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Press, 18 March 1983, Page 34

General forecast: Fine weather over most of New Zealand, but scattered showers are expected in Northland and about Foveaux Strait. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough,

Nelson, Buller: Light winds apart from afternoon sea breezes; fine and mild by day. Westland: Light westerlies, mainly cloudy, but some sunny periods. Outlook: Fine in all districts.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1019.1 1021.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 15 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 22 To date this year 49 To date last year 40 Average to date 127 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1977) ... 3 Evapotranspiration .... 2.4 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 7 hr 48 min To date this month. ... 89 To date this year 518 To date last year 596 Average for March. ... 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon 51. Per cent at 6 p.m 56 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 10 deg. minimum 2 deg. grass —1 deg, rainfall 12.4 mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 6.27 am., sets 6.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 6.29 a.m., sets 6.45 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 9.38 a.m., sets 8.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 10.47 a.m., sets 9.09 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.14 a.m. and 7.40 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.05 a.m. and 8.31 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min.; Akaroa, subtract 45min.; Port Levy, subtract 30min.; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25 min.; Kaikoura, add 17min.; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon First quarter March 22. 2.25 p.m.

Full moon: March 29, 7.27 a.m. Last quarter: April 5, 8.38 p.m. New moon. April 13. 7.58 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 17deg., fine, S., 15 knots. Wellington: ■ 14deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 7 knots. Christchurch: 13deg., fine, N.E., 7 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., fine, N.W., 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 13, 24; Brisbane, 20. 26; Canberra, 15, 22; Darwin, 26. 30; Hobart, 9, 19; Melbourne, 13, 25; Perth, 18. 28; Sydney, 18. 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 3,9; Athens. 5. 16; Bahrain. 15, 19; Bangkok. 27. 32; Barbados, 25, 30; Beirut, 13, 18; Belgrade, 4,15; Berlin, 5, 12; Brussels, 2,12; Buenos Aires. 19, 26; Cairo, 8, 17; Calgary, -5. 5; Chicago, -4, 7; Copenhagen, 4. 7; Dublin, 8, 12; Frankfurt, 7, 13; Geneva, 2,5; Havana, 17, 29; Helsinki, 2,4; Hong Kong, 15, 17; Honolulu, 17, 24; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem. 2,7; Johannesburg. 17, 27; Kiev, 0,9; Kuala Lumpur. 24, 34; Lima, 23, 29; Lisbon, 11, 16; London, 4. 11; Los Angeles, 16, 24; Madrid, 7, 14; Manila, 21, 35; Mexico City 8, 23; Miami, 17, 23; Montreal, 1 3; Moscow, -3, 5; Nassau, 17, 23New Delhi, 15, 28; New York’ 10, 20; Oslo, 2,3; Paris, 3, 10; Peking, 2,5; Rio de Janeiro, 18, 27; Rome, 4, 16; San Francisco. 6,16; San Juan, 26, 34; Santiago. 10, 25; Seoul, 2, 13; Singapore, 24, 34; Stockholm, 3,7; Taipei 13, 19; Tel Aviv. 9, 14; Tokyo, 6’ 11; Toronto, 3,5; Vancouver, 3 11; Vienna, 0. 11. . ’