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Press, 1 February 1983, Page 40

General forecast: A few scattered showers are expected in east coast North Island plpces at first and in some western areas and about the southern coasts of the South Island, but dry weather is expected elsewhere,, with decreasing south-west to westerlies.' District forecasts: - Canterbury: Moderate Variable winds: fine and milder.

Nelson: Light winds; fine and mild. Marlborough: Freshening northerlies later in the day: fine and milder. Buller. Westland: Moderate winds, mainly westerly, but fresh westerlies in southern areas; few isolated showers. Outlook:Mainly fine in Canterbury, NelsOn and Marlborough; some showers in Buller and Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m 11 p.m Millibars 10U6.5 1008.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m ..... nil To date this month. . . . 14.4 To date this year 14 4 To date last year 12 Average to date 47 Average for January. . . 47 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Evapotranspiration .... 3.8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 270 To date this year 270 To date .last year. . 251 Average for January. . 211 Humidity: Per cent al noon . . 44 Per cent at 6 p.m 49 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 27 deg. minimum 7 deg. grass 3 deg. rainfall nil SUN. MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 6.24 a.m.; sets. 9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.25 a.m.; sets, 8.59 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.12 p.m.; sets, 9.56 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 11.38 p.m.; sets. 11.09 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.15 a m. and 8.45 p.tn. Tomorrow: 9.14 a.m. and 9.43 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Lew. subtract 30min: ■ Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Kaikoura. add 17min: Kaia poi and Sumner, add 30 min.) Phases of Moon Last quarter: February 5. 8.17 a.m.

New moon: February 13. 132 p.m. First quarter: February 21. 6 32 a.m. Full moon: February 27. 9.58 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg.. showers, S.W.. 27 knots. Wellington: 21deg., partly cloudy. •' N.W., 7 knots. Christchurch: 16deg., cloudy, S.. 17 knots. Dunedin: 12deg.. cloudy, W. 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 26, 41; Brisbane, 21, 30: Canberra, 18. 37; Hobart. 13. 24; Melbourne. 14; 35; Perth, 20. 24 (noon); Sydney, 21. 27. Minimum' and’ maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 4. 10; Athens. 7. 17: Bahrain. 11. 17; Bangkok. 23. 30; Barbados, 21. 28; Beirut. 6. 15; Belgrade. 5. 12; Berlin. 0. 5; Bogota. 5. 21; Brussels. 2. 10; Buenos Aires. 26. 35; Cairo. 8. 18; Calgary. —lO. —2; Caracas. 14. 28; Chicago; —l. 5; Copenhagen. 4. 7; Dublin. 2.5; Frankfurt. 7. 12; Geneva. 6. 11; Havana. 20. 25; Helsinki. —B, 0; Hong Kong, 16. 18; Honolulu, 15. 27: Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem. 1. 10: Johannesburg. 20, 32; Kiev. 2.5; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 32; Lima. 24. 29; Lisbon. 6, 17; London. 3. 5; Los Angeles, 14, 16; Madrid. 1. 16; Manila. 20. 32; Miami. 4. 14; Montevideo, 23. 33: Montreal —l2. —1; Moscow, —3. 1; Nassau. 22. 30; New Delhi. 12. 17. New York. —3. 6; Nicosia, 2. 15; Oslo. -2. 1; Paris. 8. 11; Peking. -2. 4: Rio de Janeiro. 22. 37: Rome. 3. 12: San Francisco. 9. 13; San Juan. 22. 30: Santiago. 11. 25; Sao Paulo, 21. 31; Seoul. 1. 7; Singapore. 14. 22. Stockholm. -3. 2. Taipei. 15. 22; Tel Aviv, 4. 15; Tokyo, 5. 17; Toronto. 0. 3; Vancouver. 6. 9: Vienna. 6. 14.