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Press, 11 February 1986, Page 40

General forecast: Mainly fine throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Bjuller: Fine and mild, with coastal north-easterlies in Canterbury. Westland: Cloudy, with

showers developing. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in the east, showers spreading on the West Coast Extended range forecast to Friday:Clearing from Thursday on the West Coast, southerlies developing in the east.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1006.3 1007.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... tee To date this year 41 To date last year 24 Average to date 67 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945) . 144 Driest February (1973). . ,5 Sunshine: hrs

Yesterday 12 hr 48 min To date this month .... 89 To date this year 302 To date last year 376 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 55 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 59

Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 23 deg, minimum 14 deg. grass 11 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.43 a.m.; sets, 8.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.44 a.m.; sets, 8.42 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 8.36 a.m; sets, 10.01 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.44 a.m.; sets 10.21 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 7.09 a.m. and 7.38 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.06 a.m. and 8.35 pm. (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 First quarter: February 17. Full moon: February 25. Last quarter: March 4. New moon: March 11.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22 deg., partly cloudy, N., 5 knots. Wellington: 19 deg., fine, N.W., 10 knots. Christchurch: 22 deg., partly cloudy, E. 16 knots. Dunedin: 22 deg., cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 12, 13; Brisbane, 22, 31; Canberra, 12, 28; Darwin, 28, 32; Hobart, 12, 19; Melbourne, 12, 21; Perth, 17,

27; Sydney, 21, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -7, -5; Athens, 7, 15; Bahrain, 16, 21; Bangkok, 24, 33; Beirut, 10, 14; Belgrade, -4, 1; Bogota 3,

19; Brussels, -17, -2; Buenos Aires, 19, 30; Cairo, 9, 16; Calgary, -11, -6; Caracas, 16, 28; Chicago, -5, -1; Copenhagen, -9, -5; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, -3, -1; Frankfurt, -14, - 4; Geneva, -4, -2; Helsinki, -15, -11; Hong Kong, 12, 15; Honolulu, 17, 29; Islamabad, 7, 18; Istanbul, 5, 10; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 6, 11; Johannesburg, 15, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 21, 27; Lisbon, 10, 13; London, -3, -1; Los Angeles, 7, 16; Madrid, 1,6; Manila, 18, 29; Mexico City, 5, 21; Montevideo, 17, 29; Montreal, -25, -12; Moscow, -21, - 12; New Delhi, 8, 24; New York, -4, 2; Nicosia, 6, 17; Paris, -6, -2; Peking, -8, 3: Rio De Janeiro, 20, 39; Rome, 0,7; San Francisco, 7, 15; Santiago, 12, 29; Sao Paulo, 20, 31; Seoul, -8, -1; Singapore, 25, 30; Stockholm, -15, -7; Taipei, 8, 10; Tel Aviv, 10. 16; Tokyo, -2, 7; Toronto, -7, -4; Vancouver, - 2,6; Vienna, -14, -9; Warsaw, - 23, -13.