Weather
Today’s New Zealand forecast: Fine over most of the country. Isolated showers in the east of the North Island. Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine with light winds. Tomorrow: Remaining fine. Extended range forecast to Saturday. South Island: Mainly fine, not much wind. Some showers with a southerly change on Friday. North Island: Mostly dry but southerlies and a few showers on Friday. Cloudy in the east.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfall: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 10 hr 18 mln 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 19 To date this month ... 31 To date this month ... Nil Barometer: . 6 p.m. 11 p.m. To date this year .... 683 To date this year 101. Millibars. . . 1033.5 1036.0 To date last year .... 655 To date last year 79 Temperatures and rainfall Average for April .... 150 Average to date 160 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: Average for April .... 60 yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. Per cent at noon .... 64 Wettest April (1978)... 199 minimum 6 deg. grass —1 Per cent at 6 p.m. ... 77 Driest April (1985). ... 10 deg. rainfall nil.
Sun — Rises, 6.49 a.m.; sets, 6.15 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.50 a.m.; sets, 6.14 p.m. Moon — Rises, 3.54 a.m.; sets, 5.04 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.15 a.m.; sets, 5.27 p.m. Phases — New moon: April 6. First quarter: April 13. Full moon: April 21. Last Quarter: April 29. High tide at Lyttelton — 2.07 a.m. and 2.33 p.m. Tomorrow: 2.58 a.m. and 3.26 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min; Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, less 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Noon weather: Auckland, 20 deg., fine, S., 3 knots. Wellington, 16, cloudy, S., 18. Christchurch, 17, partly cloudy, S.W., 10. Dunedin, 17, fine, S.W., 14. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 30; Brisbane, 21, 25; Canberra, 16, 22; Hobart, 17, 24; Melbourne, 14, 25; Perth, 18, 20; Sydney, 20, 22. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 0,8; Athens, 9, 22; Bahrain, 16, 23; Bangkok, 27, 34; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 15, 22; Belgrade, 15, 21; Berlin, 0,7; Budapest', 5, 14; Buenos Aires, 11, 21; Cairo, 19, 26; Copenhagen —2, 7; Dublin, 7, 11; Frankfurt, 5, 16; Geneva, 9, 16; Harare, 15, 26; Havana, 23, 29; Helsinki, —3, 0; Hong Kong, 22, 27; Honolulu, 21, 29; Islamabad, 9, 25; Istanbul, 13, 18; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 1, 21; Johannesburg, 7, 21; Kiev, 1, 14; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 16, 26; Lisbon, 8, 15; London, 8,8; Madrid, 5, 17; Manila, 24, 33; Mecca, 21, 34; Mexico City, 10, 23; Moscow, —l, 5; Nairobi, 15, 24; Nassau, 23, 29; New Delhi, 21, 31; New York, 5,9; Nicosia, 15, 24; Oslo, —2. 7; Paris. 11, 23; Peking, 9, 23; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 36; Rome, 5, 26; Seoul, 4, 16; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, —2; 2; Taipei, 21, 28; Tel Aviv, 12, 22; Tokyo, 9, 17; Vancouver. 5,6; Vienna, 4, 15; Warsaw, 1, 10.
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