General forecast: Showers in all districts, clearing later in the morning. District forecasts Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine apart from early morning cloud. Not much wind.
Nelson, Buller, westiana, Fiordland: Fine and mild, light winds. • Tomorrow: Fine with light winds in all districts. > Extended range forecast to Friday: Fine and warm in all areas with day time sea breezes.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. „ . Barometer: .... 6p.m.'11 p.m. Millibars 1004.4 1010.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 3mm To date this month .... 82 To date this year ..... 102 To date last year 96 Average to date 88 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 3 hr 24 min To date this month .... 174 To date this year 453 To date last year 416 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 47 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 41 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 31 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 12 deg, rainfall Nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 8.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 8.20 p.m. Moon —- Today: Rises, ' 1.28 a.m.; sets, 6.12 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.38 a.m.; sets, 7.01 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 1.33 a.m. and 1.58 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.28 a.m. and 2.52 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30«nin; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25mln;
Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon New moon: February 28. First quarter: March 8. Full moon: March 16. Last quarter: March 23. ‘ NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., cloudy, N.W. 9 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N. 16 knots. Christchurch: 24deg., cloudy, N.E. 11 knots! Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, S.E. 9 knots. ; WORLD WEATHER ! Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide, 11, 29; Brisbane, 22, 29; Darwin, 25, 30; Canberra, 10, 24; Hobart, 8, 23; Melbourne, 9, 24; Sydney, 19, 23; Perth, 16, 28. y Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:—Amsterdam, —4, 4; Athens, 10, 19; Bahrain, 18, 22; Bangkok, 25, 33; Belgrade, 3,9; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 0,2; Cairo, 10, 24; Copenhagen, —2, —1; Curitiba,’l7, 25; Dublin, 4,8; Geneva, —2, 3; Havana, 22, 30; Helsinki —5, 0; Hong Kong, 17, 19; Honolulu, 17, 28; Islamabad, 8, 22; Istanbul, 8, 17; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 13, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33;
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