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Press, 17 March 1987, Page 52

Scattered showers in Northland and Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and northern Hawke’s Bay, also Canterbury and Otago; mostly fine over the rest of the country.

District forecasts: Canterbury: Cloudy at times with a few brief showers; moderate southerlies tending easterly later in the day. Marlborough: Light or moderate southerlies; mostly fine, but isolated

showers near the ranges. Nelson, Buller: Fine, with daytime sea breezes, mild in the afternoon. Westland: Fine and mild, with light winds. Extended forecast to Saturday: Fine, but isolated showers in Marlborough, then mostly fine from Thursday; cool nights and mild days in Nelson and on the West Coast, and cloudy and cool in Canterbury.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1023.6 1025.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace To date this month .... 39 To date this year 174 To dale last year 194 Average to date 126 Average for March .... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1977) ... 3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 54 min To date this month .... 81 To date this year 575 To date last year 525 Average for March .... 163 Humidity: Per cent at noon 83 Per cent at 6 p.m 67 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 18 deg, minimum 6 deg. grass 3 deg. rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.28 a.m.; sets. 6.50 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.29 a.m.; sets, 6.47 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises. 7.28 p.m.; sets, 7.50 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.49 p.m.; sets 9.02 а. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 5.31 a.m. and 5.57 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.25 a.m. and б. p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract.4smin; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon Last quarter: Mar 23. New moon: Mar 30.

•First quarter: Apr 6. 1 Full moon: Apr 14. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., cloudy, E., 8 knots. Wellington: 16deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 12 knots. Christchurch: 14deg., showers, S„ 1 knot. Dunedin: 14deg., cloudy, S.W., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday: Adelaide, 19, 34; Brisbane, 19, 30; Canberra, 7, 26; Hobart, 12, 24; Melbourne. 13, 33; Perth, 16. 23; Sydney, 18, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday: Amsterdam, -6, 4; Athens, 0. 8; Bahrain, 17, 21; Bangkok, 27, 34; Barbados, 24, 30; Beijing, 0, 12; Beirut, 12, 17; Belgrade, -5, 1; Bermuda, 13, 19; Buenos Aires, 14, 26; Cairo, 11, 25; Copenhagen, -6, -1; Denpasar, 24, 33; Dublin, 5, 10; Frankfurt. -7, 6; Geneva, 0,5; Havana, 17, 24; Helsinki, -8, -2; Hong Kong, 22, 24; Honolulu. 22, 30; Islamabad, 13, 16; Istanbul, -3, 1; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 3,8; Johannesburg, 17, 28: Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; •Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 10, 20; London, 3,9; Los Angeles. 9, 19; Madrid, 1, 17; Manila. 23, 35; Mexico City, 8. 25; Montreal, -10, 2; Moscow. -12, i; New Delhi, 13. 29: New York. 1,8; Oslo. -4, 0; Paris, 1,6; Rio de Janeiro. 20, 29; Rome, 2, 14; San Francisco. 8, 14; Sah Juan, 20; 31; Santiago, 14, 31; Sao Paulo, 19. 28; Seoul, -3, 6; Singapore. 24. 31; Stockholm. -10. 0; Tokyo. 6. 12: Toronto.* 3. 3; Vancouver. 7, 13: Vienna. -6, 3; Warsaw. -9. 2.