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Press, 18 February 1983, Page 34

General forecast: Showers are likely in the northern half of the North Island, but elsewhere in the North Island it should be fine and mild: in the South Island, a brief south-westerly change is expected to bring showers to the West Coast and to coastal parts of Southland and Otago, with isolated showers spreading to coastal Canterbury; elsewhere, mainly fine. District forecasts: Canterbury. Marlborough: Fine, apart from areas of morning cloud and fog

about the.coast; moderate north-easterlies by day along the coast, otherwise light winds; warm inland in the afternoon.

Nelson, Buller; Fine and warm, with light winds, apart from afternoon sea breezes. Westland: Fine and mild, apart from areas of morning low cloud and mist; scattered rain possible in the far south later today; moderate variable winds. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteoro-, logical Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1916.4 1016.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 21 Rainfall: mm 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To dale this month. ... 6 To date this year 20 To date last year 13 Average for February. . 49 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration ... . ■ 38 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr min To date this month. . . . loi) To date this year 370 To date last year 419 Average lor February . . 185 Humidity: Per cent at noon 65 Per cent at 6 p.m .... 67 Temperatures and rainfall fur the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 20 deg. minimum 12 deg. grass 9 deg. rainfall nil. SUN. MOON. AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises. 6.44 a.m.. sets. 8.41 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.45 a m.: sets. 8.40 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.39 a m.; sets. 11.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.46 p.m.: sets. 11.36 p.m. High tide al Lyttelton—Today; 9.30 a.m. and 9.54 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.16 a.m. and 10.42 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 30 min.) Phases of Moon First quarter February 21. 6.32 am.

Full moon: February 27. 9.58 p.m Last quarter: March 7. 1.16 a.m New moon: March 15. 5.43 a.m NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg.. showers. E.. 11 knots. Wellington: 19deg.. fog. S.. 9 knots. Christchurch: 18deg.. cloudv. N.E.. 7 knots. Dunedin: 16deg.. fine. N.E.. 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide. 16. 24: Brisbane. 21. 33: Canberra. 19. 33; Darwin. 25. 31; Hobart. 12. 19; Melbourne. 17. 20; Perth. 19. 26; Sydney. 22. 31. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main world cities in the last 24 hours were Amsterdam. -6. 0: Athens. 7. 14; Auckland. 17. 22: Bahrain. 15. 21; Bangkok. 26. 34: Barbados. 24 28: Beirut. 10. 15; Belgrade. 6 -3; Berlin. -12. 4; Brussels —4. 2: Buenos Aires. 17. 23: Cairo 15. 26; Calgary. -5. 9; Caracas 16. 29; Chicago. -1. 3; Copenhagen. -2. 0; Dublin. 2.5; Frankfurt. -7. 2; Geneva. -4. 1. Havana. 17. 23: Helsinki -5. - 1. Hong Kong. 14. 16: Honolulu. 15. 27: Jakarta. 24. 32; Jerusalem. 8 13; Johannesburg. 12. 24; Kiev. -11. -7; Kuala Lumpur. 25. 33. Lima. 24. 30; Lisbon. 2.9; London. 0. 3; Los Angeles. 15. 20: Madrid. -9. 5; Manila. 17. 33; Mexico City. 7. 23; Miami. 12. 21: Montevideo. 20. 26; Montreal. -1. 2; Moscow. —l6. —10; Nassau, 16. 24. New JJelhi. 14. 24; New York. 0. 8: Oslo. —3. 2; Paris —4 5 Peking. -6.4: Rio de Janeiro. 21. 38; Rome. 1. 15: San Francisco. 10. 16; San Juan. 19. 34; Santiago. 11. 32; Seoul; —4. 3: Singapore. 25 33: Stockholm. -8. 0 Taipei 14 17; Tel Aviv. H. 18; Tokyo. 4. 12. Toronto. 2.6: Vancouver. 3. 12. Vienna. —6. -I.