General forecast; In the north and west of the South Island—showers gradually clearing with long fine periods. Cool moderate south-westerlies. .Over the rest of the South Islandshowers becoming confined to the south coast and becoming fine elsewhere. Cool fresh south-westerlies. District forecasts: Canterbury; Decreasing showers with cool fresh south-westerlies. Marlborough: Cloudy withoccasional showers and some thunderstorms about
the ranges; cool southerly winds fresh about the coast and the showers becoming confined to the Kaikoura coast with mainly fine weather inland. Nelson: Fine and mild with moderate variable winds. Buller; Fine with cool moderate south-westerly winds. Westland; Showers clearing to fine weather with cool moderate south-westerlies. Outlook; Mainly fine in Canterbury, scattered showers in Buller and Westland, fine elsewhere.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 991.0 994.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m trace Saturday 2.9 mm Yesterday 3.4 mm To date this month. ... 47 To date this year 400 To date last year 548 Average to date 629 Average for December . 52 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Evapotranspiration . . . .Friday: 5.9 mm Saturday. 1 h r 48min Friday 1 2 h r 12min Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 8 hr 48 min To date this month. . . . 204 To date this year 2244 To date last year. ... 2001 Average for December 205 Humidity: Per cent at noon 32 Per cent at 6 p.m 60 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. vestefday: Maximum 18 deg. minimum 4 deg, grass -2 deg. rainfall Imm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 5.48 a.m.; sets. 9.12 p.m. TomorrowRises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 9.12 p.m. Moon-Today; Rises, 5.15 p.m.; sets, 3.06 a.m. TomorrowRises,- 6.32 p.m.; sets 3.38 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today--2.05 a.m. and 2.25 p.m. Tomorrow; 2.55 a.m. and 3.16 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa. subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min- - Katkoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.). Phases of Moon Full moon: December 31,1 a.m.
New moon; January 14.6.08 p.m First quarter: January 22. 6.33 p.m NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., showers, N.W., 20 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, N.W.. 16 knots. Christchurch: 18deg., partly cloudy, variable. 5 knots. Dunedin: 13deg., cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 19. 35; Brisbane: 23. 27; Canberra: 14, 21; Darwin: 25, 31; Hobart: 9. 17; Melbourne: 13. 26; Perth: 14, 26 (noon); Sydney: 17, 20. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: , Amsterdam. 1. 4; Athens, 12, 15; Bahrain, 13. 17; Bangkok. 19. 30; Barbados. 23. 30; Belgrade. 2. 4; Berlin, —2, 1; Bogota, 7, 20: Brussels, 3. 5; Buenos Aires, 21. 33; Cairo, 10. 22; Calgary, -4. 2; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 12, 16; Copenhagen, 2.2; Dublin, 8, 10; Frankfurt, 0. 1; Geneva. —l, 2; Helsinki, 2,4; Hong Kong, 19, 24; Honolulu, 18, 28; Jakarta, 22, 30; Johannesburg. 18,28; Kiev, -1,6; Kuala Lumpur, 23," 32; Lima, 20, 27; Lisbon, 9. 14: London, 9, 11; Los Angeles, 10, 16; Madrid, 2,9; Manila, 23, 31; Miami, 23, 24; Montevideo, 15,25; Montreal. -3, 0; Moscow, 2.3; Nassau. 20, 28; New Delhi, 8, 22: New York. 5, 12; Nicosia. 7, 16; Oslo, -2, 1; Paris, 1,6; Peking. —4, 3; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 36; Rome, 5. 10: San Francisco, 8,14; San Juan. 24. 28; Santiago, 15, 29; Sao Paulo. 19. 26; Seoul, —5, 0; Singapore. 24.28: Stockholm, 0,2; Taipei, 13. 19; Tokyo, 6. 13; Toronto, 2.8; Vancouver, 5,7; Vienna, 0,2.
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