General forecast: Mainly fine over most of New Zealand apart from occasional showers about Fiordland, Foveaux Strait and the North Island ranges. District forecast: Canterbury: Mainly fine and mild; light winds apart from afternoon , sea breezes. Marlborough: Fine apart from cloudy areas in the morning; north-westerlies moderating. Nelson; Fine; light winds apart from day time sea breezes. Buller, Westland: Moderate
westerlies; some cloud but mainly fine. Tomorrow: Mainly fine in most districts; showers developing about the Alps and in Westland. Extended range forecast for the Sbuth Island for Monday to Wednesday: West of the Alps and in Southland, some rain at times but fine intervals also; winds north-west to southwest; in Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury and Otago, warm dry northwesterlies, but there may be a change on Wednesday to cooler south-west-erlies with some rain.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1003.1 1007.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Rainfall: mm . 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month. ... 86 To date this year 86 To date last year 12 Average to date 33 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Evapotranspiration .... 5.8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 150 To date this year 150 To date last year 166 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 34 Per cent at 6 p.m 33 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, minimum 11 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.13 a.m.; sets, 9.7 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.15 a.m.; sets, 9.6 p.m. , Moon—Today: Rises, 11.13 p.m.; sets, 8.49 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.41 p.m.; sets, 10.9 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.30 a.m. and 7.59 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.30 a.m. and 8.59 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 Last quarter: January 25.
New moon: February 2. First quarter: February 10. Full moon: February 17. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20 deg., cloudy, N.W., 4 knots. Wellington: 17 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 20 knots. Christchurch: 22 deg., fine, N.W., 16 knots. Dunedin: 16 deg., showers, S., 6 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 13, 25; Brisbane, 21, 27; Canberra, 13, 25; Hobart, 13, 21; Melbourne, 15, 22; Perth, 24, 35; Sydney, 18, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —2, 3; Athens, 5, 13; Bahrain, 14, 19; Bangkok, 23, 31; Barbados, 19, 24; Beirut, 8, 15; Belgrade, —l, 5; Berlin, —3, 3; Bogota, 3, 17; Brussels, —2, 7; Buenos Aires, 25, 35; Cairo, 9, 16; Chicago, —7, 4; Copenhagen, 0,2; Dublin, —3, 3; Frankfurt, —3, 5; Geneva, —4, 6; Havana, 22, 31; Helsinki, 0,2; Hong Kong, 14, 16; Honolulu, 23, 27; Jakarta, 23, 30; Johannesburg, 18, 30; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 10, 16; London, 2,6; Los Angeles, 7, 19; Madrid, —l, 10; Manila, 18, 32; Mexico City, 8, 23; Moscow, —4, —3; New Delhi, 7, 23; New York. -1, 0; Nicosia, 5, 15; Oslo, —l2, 0; Paris, 1,7; Peking, —lO, —2; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 36; Rome, 0, 13; San Francisco, 5, IL Seoul, —lO, —2; Singapore, 23. *3l; Stockholm, —3, 1; Tokyo, —l, 3; Toronto, —9, —7; Vancouver, —7, 2; Vienna, 2,9; Warsaw, 0, 3.
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