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Press, 12 March 1985, Page 38

General forecast: Some cloud, especially in the west, but mainly fine with little wind. District forecasts: Canterbury: Morning cloud, otherwise fine and mild, coastal seabreezes. Marlborough, Nelson, Buller: Fine and mild, moderate wind. Westland: Morning cloud clearing, winds light. Tomorrow: In Canterbury,

warm north-westerlies changing to showery southerlies, fine with increasing cloud and freshening northerlies in Marlborough, Nelson, showers developing on the West Coast. Extended range forecast to Friday: Cold, fresh southerlies and showers clearing by Friday in the east and Buller, elsewhere some showers.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1026.1 1025.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 13 To date this year 100 To date last year 165 Average to date 117 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1977) ... 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 64 To date this year 576 To date last year 612 Average for March. ... 163 Humidity: Per cent at noon 54 Per cent at 6 p.m 74 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17deg, minimum sdeg, grass Ideg, rainfall Nil

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.20 a.m.; sets, 6.58 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.21 a.m.; sets, 6.56 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.49 p.m.; sets, 12.22 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.30 p.m.; sets 1.38 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 9.2 a.m. and 9.31 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.57 a.m. and 10.26 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 Last quarter: March 14. New moon: March 22. First quarter: March 30. Full moon: April 6.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., cloudy, S., 10 knots. Wellington: 20deg., fine, S., 7 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., fine, calm. Dunedin: 15deg., partly cloudy, S., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 27, 36; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 13, 29; Darwin, 24, 31;. Hobart, 16, 30; Melbourne, 21, 33; Perth, 17,26; Sydney, 19, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 3,8; Athens, 6, 13; Bahrain, 15, 18; Bangkok, 29, 35; Barbados, 22, 29; Beirut, 10, 21; Belgrade, 0,4; Berlin, -1, 3; Bermuda, 18, 21; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 2, 10; Buenos Aires, 17, 22; Cairo, 12, 24; Calgary, —6, 8; Caracas, 16, 27; Chicago, —2, 12; Copenhagen, —2, 0; Denpasar, 24, 31; Dublin, 6,11; Frankfurt, -3, 8; Geneva, 3,9; Havana, ’2l, 27; Hong Kong, 15, 18; Honolulu, 20, 25; Islamabad, 8, 29; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 6, 19; Johannesburg, 12, 21; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 8, 18; London, 7, 13; Los Angeles, 9, 23; Madrid, 0, 17; Manila, 21, 35; Mexico City, 20, 25; Montreal, —l, 2; Moscow, —l2, —4; Nassau, 17, 27; New Delhi, 14, 32; New York, 4, 12; Nicosia, 4, 17; Oslo, -1, 0; Paris, 4, 12; Peking, —7, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 35; Rome, 7, 18; San Francisco, 8, 20; San Juan, 22, 27; Santiago, 13, 28; Sao Paulo, 20, 29; Seoul, -8, 4; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, —5, —2; Taipei, 16, 23; Tel Aviv, 8, 22; Tokyo. 6„ 11; Toronto, -2, 4; Vancouver, —2, 9; Vienna, 2.5; Warsaw, —l, 2.