Aucklanders lead
PA Wellington Aucklanders John Jones and Graeme Watsdon in CULVW scored maximum points by winning the first two races in the Leander Cup R Class yachting series off Wellington's Worser Bay
General forecast: A frontal band is expected to drift slowly southwards over the northern half of the South Island during the day. accompanied by outbreaks of rain, mainly about and west of the divide. Some light rain likely in southern Westland and Fiordland. Warm, humid conditions expected to persist, with winds mainly light or moderate. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloud and outbreaks of rain, especially about the ranges, spreading from the north and reaching Central Canterbury today; variable skies in South Canterbury; mod-
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11p.m. Millibars 1023.1 1024.4 5, Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.i . . 25 g I Rainfall: mm. 1. , oam.to 11 p.m Trace 5. ; To dale this month. ... 22 l. ! To date this year 34 1) I To dale last year 23 j. ’ Average to date 90 j. ' Average lor Feb 49 ! Wettest Feb. <19451.... 144 n ; Driest Feb. (1973) 5 I. Sunshine: hrs ( Yesterday 12hr Omin I To date this month. . 218 To date this year . . 468 : To date last year 424 I Average for Feb 185 Humidity: Per cent al noun . 70 1 Per cent at 6 p.m .... 67 1 Temperatures and rainfall for | the 24 hours to 9 a.m yesterday: I Maximum 27deg. minimum I4deg. grass 13deg. rainfall ml. 1 1 SUN. MOON. AND TIDES 5 Sun — Today: Rises. 7.3 a m.; sets. 8.19' p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.5 a.m.; sets. 8.18 p.m. I Moon - Today: Rises.. 9.4 a.m.; , sets. 9.47 p.m. Tomorrow: 5 1 Rises. 10.13 a.m.; sets 10.15 II High tide at Lyttelton - Today; > I 7.13 a.m. and 7.39 p.m. Tomorrow; 8.8 a.m. and 8.34 ,-1 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract f 60min; Akaroa. subtract j I 45min; Port Levy, subtract j 30rnm. Ashburton and I Rakaia. subtract 25min; 1 1 Kaikoura add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) 1 Phases of Moon 1J First quarter: March 3. 11 a.m. I j Full moon: March 10. 9 a.m.
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yesterday. In both races, sailed in light winds and steady rain, they skipped clear of the field of 39 other boats, which the reigning champions Paul and Steve Mclntosh, of Canterbury, finished second sailing Hard Rank MKII.
erate north-easterlies: mild. Marlborough. Nelson. Buller. Cloudy with occasional rain: ' moderate variable winds; warm and humid. Westland: Rain developing in the north this morning and gradually spreading south; moderate northerly winds predominating; mild and humid. Fiordland: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain; north-westerlies, fresh in the south but lighter elsewhere; mild. Outlook: Scattered showers in the south and south-west of the South Island; elsewhere mainly fine.
Last quarter: March 18. 5 a.m. New- moon: March 25. 10 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg.. cloudy. N.E.. 14 knots. Wellington: 21deg.. overcast. N.. 10 knots. Christchurch: 21deg.. partly cloudy. N.E., 5 knots. Dunedin: iBdeg. partly cloudv. S.. 9 knots. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 10. 25: Brisbane. 20. 23: Canberra. 12. 27; Hobart. 10. 23: Melbourne. 13. 21; Perth. 23. 33: Svdnev, 19. 24. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam. -3. 4; Athens. 7. 13: Bahrain. 17. 20; Bangkok, 27. 33: Barbados. 23. 29: Beirut. 15. 18; Belgrade. -2. 4: Berlin. -8. 0: Bogota. 9. 19; Brussels. —2. 3: Buenos Aires. 12. 23; Cairo. 13. 20: Caracas. 18. 31; Chicago. 0. 3; Copenhagen. -7. -3: Dublin. -3. 7; Frankfurt. -7. 1; Geneva. 0. 5; Helsinki. -4. 0; Hong Kong. 17. 20; Honolulu, 20. 25; Jakarta, 23. 31; Jerusalem. 5. 11; Johannesburg. 13. 24; Kiev. —9, —1; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 32; Lima. 18. 24; Lisbon. 6. 13: London. —2. 5: Los Angeles. 15. 22: Madrid. 0. 9: Manila. 18. 33; Mexico City. 8, 22. Miami. 14. 22; Montevideo’, 17. 22: Montreal. —4. 0: Moscow. —l3. -4: Nassau. 18. 24: New Delhi. 5. 21; New York. 0.9; Nicosia. 9.16: Oslo. —7. —7; Paris. —l. 7; Rio de Janeiro. 23. 39; Rome. -1. 8: San Francisco. 8. 13: San Juan. 23. 28: Santiago. 11. 25: Sao Paulo. 20. 29; Seoul. 0. 12; Singapore. 25. 33: Stockholm. -7. -4: Taipei. 14. 19; Tel Aviv. 10. 16; Tokyo. 2.6: Toronto, 0,4; Vancouver. 2.6: Vienna. -8. -1.
Aucklanders lead
Press, 26 February 1982, Page 30
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