Superb gliding display
PA Hamilton The reigning titleholder, Ray Lynskey, of Christchurch, has moved into first place over all ’with a superb performance in the open class of the national gliding cham-
General forecast: A deep depression south of New Zealand is moving east, and a showery southwest change is expected to spread over the South Island. District forecasts: Canterbury: Showers, isolated thunderstorms in the Alps, mainly fine and warm in the east, but showers spreading off the ranges. Fresh westerlies inland. Marlborough: Fine, mild, fresh northerlies moderating and cloud increasing this afternoon, with scattered showers .likely. Nelson: Fine, moderate northerlies changing to
cooler south-westerlies this afternoon with showers likely. Buller: Moderate westerlies, cloudy, scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms in the ranges, moderate westerlies. Extended range forecast to Saturdasy: Canterbury, Marlborough: Cold southerlies tomorrow or Friday with some rain. Nelson: Scattered showers tomorrow, westerlies with cooler southerlies on Friday. Buller, Westland: Westerly showers clearing tomorrow, fine on Friday with cooler south or south-east winds.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1003.6 1005.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 29 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... trace To date this year 41 To date last year 24 Average to date 69 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 10 hr 6 min To date this month .... 99 To date this year 312 To date last year 385 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 52 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 33 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, minimum 16 deg, grass 14 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.44 a.m.; sets, 8.42 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.45 a.m.; sets, 8.40 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.44 a.m.; sets, 10.21 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.51 a.m.; sets, 10.39 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.6 a.m., and 8.35 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.1 a.m. and 9.28 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: February 17. Full moon: February 25. Last quarter March 4. New moon: March 11. Noon Weather Auckland: 22 deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 10 knots.
pionships at Waharoa. Lynskey, who led last year’s world championships in Italy until the final day of competition, average lOOkm/h with a time of 3hr 43min for the 342 km course set.
Wellington: 19 deg., partly cloudy, N.E., 17 knob. Christchurch: 25 deg., fine, E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 15 deg., cloudy, S., 5 knots. World Weather Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.— Adelaide, 13, 26; Brisbane, 23, 31; Canberra, 15, 25; Darwin, 23, 31 (noon); Hobart, 12, 19; Melbourne, 15, 20; Perth, 19, 22 (noon), Sydney, 20, 24. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, —l4, —8; Athens, 7, 15; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok, 23, 32; Barbados, 22, 28; Belgrade, 1,5; Berlin, —7, —3; Bogota, 10, 19; Brussels, —l6, —3; Buenos Aires, 23, 32; Cairo, 12, 19; Caracas, 17, 26; Chicago, —l3, —8; Copenhagen, —9, —4; Denpasar, 24, 29; Dublin, —2, 3; Frankfurt, —lO, —9; Geneva, —ll, —6; Havana, 18, 30; Helsinki, —l3, —7; Hong Kong, 12, 17; Honolulu, 20, 30; Istanbul, 5,8; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 5, 12; Johannesburg, 15, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 33; Lima, 21, 27; Lisbon, 4, 11; London, —5, 2; Los Angeles, 6, 19; Madrid, —6, 9; Manila, 21, 29; Mexico City, 5, 25; Montevideo, 20, 28; Montreal, —lB, —4; Moscow, —l7, —8; New Delhi, 9, 18; New York, —2, 2; Nicosia, 6, 17; Oslo, —ll, —1; Paris, —9, —4; Peking, —9, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 39; Rome, 0,8; San Francisco, 9,19; San Juan, 19, 29; Santiago, 10, 29," Sao Paulo, 20, 31; Seoul, —9, —1; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, —lO, —5; Taipei, 11, 15; Tel Aviv, 10, 18; Tokyo, 0,7; Toronto, —6, —1; Vancouver, —l, 6; Vienna, —lO, ■ —2; Warsaw, —l6, —3.
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