General forecast: A showery east to southeast flow is still likely to affect Northland, Auckland, the Bay of Plenty, and Gisborne. Over the rest of the country it should be fine with sea breezes predominating by day in coastal areas. District forecast: Canterbury: North-east winds predominating, fresh about coast; fine. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, and Westland: Fine apart from increasing high cloud in West-
land. Tomorrow: Cloudy night and morning in Canterbury, cloudy periods in Westland, and fine in Marlborough, Nelson and Buller. Extended range forecast for the South Island for Thursday to Saturday: Fine and mild in most areas with light winds but possibly coastal drizzle at night and morning in Marlborough and Canterbury. In Nelson there may be a few showers on Friday or Saturday.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1023.0 1023.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to fi p.m.) . . 19 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 89 To date this year 89 To date last year 14 Average to date 50 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Evapotranspiration .... 5.3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 13 hr 24 min To date this month. ... 138 To date this year 138 To date last year 262 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 55 Per cent at 6 p.m 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 16 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 5 deg, rainfall 0.2 SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.27 a.m; sets 8.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.29 a.m; sets, 8.57 p.m. Moon: Today: Rises, 4.08 a.m; sets, 8.10 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.04 a.m; sets, 8.50 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 4.11 a.m. and 4.29 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.55 a.rrt. and 5.13 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: February 2. First quarter: February 10. Full moon: February 17. Last quarter: February 24. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., recent showers, S.E., 8 knots. Wellington: 18deg., fine, S.E., 9 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., fine, E., 16 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., partly cloudy, N., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 23; Brisbane, 22, 30; Canberra, 11, 22; Hobart, 14, 18; Melbourne, 13, 18; Perth, 21, 34 (noon); Sydney. 18, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,6; Athens, 4, 15; Bangkok, 24, 34; Barbados, 21, 28; Beirut, 8, 14; Belgrade, -1, 8; Berlin, -2, 2; Bogota, 5, 20; Buenos Aires, 19, 35; Cairo. 9, 19; Caracas, 15, 29; Chicago. -14. 2; Copenhagen, 1. 2, Dublin. 3,7; Frankfurt, 3,6; Geneva, -4, 6; Havana. 22. 26; Helsinki. -5, -3; Hong Kong, 14, 18; Honolulu, 23, 28; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 5, 11; Johannesburg, 16, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima. 20, 25; Lisbon, 3, 12; London, 5, 10; Los Angeles, 12, 29; Madrid, -3, 9; Manila. 22. 31; Miami, 20, 26; Montevideo, 20, 31; Montreal, -20, -9; Moscow, -12, -7; New Delhi, 5, 21; New York, -3, 3; Oslo, -5, -4; Paris, 6. 7; Peking, -9, 0; Rome, 1, 15; San Francisco, 10, 22; Santiago. 14, 31; Seoul, -12, -3; Singapore, 23, 25; Stockholm. -5, 0; Taipei, 13. 19; Tel Aviv. IG, 17; Tokyo. 1. 6; Toronto. -8. 1; Vancouver. 8, 10; Vienna, -3, 0; Warsaw. 0. 1
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