NOON FORECAST
General forecast:' Mostly dry, but cloud increasing; rain spreading slowly north on the West Coast. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and warm with fresh northeast winds about the coast. Marlborough: Fine with increasing high cloud, north easterlies freshening on the Kaikoura Coast, otherwise light winds; mild.
Nelson: Fine with increasing high cloud, light winds apart from afternoon sea breezes; mild. Buller: Cloud increasing with some rain possible in the evening, moderate northerlies; mild. Westland: Moderate northerlies, becoming cloudy, and scattered rain developing; mild. Extended forecast to Sunday: Fine and warm, occasional showers on the West Coast tomorrow and Saturday.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1010.0 1011.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month .... trace To date this year 41 To date last year 13 Average to date 59 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945). 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 13 hr 6 min To date this month .... 39 To date this year 262 To date last year 338 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 60 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 65 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 9 deg, rainfall nil SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 6.36 a.m.; sets, 8.51 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.37 a.m.; sets, 8.50 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 2.33 a.m.; sets, 7.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.38 a.m.; sets 8.3 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 2.37 ajn. and 3 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.30 a.m. and 3.53 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract SOmin; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the Moon New moon: February 9. First quarter February 17.
Full moon: February 25. Last quarter: March 4. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 24deg., cloudy, N., 3 knots. Wellington: 21deg., fine, S., 15 knots. Christchurch: 20deg., fine, E., 20 knots. Dunedin: 19deg., cloudy, N.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 15, 23; Brisbane, 23, 29; Canberra, 10, 28; Hobart, 11, 21; Melbourne, 14, 26; Perth, 21, 29; Sydney, 20, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures of the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, —5, 2; Athens, 3,7; Bahrain, 15, 20; Bangkok, 22, 31; Barbados, 22, 23; Beirut, 10,15; Belgrade, —5, 2; Berlin, —B, —4; Bermuda, 16, 21; Brussels, —6, 2; Buenos Aires, 20, 29; Cairo, 15, 22; Copenhagen, —l, 2; Dublin, 3, 6; Frankfurt, 0,2; Geneva, 0, 2; Helsinki, —l3, —7; Hong Kong, 13, 15; Honolulu, 18, 30; Istanbul, —l, 3; Jakarta, 24, 30; Jerusalem, 6,14; Johannesburg, 14, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 31; Lisbon, 6, 12; London, 2,4; Los Angeles, 12, 19; Madrid, 2, 11; Manila, 22, 31; Mexico City, 9, 23; Montreal, —lB, —3; Moscow, —22, —l4; Nassau, 13, 25; New Delhi, 7, 21; New York, 0,6; Oslo, —l4, —4; Paris, 2,5; Peking, —lO, 2; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 33; Rome, 3, 14; San Francisco, 12, 15; San Juan, 21, 28; Santiago, 13, 33; Sao Paulo, 18, 19; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, —B, —5; Tokyo, 1,6; Vienna, —l, 3; Warsaw, —l2,
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