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Press, 16 December 1985, Page 44

General forecast: For Canterbury, scattered rain or drizzle clearing overnight or in the morning with fine periods developing inland tomorrow, cool southerlies on the coast; Marlborough, scattered rain spreading north overnight with cooler south-easterlies developing; Nelson, Buller, rain areas overnight, becoming fine during the day; Westland, fine and mild with moderate south-easter-lies. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderatesoutherlies with drizzle patches near the coast this morning, and cloudy inland; increasing fine

periods from afternoon with the winds turning easterly; mild inland. Marlborough: Moderate winds between south and east; cloudy and cool near the coast with morning drizzle patches, but becoming fine inland during the day. Nelson, Buller, Westland: Moderate easterlies; becoming fine; mild in the afternoon. Tomorrow: Mainly fine. Extended forecast until Thursday: Rain clearing in most South Island areas today, although some rain likely on Thursday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1018.6 1022.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m 3 Saturday nil To date this month. ... 21 To date this year 449 To date last year 598 Average to date 621 Average for December . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 6 hr 36 min Saturday 8 hr 11 min To date this month 66 To date this year 2151 To date last year 1999 Average for December . . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 64 Per cent at 6 p.m 86 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 28 deg, minimum 15 deg, grass 11 deg, rainfall trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.8 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.44 a.m.; sets, 9.9 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 9.43 a.m.; sets, 12.52 a.m. High-tide at Lyttelton—Today: 8.57 a.m. and 9.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.52 a.m. and 10.20 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: 17deg., cloudy, N., 8 knots. Christchurch: 24deg., partly cloudy, S., 17 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., overcast,. S.W., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 19, 33; Brisbane, 21, 30; Canberra, 15, 27; Hobart, 12, 20; Melbourne, 14, 29; Perth, 13, 23 (noon); Sydney, 19, 25. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, 7, 10; Athens, 10, 14; Bahrain, 11, 23; Bangkok, 21, 30; Barbados, 24, 28; Beirut, 15, 20; Belgrade, 1, 10; Berlin, 3,7; Bermuda, 20, 24; Bogota, 6, 19; Brussels, 4,8; Buenos Aires, 17, 25; Cairo, 9, 21; Calgary, -2, 3; Caracas, 17, 26; Chicago, 5, 12; Copenhagen, 2,4; Dublin, 6,11; Frankfurt, 0, 1; Geneva, -2,2; Havana, 24,30; Helsinki, 0,1; Hong Kong, 13, 18; Honolulu, 19, 28; Islamabad, 8, 18; Istanbul, 8, -10; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 12, 19; Johannesburg, 14, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 15, 22; Lisbon, 4, 13; London, 12, ”14; Los Angeles, 4, 19; Madrid, -2, 9; Manila, 22, 32; Montevideo, 16, 21; Moscow, -6, -4; Nassau, 21, 29; New Delhi, 14, 22; New York, 3,4; Nicosia, 9, 22; Oslo, -1, 6; Paris, 2,9; Peking, -12, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 19, 33; Rome, 6, 12; San Francisco, 6, 13; Santiago, 10, 28; Seoul, -8, 3; Singapore, 23, 26; Stockholm, -2, 2; Taipei, 12, 15; Tokyo, 3, 14; Toronto, -3, -1; Vienna, 2,8; Warsaw, 1. 4.