General forecast: A few showers. District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy at times with a few showers, moderate cool southerly winds. Marlborough: Cloudy and mild with scattered rain; moderate east or south-east winds. Nelson: Cloud increasing and scattered rain de- ;; veloping; light winds.
Buller: Cloudy with occasional showers, moderate winds tending southerly; mild. Westland: Moderate variable winds; a few showers at first but becoming fine during the day, mild in the afternoon. Extended forecast to Monday:Showers developing in the north and west, becoming fine elsewhere.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteoro logical Office, Christchurch Air port, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6p.m.11p.m Millibars..... 1011.7 1014.4 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 1£ Rainfall:. - - .mm 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. . . ... 1 To date this month .... 71 To date this year 112 To date last year ..... 82 Average to date 94 Average for Feb. .... . 45 Wettest Feb (1945) .... 144 Driest Feb (1973) ..... 5 Sunshine: . bn Yesterday 1 hr 06 mln To date this month .... 205 To date this year 429 To date last year 512 Average for Feb 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 79 Per cent at 6 pan. .... 83
Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 am. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 5 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 7.5 a.m.; sets, 8.17; p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.6 a.m.; sets, 8.15 pan. Moon — Today: Rises, 10.2 p.m.; sets, 10.49 aan. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.28 p.m; sets 12.6 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 8.20 a.m. and 8.48 pan. Tomorrow: 9.16 a.m. and 9.44 pan. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 3taiin; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) . Phases of Moon Last quarter: March 4. New moon: March 11. First quarter March 19. Full moon: March 26.
NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., overcast, N., 7 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N.W., 17 knots. Christchurch: 17deg., overcast, variable, 5 knots. Dunedin: 13deg., cloudy, S.W., 13 knots. world Weather Minimum and 7 maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:. Adelaide, 14, 36; Brisbane, 21, 29; Canberra, 13, 26; Hobart, 10, 21; Melbourne, 13, 26; Perth, 20, 24; Sydney, 19, 24. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday Amsterdam, —l2, —2Athens 8, 15; Bahrain, 17, 22; Bangkok, 25, 32; Barbados, 19, 28; _Beirut, 13, 19; Belgrade, —lO, —4; Berlin, —l3/-4 Bermuda, 14,21; Brussels, —2; Buenos Aires, 24, 30; ,!?’ 12, 23; Copenhagen, —l3, —4; Dublin, —2, —!• Frankfurt, —lO, —2; Hels *nkl, —l5, —11; , o on * K° n S> H, 18; Honolulu, .10. 27; Istanbul, —2, 2; Jakarta. 23, 31; Jerusalem, 6, K “% la Lumpur, 21, 34; Usbon, 9, 16; London, —3, 1; Be J. es ’ 19 < 32: Madrid, 5, cire 1 5 a « a i, 20 - 31; Mexico City, 9, 23; Montreal, —9, —6; ~ ll; Nassau > vXT N 10, 24; New » Os’ o - -12, 0; 3: Pekin 8> —l2, 2; Janeiro, 22, 38; Rome, o’ 1 r,, “.Prancisco, 12, 25; 2T 3 °: Santiago, 9 27, Sao Paulo, 21, 30- Sinsa--31; Stockhota, -15, L okyo - l - 9; Vienna - ~n —3; Warsaw, —l4 —B.
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