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Press, 1 March 1984, Page 34

GENERAL FORECAST; In the South Island, rain in Fiordland, Southland, and Otago easing to showers overnight; rain spreading up the West Coast; mainly fine elsewhere. DISTRICT FORECASTS: Canterbury: Warm north to north-westerly winds; cloudy with rain in the Alps. Marlborough: Mainly fine,

but cloudy areas, especially night and morning. Nelson and Buller: Mainly cloudy, with showers developing in the west. Westland: Winds from the westerly quarter, with rain at times. TOMORROW: Scattered rain in Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller and Westland; southerlies in Marlborough and Canterbury.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1008.8 1011.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 29 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 60 To date this year 149 To date last year 27 Average to date 96 Average for February. . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Evapotranspiration .... 3.9 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 199 To date this year 448 To date last year 429 Average for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 31 Per cent at 6 p.m 27 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall nil sun, Moon, and tides Sun—Today: Rises, 7.08 a.m.; sets, 8.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.09 a.m.; sets, 8.13 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 4.59 a.m.; sets, 7.57 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.01 a.m.; sets 8.22 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 4.24 a.m. and 4.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.04 a.m. and 5.24 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 3.

First quarter: March 11. Full moon: March 17. Last quarter: March 24. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., cloudy, N.E., 11 knots. Wellington: 21deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 12 knots. Christchurch: 25deg., fine, N., 11 knots. Dunedin: 19deg., overcast, N.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 11, 21; Brisbane, 23, 28; Canberra, 16, 20; Hobart, 11,14; Melbourne, 11,19; Perth, 18, 28 (noon); Sydney, 17, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the -main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,4; Athens, 9, 17; Bahrain, 17, 22; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 10, 19; Belgrade, 1,5; Berlin, 0, 7; Bogota. 9, 19; Buenos Aires, 17, 26; Cairo, 9, 20; Chicago, —4, —1; Copenhagen, —l, 1; Frankfurt, 0,2; Geneva, 0,6; Havana, 22, 29; Helsinki, -4, -1; Hong Kong, 13, 14; Honolulu, 21, 29; Jakarta. 23, 32; Jerusalem, 4, 16; Johannesburg, 15, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 4, 10; London, 3,5; Los Angeles, 11, 27; Madrid, -1, 5; Manila, 20, 33; Mexico City, 8, 22; Miami, 24, 27; Montevideo, 15, 28; Montreal, —B, —2; Moscow, -12, -2; New Delhi, 8, 25; New York, —3, 4; Nicosia. 10, 18; Oslo, —6, —1; Paris, 3,4; Peking, —6, 2; Rio de Janeiro, 23, 39; Rome, 6, 12; San Francisco, 7, 20; Santiago. 8, 27; Seoul, —B, 0; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, —l, o;’Taipei, 10, 14; Tel Aviv, 8, 19; Tokyo, 2,7; Toronto, —6, —1; Vancouver, 4, 9; Vienna, 2,4; Warsaw, —l. 1.