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Press, 13 February 1986, Page 38

General forecast: A weak front is moving across central New Zealand. A southerly flow will spread on to the country as a shallow trough of low pressure east of the South Island moves away. District forecast: Canterbury: Cool southerlies, fine inland, scattered rain. Marlborough: Fresh cool coastal southerlies, scat-

tered showers, fine inland, variable winds. Nelson, Buller: Fine, mild, variable winds. Westland: Moderate cool southerlies, mostly fine. Extended range forecast to Sunday.— Canterbury, Marlborough: becoming fine at the week-end, southerlies dying; Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine tomorrow, little wind.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1006.9 1010,0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... trace To date this year 41 To date last year 42 Average to date 70 Average for February ... 45 Wettest February (1945) . 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 48 min To date this month .... no To date this year 323 To date last year 396 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 56 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 55 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 29 deg, minimum 15 deg, grass 12 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.45 a.m; sets, 8.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.47 a.m.; sets, 8.39 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 10.51 a.m.; sets, 10.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.56 a.m.; sets, 10.58 pan. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.1 a.m. and 9.28 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.50 a.m. and 10.16 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 First quarter. February 17. Full moon: February 25. Last quarter: March 4. New moon: March 11.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., partly cloudy, S., 8 knots. Wellington: 20deg., cloudy, N.W., 19 knots. Christchurch: 23deg., partly cloudy, S., 12 knots. Dunedin: 18deg., cloudy, S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 17, 33; Brisbane, 21, 29; Canberra, 16, 24; Darwin, 26, 32 (noon); Hobart, 11,19; Melbourne, 11, 27; Perth, 17, 21 (noon); Sydney, 21, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, —6, —1; Athens, 7, 13; Bahrain, 16, 20; Bangkok, 21, 32; Barbados, 21, 29; Beirut, 10, 18; Belgrade, —2, 3; Berlin, —B, —4; Bogota, 6, 17; Brussels, —l2, 0; Buenos Aires, 15, 25; Cairo, 10, 22; Caracas, 17, 27; Chicago, —2, 18; Copenhagen, —lO, —5; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 1,4; Frankfurt, —5, —5; Geneva, —ll, —7; Helsinki, —9, —4; Hong Kong, 13, 18; Honolulu, 17, 29; Istanbul, 5,9; Jakarta, 25, 29; Jerusalem, 4, 13; Johannesburg, 15, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 32; Lima, 21, 28; Lisbon, 2, 13; London, —3, 2; Los Angeles, 6, 17; Madrid, —6, 9; Manila, 21, 30; Mexico City, 5, 22; Montevideo. 20, 22; Montreal, —l5, —6; Moscow, — 17, —8; New Delhi, 14, 18; New York, 0,4; Nicosia, 9,19; Oslo, —l4, —4; Paris, —9, 0; Peking, —7, 7; Rio De Janeiro, 21, 38; Rome, 0,2; San Francisco, 9, 16; Santiago, 10, 28; Sao Paulo, 20, 31; Seoul, —B, 2; Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm, —lO, —1; Taipei, 12, 18; Tel Aviv, 9, 19; Tokyo, 0,3; Toronto, —l4, — 6; Vancouver, —4, 6; Vienna, —lO, —8; Warsaw, —ll, —3.