, -3, 9; Manila, 20, 31; Miami, 23, 26; Montevideo, 19, 22; Montreal, -25, -12; Moscow, -23, -13; New Delhi, 9, 23; New York, -5, -4; Nicosia, 6,16; Oslo, -3, -2; Paris, -7, 1; Peking, -7; 1; Rio de Janeiro, 23, 37; Rome, -1, 10; San Francisco, 8, 16; Santiago, 10, 30; Sao Paulo, 19, 28; Seoul, -10, -1; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, -11, -7; Taipei, 10,13; Tel Aviv, 10, 19; Tokyo, 0,3; Toronto, -10, -5; Vancouver, -2, 6; Vienna, -8, -6; Warsaw, -22, -13.