General Forecast: The cold front that was crossing the South Tasman Sea is expected to cross the South Island and spread over the North Island. Strong north-westerlies precede the front. Rain on the West Coast is likely to be heavy in the morning, but cooler so.uthwesterlies developing later in the day with the rain easing to showers. In the east of the South Island, only scattered rain likely with the front, and mostly fine in the afternoon. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain in the morning with scattered falls over the plains; northwesterlies predominating, strong and gusty at times but moderating.
Nelson: Fresh gusty northerlies with further rain; change to fresh westerlies in the afternoon and becoming fine apart from some showers remaining about the western ranges. Marlborough: Scattered rain, but becoming fine with winds turning weserly. Westland: Fresh, cool southwesterlies with showers. Buller: Widespread rain by morning with some heavy falls; easing to scattered showers by afternoon with a change to cooler westerly winds. Outlook: Mainly fine in Nelson and Marlborough; showers in Buller and Westland; cool, showery, south-westerlies in Canterbury.
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1002.3 1006.3 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 30 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... — To date this year 37 Tq date last year 23 Average to date 97 Average for March. ... 58 Wettest March (1979). . . 173 Driest March (1968). ... 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 5 hr 54 min To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 487 To date last year 439 Average for March. ... 170 Humidity: Per cent at noon 73 Per cent at 6 p.m 39 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg. minimum 14 deg. grass 13 deg. rainfall 1 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7.9 a.m.; sets, 8.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.10 a.m.; sets 8.11 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.48 p.m.; sets. 11.55 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 2.59 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.46 a.m. and 11.14 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.40 a.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min: Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30 min.) Phase of Moon First quarter: Tomorrow, 11 a.m. Full moon: March 10. 9 a.m.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Last quarter: March 18, 5 a.m. New moon: March 25, 10 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., overcast, N.E., 20 knots. Wellington: 18deg., rain, N., 10 knots. Christchurch; 20deg., partly cloudy, N.E.. 10 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., overcast, N.E., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,5; Bangkok, 28. 33: Barbados. 21, 28; Beirut, 11, 18: Belgrade, 0,6: Berlin, 3,6; Bogota, 5, 20; Brussels, 0,7; Buenos Aires, 19, 28; Cairo, 9, 17; Caracas, 17, 25; Chicago. —9, 3: Copenhagen, —l, —1: Dublin, 7, 13: Frankfurt. —5, 4; Geneva, —7. 4; Havana, 20, 27; Hong Kong, 15, 17; Honolulu, 20, 24; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 5, 16; Kiev, -6, —2; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 34; Lima. 18, 24; Lisbon, 12. 17; London, 9. 13; Los Angeles, 13,27; Madrid, 9, 19; Manila, 18, 32; Miami, 23, 26; Montevideo, 18, 27; Montreal, —l3, —6; Moscow, —l4, —6; Nassau, 16, 26; New Delhi, 12,21; New York, -2, 6; Oslo, -3, -2; Paris, 5, 12; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 33; Rome, 6, 13; San Francisco, 10, 15; .San Juan, 22, 29; Santiago, 12, 30; Sao Paulo, 19, 25; Seoul, -1. 9; Singapore, 24, 34; Stockholm, -4, -1; Taipei, 13,17; Tel Aviv, 10, 19; Tokyo, 2, 12; Toronto, —5, 1; Vancouver, 4,7; Vienna, 0, 3. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide, 13, 21; Brisbane, 25, 29; Canberra, 10. 27; Hobart, 10. 15: Melbourne, 12, 21; Perth, 18. 22 (noon); Sydney, 18. 31.
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