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Press, 12 February 1982, Page 20

General forecast: The belt of high pressure extending from the Tasman Sea across the South Island should continue to give fine, dry weather to most of the country. However, a moist easterly airstream is expected to bring showers in Northland. Auckland, and Gisborne. A weak cold front over the south Tasman Sea may bring a cool south-west change and isolated showers to southern Fiordland and the Southland and Otago coasts. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate northeasterlies becoming fresh about the coast by afternoon, some cloud in

the morning, otherwise fine and mild. Nelson. Buller, Westland: Some morning low cloud or fog, otherwise fine with a warm afternoon; light winds apart from moderate daytime sea breezes. Marlborough: Fine and sunny, strong south-east-erlies about the outer Sounds abating slowly with moderate east or north-east winds elsewhere: warm inland this afternoon. Outlook: Continuing fine over most of the country but some showers are likely in Northland and about the Coromandel Peninsula.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1016.4 1015.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... I To date this year 13 To date last year 16 Average to date 66 Average for February . . 49 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 42 min To date this month. . . . 105 To date this year. ... 356 To date last year 353 Average for February . . 135 Humidity: Per cent at noon 49 Per cent at 6 p tn ... 56 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday: Maximum 31 deg. minimum 13 deg. grass' 10 deg. rainfall Tee SUN. MOON, AND TIDES Sun -Today: Rises. 6.45 a m.; sets. 8.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.46 a.m.; sets 8.40 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises. 10.59 p.m.; sets. 10.33 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 11.24 p.m.; sets 11.37 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.50 a.m. and’ 9.18 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.43 am. and 10.10 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 Last quarter: February 16. 9 a.m.

New moon: February 24. 10 a.m. First quarter: March 3. 11 a.m Full moon: March 10. 9 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20 deg., drizzle, N.E.. 5 knots. Wellington: 19 deg., fine. S.E.. 18 knots. Christchurch: 21 deg., fine. N.E.. 10 knots. Dunedin: 16 deg., partly cloudy, N.E.. 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 17.' 32: Brisbane. 21. 30: Canberra. 13. 34; Darwin. 24. 29; Hobart. 10. 21; Melbourne. 13. 24: Perth. 20. 32 (noon): Svdnev. 21. 28. i Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 3. 9; Athens. 7. 11: Bahrain. 11. 16; Bangkok. 24. 31. Barbados. 22. 29. Beirut. 8. 18: Belgrade. 2.5; Berlin. 1, 5. Brussels. 3. 13: Buenos Aires. 20. 29; Cairo. 7. 19; Chicago. -19. -11. Dublin. 6. 12; Frankfurt, -1. 6; Geneva. -2, 10; Helsinki. -12. -1; Hong Kong, 14. 15; Honolulu. 17. 25: Jakarta. 23. 31; Jerusalem. 3. Iff. Johannesburg. 17. 27; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33; Lima, 18. 24; Lisbon. 9, 18; London. 8, 13; Los Angeles. 13. 18; Madrid. 2. 16; Manila. 19. 32; Mexico City. 9. 24. Montreal. -18. -10; Moscow. -21. - 11; New Delhi. 8. 21: New York. 1. 3: Oslo. 1. 1; Paris. 4. 14: Rio. 21. 34; Rome. 7. 15: San Francisco. 8. 12; San Juan. 23. 29; Santiago. 11. 30; Sao Paulo. 19. 29: Seoul. -5. 4: Singapore. 24. 33; Stockholm. -1. 1: Tel Aviv. 7. 14. Tokyo. 1. 8; Toronto. -10. -6. Vancouver. 3. 5: Vienna. 1. 6.