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Press, 15 March 1982, Page 40

General forecast: Unsettled over the North Island, south-easterlies, strong in coastal areas and often fresh elsewhere slowly moderating during the day; scattered showers east of the main ranges but fine elsewhere. Over the South Island, fine, cool in the east and mild in the west. District forecasts: ’ Canterbury: Winds tending north-easterly this afternoon; fine.

Marlborough; Southerly Winds tending southeasterly today; fine apart from showers about the coast. Nelson. Buller: Fine and mild; moderate south-east-erlies predominating. Westland: South-easterlies decreasing and tending north-east today; cloudy areas this morning clearing this afternoon. Outlook: Cloudy in Westland but fine elsewhere.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: ..... 6 p.m.’ll pm. Millibars 1029.0 1031.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 14 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 1 Saturday trace To date' this month. ... 1 To date this year 38 To date last year 46 Average to date 121 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979 ). . 173 Driest March (1969 ). . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 7 hr 42 min Yesterday 2 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 90 To date this year 565 To date last year. .... 503 Average for March. ... 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon 77 Per cent at 6 pm 64 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg. minimum 8 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall trace. Sun, Moon aria naes Sun — Today: Rises. 6.27 a.m.; sets. 6.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.28 a.m.; sets, 6.48 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 9.46 p.m.; sets. 11.28 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.20 p.m.; sets 12.29 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 903 a.m. and 9.26 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.47 a.m. and 10.10 .p m. (Lake Forsyth. subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min: Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25 min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon Full moon: April 8, 10 p.m. Last quarter: March 8, 5 p.m. New moon: March 25, 10 p.m. First quarter: April 1, 5 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., overcast, S.E., 10 knots. Wellington: 12deg„ cloudy, S.. 10 knots. Christchurch: 12deg., overcast, S.W.. 6 knots. Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy, S.W.. 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 16. 32: Brisbane, 23, 30: Canberra. 15. 25; Hobart, 12, 26; Melbourne. 11. 31; Sydney, 20, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 3. 8; Athens. 8. 16; Bahrain, 14. 21; Bangkok, 28, 34; Barbados. 22, 28; Beirut, 6, 15; Belgrade. 1. 12; Berlin, 0,5; Brussels, 1. 5; Buenos Aires, 20, 27; Cairo. 9, 19, Chicago, 2. 11; Copenhagen, 2.6; Dublin, 2.7; Frankfurt. 0. 8; Geneva, -2. 9; Helsinki, —4, 0; Hong Kong, 20, 21; Honolulu, 20. 22; Jakarta. 23, 31; Jerusalem, 4. 12; Johannesburg, 15. 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23. 33; London. 3, 10; Los Angeles, 12, 21; Madrid. 3, 21; Manila, 23. 33; Mexico City. 13. 26; Montevideo, 14. 24; Montreal. 2,4; Moscow. — 6. —I New Delhi, 11, 24; New York. 9,15; Nicosia, 5,16; Oslo. 0. 5; Rio, 21, 30; Rome, 2, 16; San Francisco, 10. 16; Sao Paulo, 18, 24; Seoul, 6. 17; Singapore. 24. 33; Stockholm. —l. 2; Tel Aviv, 8. 16; Tokyo, 8. 17. Toronto. 2.5; Vancouver. 0,3; Vienna. 3, 8.