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Press, 13 December 1985, Page 32

District forecasts: Canterbury: Light winds; fine apart from high cloud; moderate hortheasterlies. Otago: Moderate northerlies; cloudy, rain developing about the alps.

Wellington: Fine, mild and cloudy; northerlies freshening. Tomorrow: Northerlies predominating; few, showers likely. Extended forecast to Monday: Mostly dry warm; notherlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. Up.m. Millibars .... 1016.1 1017.2 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. . . . 20.6 To date this year 449 To date last year 565 Average to date 614 Average for December . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943). 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 1 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 47 To date this year 2132 To date last year 1973 Average for December . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 83 Per cent at 6 pm 78 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 17 deg, minimum 14 deg, grass 13 deg, rainfall Tee SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.6 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.7 p.m. Moon — Today Rises, 6.7 a.m.; sets, 10.44 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.13 a.m.; sets 11.39 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 5.57 a.m. and 6.23 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.57 a.m. and 7.25 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 First quarter December 19. Full moon: December 27. Last quarter: January 4. New moon: January 11.

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 22deg., cloudy, S.W., 9 knots. Wellington: 21deg., cloudy, S.E., Christchurch: 17deg. overcast, calm. Dunedin: 20deg., cloudy, N.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 12, 21; Brisbane, 29, 34; Canberra, 13, 22; Darwin, 25, 32; Hobart, 13, 17; Melbourne, 14,18; Perth, 15, 25; Sydney, 18, 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,4;; Athens, 10, 16; Bahrain, 18, 23; Bangkok, 23, 33; Barbados, 24, 28; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, 5, 10; Berliii, 0,5; Bermuda, 18, 21; Bogota, 7, 20; Brussels, 0,8; Buenos Aires, 14, 22; Cairo, 10, 23; Caracas, 17, 27; Chicago, —2, 3; Copenhagen, 3,6; Curitiba, 15, 33; Denpasar, 24, 31; Frankfurt, 2,7; Geneva, 0,7; Havana, 22, 28; Helsinki, —6, —1; Hong Kong, 7, 12; Honolulu, 20, 28; Islamabad, 2, 20; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 12, 18; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kiev, 2,3; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 15, 20; Lisbon, 9, 14; Los Angeles, 6, 14; Madrid, —2, 7; Manila, 23, 32; Mexico City, 9, 22; Miami, 24, 26; Moscow,—s, —1; Nassau, 20, 25; New Delhi, 5, 20; New York, 5,7; Nicosia, 10, 20; Oslo, -15, —10; Peking,—ll, 0; Rio de Janeiro, 20, 38; Rome, 5, 18; San Francisco, 7, 14; San Juan, 22, 28; Santiago, 10, 29; Sao Paulo, 16, 33; Seoul, —lO, —4; Singapore, 23, 31; Stockholm, —lB, —10; Taipei, 14, 16; Tel Aviv, 14, 24; Tokyo, 2,9; Vienna, 2,5; Warsaw, 2, 5.