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Press, 10 March 1984, Page 76

General forecast: A few showers spreading from the ranges, otherwise fine in Marlborough and North Canterbury; fresh, cool southerlies and areas of rain in the south of the South Island; showers on the West Coast and in Nelson. District forecasts: Canterbury: Variable winds tending to the southerly quarter later; further showers about the Alps and some rain in the south. Nelson, Marlborough, Buller and Westland: Fine on the

Kaikoura coast but scattered showers elsewhere. Tomorrow: Southerlies and showers in Canterbury and Marlborough; showers clearing in Nelson, Buller, and Westland. Extended range forecast for the South Island to Tuesday: Fine; south-easterly conditions developing in Fiordland today and spreading to Nelson and Buller by late tomorrow; occasional rain in the east during the week-end but cloudy easterlies there on Monday and fine on Tuesday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 998.4 1002.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 26 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. nil To date this month.... 16 To date this year 165 To date last year 32 Average to date 113 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1977) ... 3 Evapotranspiration.... 2.7 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 48 To date this year 496 To date last year 477 Average for March. ... 163 Humidity: Per cent at noon 41 Per cent at 6 p.m 32 . Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 26 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.19 a.m.; sets, 6.59 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 6.58 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.28 p.m.; sets, 10.39 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 235 p.m.; sets, 11.24 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.13 a.m. and 10.38 p.m. Tomorrow: 11 a.m. and 1117 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 Tomorrow. Full moon: March 17.

Last quarter: March 24. New moon: April 2. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., partly cloudy, W., 12 knots. Wellington: 18deg., cloudy, N.E., 13 knots. Christchurch: 24deg., cloudy, N., 13 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., recent showers, S.W., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 25; Brisbane, 22, 32; Canberra, 10, 21; Hobart, 10, 17; Melbourne, 14, 20; Perth, 21, 26 (noon); Sydney, 18, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —2, 5; Athens, 5, 13; Bahrain, 20, 31; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 22, 30; Beirut, 13, 24; Belgrade, 0,4; Berlin, —3, 3; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, —2, 6; Buenos Aires, 22, 29; Cairo, 9, 21; Calgary, —9, 0; Caracas, 19, 28; Chicago, —l2, —4; Copenhagen, 1,6; Dublin, 6, 12; Frankfurt, 2,9; Geneva, 0,8; Helsinki, —4, 0; Hong Kong, 14, 16; Honolulu, 16, 27; Islamabad, 10, 24; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 6, 13; Johannesburg, 16, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 20, 25; Lisbon, 8, 19; London, 2,7; Los Angeles, 12, 26; Madrid, —2, 18; Manila, 22, 32; Miami, 24, 29; Montevideo, 22, 27; Montreal, -19, -12; Moscow, —4, 0; New Delhi, 15, 30; New York, 1,5; Nicosia, 6, 18; Oslo, 0,6; Paris, 3, 13; Peking, —3, 8; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 37; Rome, 6, 17; San Francisco, 10, 19; Santiago, 10, 25; Seoul, —2, 8; Singapore, 23, 32; Stockholm, —2, 5; Taipei, 13, 17; Tel Aviv, 12, 21; Tokyo, 3, 11; Toronto, -5, -1; Vancouver, 2, 11; Vienna, 4,8; Warsaw, 1, 5.