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Press, 7 March 1984, Page 48

General forecast: A shallow trough of low pressure lies across the South Island bringing occasional rain to the east; clearing in the west. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy, with occasional rain, persistent at times; southerlies prevailing, fresh on the coast. Marlborough: Fine, apart from isolated coastal

showers; moderate variable winds. Nelson: Fine, apart from showers in the western ranges; moderate northeasterly winds predominating. Buller, Westland: Long, fine intervals developing; moderate variable winds. Tomorrow: Mainly fine most districts, with coastal showers in Canterbury and Marlborough.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1006.2 1007.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 1 To date this month. ... 115 To date this year 163 To date last year 32 Average to date 107 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1977) ... 3 Evapotranspiration .... 2.5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 29 To date this year 477 To date last year 464 Average for March. ... 163 Humidity: Per cent at noon 77 Per cent at 6 p.m 85 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 29 deg, minimum 15 deg, grass 14 deg, rainfaU Bmm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.16 a.m.; sets, 7.4 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.17 a.m.; sets, 7.2 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 10.10 a.m.; sets, 9.8 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.15 a.m.; sets, 9.33 p.m. High tide and Lyttelton—Today: 7.58 a.m. and 8.22 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.43 a.m. and 9.6 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 First quarter: March 11. Full moon: March 17. Last quarter March 24. New moon: April 2.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., cloudy, N.W., 5 knots. Wellington: 18deg., showers, N.W., 13 knots. Christchurch: 18deg., cloudy, S.W., 11 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., rain, S., 4 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 23, 37; Brisbane, 21, 27; Canberra, 11, 27; Hobart, 11, 25; Melbourne, 15, 34; Sydney, 19, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,7; Athens, 9, 16; Bahrain, 17, 22; Bangkok, 25, 34; Barbados, 22, 29; Beirut, 10, 16; Belgrade, 0,2; Berlin, 0, 5; Bogota, 6, 17; Brussels, 0,7; Buenos Aires, 21, 30; Calgary, —9, 4; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, —4, 1; Copenhagen, 0,4; Curitiba, 18, 29; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, 7, 11; Frankfurt, —5, 7; Geneva, 3,4; Havana, 19, 27; Helsinki, —l, 1; Hong Kong, 15, 18; Honolulu; 20, 26; Islamabad, 7, 28; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 6, 14; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kiev, 0,1; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lisbon, 8, 18; London, 7, 11; Los Angeles, 14, 25; Madrid, 0, 10; Manila, 20, 32; Mexico City, 12, 25; Miami, 21, 24; Montevideo, 18, 28; Montreal, —9, —5; Moscow, — 3, —1; Nassau, 20, 24; New Delhi, 13, 28; New York -4 5 Nicosia, 6, 20; Oslo —1 ’ f Paris, 1,9; Peking, -4, 7; ißio de Janeiro, 21, 37; Rome, 2 11; Francisco, 9, 25; San Juan. 21, 30; Santiago, 11, 30- Sao Paulo, 20, 32; Seoul —5 -4 Singapore, 24, 30; Stockholm; Ta«pei, 13, 18; Tel Aviv, 12, 21, Tokyo, 1,9; Toronto, —6, 2; Vancouver, 0,9; Vienna, 0 2 Warsaw, —l, 2.