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Press, 11 February 1983, Page 30

General forecast: A few light showers in the west of the North Island: mainly fine elsewhere. Fresh westerlies in the north of the North Island, variable winds in the east but northerlies freshening about Cook Strait. Drizzle in the west of the South Island night and morning, with rain developing in Fiordland later in the day. Mainly fine in the east of the South Island, with moderate north-easterlies about the coast. Showers in Southland becoming confined to near Stewart Island. Moderate north-westerlies developing. District forecasts: Canterbury; Mainly fine with moderate variable winds, tending north-easterly about the coast; mild.

Marlborough: Fine and becoming warmer; moderate variable winds, but northerlies freshening about the Sounds in the afternoon. Nelson: Mainly fine and mild, but drizzle later in the day about the western ranges; fresh south-westerlies predominating. Buller, Westland: Mostly cloudy and mild, with drizzle patches night and morning; mostly moderate south-westerly to westerly winds: northerlies developing in the afternoon in Westland. Outlook: Mainly fine in Canterbury. Marlborough. Nelson. and Westland, but some rain in Nelson's western ranges. South Westland, and Buller.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1(104.2 1007.1 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.; . . 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 3 To date this year 18 To date last year 13 Average to date 64 Average for February. . 49 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February’ll 973). . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 4.1 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 42 min To date this month. . . 52 To dale this year 322 To date last year. . . 344 Average for February . 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon . . 53 Per cent aj 6 p in 48 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a m. yesterday. Maximum 18 deg. minimum 5 deg. grass 3 deg. rainfall Trace SUN, MOON. AND TIDES Sun - Today: rises. 6.36 a.m.; sets. 849 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.37 am.; sets. 8.48 p.m. Moon — Today; Rises. 4.25 a m.; sets, 7.59 p.m. Tomorrow: rises, 5.23 a m.; sets. 8.35 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Todav; 4.14 am. and 4.30 p.m. To.morrow; 4.53 a.m. and 5.10 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min; Port Lew. 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: 20deg.. cloudv, W.. 16 knots. Wellington: 18 deg., partly cloudy. S.. 16 knots. Christchurch: 19degpartly cloudv. 8.. 7 knots. Dunedin: 14deg„ cloudv. S.W.. 24 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: . Adelaide. 15. 27; Brisbane, 20. 31; Canberra. 19. 33: Darwin. 24. 31; Hobart. "12. 25; Melbourne. 16. 25; Perth. 17. 25: Sydney. 21. 28 Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -2. 2: Athens. 13. 18; Bahrain. 12. 17; Bangkok. 26. 31; Barbados. 21. 29: Beirut. 12. 18: Belgrade. 3. 7; Berlin. -5. -2: Brussels. -5. 2: Buenos Aires. 24. 34; Cairo. 8, 21; Chicago. -3, 1. Copenhagen. -3. -2: Dublin. 2. 5. Frankfurt. -3. 1; Geneva. -1. 2. Havana. 18. 23; Helsinki. -15. -10. Hong Kong, 14. 15; Honolulu. 17. 27: Jakarta, 23. 32: Jerusalem. 5. 15; Johannesburg. 18. 27; Kiev. 1. 2; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 33; Lima. 24, 29; Lisbon. 4. 10; London. -1. 2; Los Angeles. 14. 20; Madrid. -4. 7; Manila. 16, 31; Mexico City. 9. 23. Miami. 14. 21; Montreal. -9. -4; Moscow. -8. -8; Nassau. 17, 23; New Delhi. 6. 21; New York. -4. 2: Nicosia. 4. 17; Oslo. -14. 23: Paris. 1. 2; Peking. -10. 3; Rio de Janeiro. 20. 32; Rome. 5. 13. San Francisco. 11. 12; San Juan. 21. 34; Santiago. 14. 27; Sao Paulo. 19. 24; Seoul. -7, 0; Singapore. 25. 31; Stockholm. -9, -6: Taipei. 11. 15: Tel Aviv. 7. 18: Tokyo. 5. 13. Toronto. -6. -1; Vancouver. -1. 6: Vienna. -1. 2.