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Press, 27 February 1984, Page 36

General Forecast: Mainly fine but some areas of low cloud or fog in the early morning. District forecasts: Canterbury; Moderate north-easterlies on the coast, light winds inland; some areas of morning cloud, otherwise fine and mild. Marlborough: Cloudy areas at first, otherwise fine; light winds apart from afternoon sea breezes. Nelson, Buller: Fine and

mild; afternoon sea breezes. Westland: Fine apart from some patches of low cloud or fog at first; variable winds and mild. Tomorrow; Fine in most districts; becoming cloudy in Buller and Westland. Extended range forecast for the South Island for Wednesday and Thursday; Rain in Buller and Westland. Becoming cloudy in other areas, with rain in Canterbury on Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1025.9 1030.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Saturday Nil To date this month. ... 60 To date this year 149 To date last year 27 Average to date 91 Average for February. . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 3.4 Do, Saturday 4.2 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 12 hr 18 min Yesterday 6 hr 54 min To date this month 166 To date this year 415 To date last year 417 Average for February ... 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 75 Per cent at 6 p.m 61 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 27 deg, minimum 13 deg, grass 11 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.05 a.m.; sets, 8.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.06 a.m.; sets, 8.17 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 2.04 a.m.; sets, 6.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.58 a.m.; sets 6.52 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 2.11 a.m. and 2.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.59 a.m. and 3.20 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 the Moon New moon: March 3. First quarter: March 11. Full moon: March 17. Last quarter: March 24. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., cloudy, E., 7 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N.. 14 knots. Christchurch: 16deg., cloudy, S.W., 14 knots. Dunedin: 19deg., partly cloudy, S., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 15. 33; Brisbane; 22, 25; Canberra: 15, 24; Hobart: 10, 26; Melbourne: 12, 32; Perth: 23, ,29; Sydney: 18, 24. Temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,3; Athens. 10, 20; Bahrain, 18. 22; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 24, 28; Beirut. 11, 17; Belgrade, 3,8; Berlin, 1. 2; Bogota, 3, 18; Brussels, —l, 4; Buenos Aires, 23, 27; Cairo. 9, 20; Caracas, 20, 29; Chicago, 2,6; Copenhagen, —l, 1; Dublin, 1,5; Frankfurt, 1,4; Geneva, —2, 3; Hong Kong, 16, 20: Honolulu, 21, 28; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 8, 19: Johannesburg, 17, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima. 20, 26; Lisbon, 6, 13; London, 2,4; Los Angeles, 9, 20; Madrid, 0,8; Manila, 22, 33; Mexico City, 11, 24; Montevideo, 22, 25; Moscow, —ll, -—5; Nassau, 21, 26; New Delhi, 5, 18; New York, 7, 16; Nicosia, 8. 18; Oslo —4, —3; Paris, 0,2; Peking. —2, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 38; Rome, 6. 14; San Francisco, 10, 14: Santiago, 11, 27; Seoul, 3,7; Singapore. 23, 31; Tokyo, 3,7; Toronto, 3. 12; Vienna, 0,2; Warsaw, —l, 1.