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Press, 17 December 1985, Page 44

General forecast: An anticyclone centred south of New Zealand is moving slowly north-east. A cool south-east airstream flows on to central parts of the country. District forecasts: Canterbury: Drizzle about the coast clearing slowly, becoming fine inland. Moderate easterlies, mild inland this afternoon. Marlborough: Fresh southeasterlies about the outer Sounds, lighter winds elsewhere, some low cloud and drizzle patches remaining on the coast, but becoming fine inland

during the day. Cool. Nelson, Bullen Moderate north-easterlies, mostly cloudy with scattered light showers, but some fine periods. Mild. Westland: Cloudy, moderate variable winds, mild this afternoon. Extended range forecast to Friday.—Canterbury: Cool southerlies tomorrow, scattered rain on Friday; Marlborough: fine apart from morning cloud, mild northerlies; Nelson, Buller, Westland: fine, light winds, but rain spreading north on Friday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1M4.9 1026.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) ... 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 1 To date this month. ... 24 To date this year 452 To date last year 598 Average to date 622 Average for Dec 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943). 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 66 To date this year 2151 To date last year 2004 Average for December . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 99 Per cent at 6 pan..... 92 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 11 deg, rainfall 3 -SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun - Today: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.08 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.08 p.m. Moon - Today: Rises, 10.57 a.m.; sets, 12.52 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.07 p.m.; sets 1.17 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.52 a.m. and 10.20 p.m. Tomorrow: 10.44 a.m. and 11.12 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 30mih.) Phases of Moon First quarter: December 19. Full moon: December 27. Last quarter January 4. New moon: January 18.

Noon Weather Auckland: 21 deg., cloudy, N., 9 knots. Wellington: 13 deg., drizzle, S., 10 knots. Christchurch: 14 deg., drizzle, S.W., 12 knots. Dunedin: 11 deg., overcast, E., 9 knots. ■ WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were — Adelaide, 14, 20; Brisbane, 21, 29; Canberra, 15, 28; Darwin, 29, 33 (noon); Hobart, 15,19; Melbourne, 14, 23; Perth, 14, 30 (noon); Sydney, 20, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were.— Amsterdam, 6, 11; Athens, 10, 14; Bahrain, 15, 22; Bangkok, 21, 30; Barbados, 25, 29; Beirut, 14, 23; Belgrade, 2,8; Berlin, 4,7; Bogota, 3, 21; Brussels, 4, 10; Buenos Aires, 18, 28; Cairo, 9, 21; Caracas, 15, 27; Chicago, -22, -10; Copenhagen, 3,5; Denpasar, 23, 30; Dublin, 7, 12; Frankfurt, 4,4; Geneva, -2, 4; Helsinki, -2, 2; Hong Kong, 12, 17; Honolulu, 17, 27; Istanbul, 7, 10; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 9, 18; Johannesburg, 14, 27; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 15, 22;'Lisbon, 2, 13; London, 10,13; Los Angeles, 7, 22; Madrid, -3,11; Manila, 22, 31; Mexico City, 6, 21; Montevideo, 17, 25; Montreal, -5, 0; Moscow, -3, -1; New Delhi, 15, 26; New York, -3, 2; Nicosia, 9, 22; Oslo, -4, 1; Paris, 9, 11; Peking, -12, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 33; Rome, 4, 16; San Francisco, 6, 13; Santiago, 9, 25; Sao Paulo, 19, 33; Seoul, -13, -8; Singapore, 23, 28; Stockholm, -1, 3; Taipei, 10, 14; Tel Aviv, 13, 21; Tokyo, 4,9; Toronto, -7, -2; Vancouver, 1,4; Vienna, 2,5; Warsaw, 3, 4.