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Press, 12 March 1983, Page 64

General forecast: In Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty-Rotorua, and Taupo mainly cloudy, with showers; showers also in the east from Gisborne to Wairarapa, but slowly clearing from the south; over the rest of the North Island and the South Island, fine apart from areas of mist and a few drizzle patches along the Canterbury coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy about the coast and plains at first

with a few drizzle patches, otherwise fine; north-east-erlies becoming fresh along the coast. Marlborough: Fresh southeasterlies about the Sounds, otherwise moderate easterlies; cloudy at first, but fine during the day, mild in the afternoon. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate easterly winds, but afternoon sea breezes; fine and mild. Outlook:Mainly fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterdav. Barometer: .... -6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1028.5 1029.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p m.) . . 17 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 6 To date this year 32 To date last year 37 Average to date 116 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest (1979) 173 Driest (1977) 3 Evapotranspiration .... 2.4 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 55 To date this year 482 To date last year 554 Average for March. ... 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon 74 Per cent at 6 p.m 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 21 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 9 deg. rainfall Imm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today. Rises. 6.17 a.m.: sets. 7.02 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.18 a.m.: sets, 7 p.m. Moon — Today: rises, 3.12 a.m.; sets, 6.08 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 4.15 a.m.; sets 6.37 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 2.38 a.m. and 2.57 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.17 a.m. and 3.36 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: March 15. 5.43 a.m.

First quarter: March 22, 2.25 p.m. Full moon: March 29, 7.27 a.m. Last quarter: April 5. 8.38 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., cloudy, E.. 6 knots. Wellington: 13deg., showers, S., 19 knots. Christchurch: 14deg., cloudy. N.E, 11 knots. Dunedin: 13deg, partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:Adelaide, 14, 34; Brisbane, 21, 28; Canberra, 13, 27; Darwin, 24, 29; Hobart. 10, 27; Melbourne, 15. 32; Perth. 17, 28; Sydney 20. 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 9, 13; Athens, 7, 22; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok, 27, 32; Beirut, 10. 18; Belgrade, 8, 20; Berlin, 7,9; Brussels, 10; Buenos Aires, 22. 27; Cairo, 10. 20; Chicago, -3. 0; Copenhagen. 7,9; Dublin, 6, 11; Frankfurt, 2. 16; Geneva, -2, 16; Havana, 20. 26; Helsinki. -14, -3; Hong Kong, 16, 17; Honolulu, 16, 28; Jakarta. 25, 33; Jerusalem, 5, 12; Johannesburg. 15. 23; Kiev. 2,4; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 35; Lima, 23. 29; Lisbon. 12, 18; London, 4, 12; Los Angeles. 17, 29; Madrid, 2, 21; Manila. 22, 32; Mexico City, 9, 27; Miami, 21, 29; Montreal, 2. 3; Moscow, -12, -6; Nassau, 20, 28; New Delhi, 15, 30: New York, 5,8; Oslo, 2, 10; Paris, 5, 16; Peking, 0, 13; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 36; Rome, 2.16; San Francisco, 11, 17; San Juan, 23. 34; Santiago, 9, 30; Sao Paulo. 19, 31; Seoul, 4, 10; Singapore, 25. 34: Stockholm. -2, 4: Taipei. 15, 19; Tel Aviv. 10,18; Tokyo. 5. 10; Toronto, 4,5; Vancouver, 8, 12; Vienna, 5. 16.