General forecast: North of Egmont, showers but increasing fine intervals. In the west from Taranaki southwards, showers clearing, becoming fine. From Gisborne to Otago, isolated coastal showers. District forecasts: Canterbury: Central cloud with a few showers, fine intervals developing inland, moderate southerlies, cool. Marlborough: Fresh cool southerlies, cloudy, showers. Nelson, Buller: Fine, moder-
ate southerlies prevailing, mild for a time this afternoon. Westland: Cloudy at first in the north, becoming fine, light winds, mild this, afternoon. Extended range forecast to Saturday: Canterbury, Marlborough: unsettled, south-westerlies tomorrow, mainly fine with northerlies from Friday; Nelson, Buller, Westland: Fine inland from tomorrow, but cloudy on the coast with south-west-erlies turning northerly on Saturday.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1003.5 1005.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 13 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. trace To date this month. ... 11 To date this year 439 To date last year 553 Average to date 600 Average for December . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943). 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday. 0 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 1 To date this year 2086 To date last year 1935 Average for December . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 78 Per cent at 6 p.m 66 Temperatures and rainfaU for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: : Maximum 12 deg, minimum 8 deg grass 7 deg, rainfall 10 SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 8.57 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 8.58 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.33 a.m.; sets, 11.17 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 1.59 a.m.; sets, 12.28 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 10.25 a.m. and 10.49 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.11 a.m. and 11.37 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.). Phases of Moon Last quarter Tomorrow. New Moon: December 12. First quarter. December 19. Full Moon: December 27.
NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18 deg., cloudy, N.W., 20 knots. ■ Wellington: 10 deg., rain, S., 20 knots. Christchurch: 11 deg., overcast, S., 12 knots. Dunedin: 11 deg., cloudy, S.W., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were — Adelaide: 16, 22; Brisbane: 15, 24; Canberra: 11, 21; Darwin: 28, 33 (noon); Hobart: 11,18; Melbourne: 15, 24; Perth: 15, 23 (noon); Sydney: 16, 22. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 5, 11; Athens, 8, 17; Bahrain 20, 28; Bangkok, 23, 31; Beirut 14, 19; Belgrade, 4, 10; Berlin, 7, 11; Bermuda, 22, 25; Bogota, 4, 18; Brussels, 7, 13; Buenos Aires, 12, 22; Cairo, 14, 24; Caracas, 17, 26; Chicago -8,10; Copenhagen, 0,1; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, 6,10; Frankfurt, 2,6; Geneva, -2, 11; Helsinki, -19, -12; Hong Kong, 17, 22; Honolulu, 19, 26; Istanbul, 5, 11; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 8, 15; Johannesburg, 12, 26; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 12, 20; London, 14,15; Los Angeles, 10, 17; Madrid, 0, 14; Manila, 21, 32; Mexico City, 7, 21; Montevideo, 13, 17; Montreal, -2, 5; Moscow, -11, -9; New Delhi, 11, 27; New York 4,9; Nicosia, 6, 18; Paris, 9, 15; Peking -5, 1; Rio De Janeiro, 17, 31; Rome, 7, 15; San Francisco 9, 14; Santiago, 11, 28; Sao Paulo, 15, 27; Seoul, -4, 1; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, -3, -1; Taipei, 18, 19; Tel Aviv, 12, 22; Tokyo, 5, 16; Toronto, -2, 10; Vancouver, -13, -2; Vienna, 0,1; Warsaw, -8, -3.
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