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Press, 15 February 1986, Page 80

General forecast: Unsettled throughout - New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Cloudy and cool

with scattered southerlies, clearing from the West Coast. Extended range forecast to Tuesday: Fine on the West Coast, clearing in the east from Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer. .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1013.5 1014.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 pun.) . . 17 Rainfall: nun. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 3 To date this month .... 14 To date this year 55 To date last year 42 Average to date 74 Average for February . , 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday hr 12 min To date this month .... no To date this year 323 To date last year 420 Average for February .. 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 72 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 aan. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 8 deg, rainfall 12 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.48 a.m; sets, 8.38 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6:50 a.m; sets, 8.36 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 1.01 p.m; sets, 11.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.05 pan; sets, 11.43 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 10.36 a.m. and 11.01 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.21 a.m. and 11.46 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: 21deg., cloudy, variable, 2 knots. Wellington: 17deg., rain, E., 4 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., rain, N.W., 5 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., cloudy, S., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 33; Brisbane, 20, 31; Canberra, 12, 25; Darwin, 23, 33; Hobart, 15, 24; Melbourne, 19, 35; Perth, 18, 22; Sydney, 18, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —6, —1; Athens, 7, 13; Bangkok, 25, 31; Barbados, 22, 28; Berlin, —lO, —2; Bermuda, 18, 22; Bogota, 8, 19; Brussels, —lO, —1; Buenos alres, 18, 29; Cairo, 10, 23; Calgary, —l2, -8; Caracas, 16, 27; Chicago, —2O, —11; Copenhagen, —7, —6; Denpasar, 24, 30; Dublin, 2,4; Frankfurt, —lO, 0; Geneva, —6, —3; Havana, 21, 23; Helsinki, —B, —1; Hong Kong, 16, 20; Honolulu, 20, 29; Islamabad, 8; 14; Istanbul, 4,7; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 7, 16; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 33; Lima, 21, 27; Lisbon, 6, 14; London, —l, 4; Los Angeles, 12, 16; Madrid, —4, 10; Manila, 18, 31; Mexico City, 9, 24; Montevideo, 16, 21; Montreal, —2l, —9; Moscow, —lO, —5; Nassau, 21, 26; New Delhi, 10, 18; New York, —7, 0; Nicosia, 5, 17; Oslo, -14, —8; Paris, —4, 2; Peking, -5, 5; Rio de Janeiro, ?2, 34; Rome, 1, 12; San Francisco, 11, 16; San Juan, 21, 26; Santiago, 11, 30; Sao Paulo, 20, 26; Seoul, —l, 1; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, —lO, —5; Taipei, 13, 21; Tel Aviv, 10, 20; Tokyo, 1, 10; Toronto, —l6, —6; Vancouver, —l, 7; Vienna, —7, —3.