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Press, 10 February 1983, Page 30

General forecast: In the west of the North Island north of Taranaki—a few showers, fresh southwesterlies; in the east, scattered showers developing in the morning, with fresh south-westerlies. Over the rest of the North Island, showers becoming fine in the afternoon, fresh south-west-erlies. A period of showers overnight in Marlborough and Nelson, fine on Thursday, moderate variable winds; elsewhere in the South Island, becoming mainly fine in the morning; south-west winds, fresh about the coast. District forecastCanterbury: Southerlies, fresh at times, but

decreasing today; coastal showers but becoming mainly fine inland. Marlborough: Moderate variable winds inland, fresh cooler south-westerlies about the coast; fine this morning after overnight showers. Nelson: Fine apart from some showers about the western ranges early this morning; moderate variable winds. Buller: Moderate south-west-erlies, showers at first, becoming fine and mild with little wind. Westland: Scattered showers clearing to fine weather this morning; moderate variable winds. Outlook; Mainly fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m Millibars 999.8 999.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) 18 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m tee To date this month. . . 3 To date this vear 18 To date last vear 13 Average to date 62 Average for February . . 49 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February ! 1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration... 2.4 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 48 min To date this month. ... 41 To date this year 311 To date last year. . 336 Average for February . 185 Humidity: Per cent at noun 51 Per cent at 6 p.m 64 Temperatures and rainfall tor the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg. minimum 7 deg. grass 4 deg. rainfall I.omm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun -Today: Rises. 6.35 a.m.: Sets, 8.50 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 6.36 a.m.; Sets, 8.49 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 3.33 am.; Sets, 7.18 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.25 a.m.; Sets 7.59 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton. Todav: 3.35 a.m. and 3.51 p.m. Tomorrow; 4.14 a.m. and 4.30 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 New moon: February 13. 1.32 p.m. First quarter: February 21. 6.32 a.m.

Full moon: February 27.9.58 p.m. Last quarter: March 7,1.16 a.m. Noon Weather Auckland: 18deg., cloudy, S.W.. 23 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy. S., 10 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., cloudy, S.. 7 knots. Dunedin: 12deg., overcast. W.. 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide 16, 28; Brisbane 20. 32: Canberra 20.37; Darwin 26.31 (noon); Hobart 16. 25; Melbourne 17, 24; Perth 15, 24 (noon); Sydnev 25,'28. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. —2. 2: Athens. 11. 18; Bahrain. 14, 18: Bangkok. 24. 31; Barbados. 22. 29; Beirut. 12. 17; Bogota, 2, 21; Buenos Aires. 22, 33; Cairo. 9,19; Calgary, -11. —4; Caracas, 15. 28; Chicago. —9. —5; Copenhagen, —2,0; Dublin. 3. 6; Frankfurt. —l, 2; Geneva. 0. 4; Havana, 22, 26; Helsinki. -14, - 11; Hong Kong, 14. 14; Honolulu. 16. 27; Jakarta. 24.32; Jerusalam. 4. 12; Johannesburg. 19. 28; Kiev. -2. —1; Kuala Lumpur. 23, 34; Lima. 24, 29; Lisbon. 6. 12; London. 1. 4: Los Angeles, 13. 15; Madrid. 0. 9: Manila. 19. 31; Miami, 20, 24; Montevideo. 21. 29: Montreal, —l2, —7; Moscow, - 13, —10; Nassau, 22, 27; NewDelhi, 6, 20; New York. -2. 1; Nicosia, 6, 13; Oslo. -5. -1: Paris. 2,4: Peking. -8. 4; Rio de Janeiro. 19, 33; Rome. 6. 12; San Francisco, 11. 14; San Juan. 22. 31; Santiago, 15. 31: Sao Paulo. 19. 27; Seoul, —3.1; Singapore. 25. 33; Stockholm. —6. —3; Taipei. 11, 15: Tel Aviv, 7, 16; Tokyo, 3. 10; Toronto. —6. —3: Vancouver. 2.9: Vienna. —2. ’