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Press, 20 December 1985, Page 32

General forecast: A slowly weakening ridge extends on to the North Island. A low in the south Tasman is moving southeast. Ahead of it a moist north-west flow is spreading onto southern New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate north-easterlies about the coast and north-westerlies inland, rain in the Alps, becoming warm inland. Marlborough: Warm northwesterlies becoming fresh and gusty in many places, mainly fine. Nelson: Light or moderate

northerlies, some cloud, J otherwise fine and mild, i Buller: Moderate northeri lies, increasing cloud, rain developing late in the t day, mild. ! Westland: Light westerlies tending northerly, becoming cloudy with scattered ! rain developing. : Extended range forecast to i Monday: Canterbury, , Marlborough, Nelson: rain in western ranges, scattered week-end rain elsei where, north-westerlies; , Buller, Westland: unsettled, periods of rain, north : or north-west winds.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1008.8 1007.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month. ... 25 To date this year 454 To date last year 601 Average to date 627 Average for December . 53 Wettest (1978) 149 Driest (1943) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 42 min To date this month. ... 97 To date this year 2182 To date last year 2026 Average for December . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 71 Per cent at 6 p.m 59 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 19 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 8 deg, rainfall Nil

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 5.44 a.m., sets 9.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 5.45 a.m., sets 9.10 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 2.17 p.m., sets 1.57 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 3.19 p.m., sets 2.15 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 12.4 a.m. and 12.25 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.55 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45mm; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Full moon: December 27. Lak quarter January 4.

New moon: January 11. First quarter: January 18. Noon weather Auckland: 20deg., partly I cloudy, N., 10 knots. Wellington: 18deg., cloudy, N., 10 knots. Christchurch: 20deg., fine, E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 20deg., fine, S.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were.—

Adelaide, 17, 25; Brisbane, 22, 37; Canberra, 7, 24; Darwin, 30, 32; Hobart, 12, 22; Melbourne, 13, 29; Perth, 15, 21 (noon); Sydney, 17, 29. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 6, IQ, Athens, 7, 17; Bahrain, 20, 24; Bangkok, 18, 29; Barbados, 24, 28; Beirut, 12, 19; Belgrade, 8, 12; Berlin, 0,5; Bogota, 4, 20; Brussels, 3, 9; Buenos Aires, 20, 31; Cairo, 10,19; Caracas, 16, 27; Chicago, 3, 13; Copenhagen, 1,3; Denpasar, 25, 31; Dublin, 5,10; Frankfurt, 5,9; Geneva, -2, 1; Helsinki, -15, -13; Hong Kong, 13, 17; Honolulu, 17, 27; Istanbul, 7, 11; Jakarta, 24, 32; Jerusalem, 10, 12; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 4, 12; London, 10,12; Los Angeles, 10, 28; Madrid, -2, 13; Manila, 19, 29; Mexico City, 8, 22; Montevideo, 14, 28; Moscow, -21, -6; New Delhi, 16,18; New York, 0, 4; Nicosia, 8, 18; Oslo, -13, -5; Paris, 5,8; Peking, -9, 2; Rio De Janeiro, 21, 33; Rome, 0,11; San Francisco, 7, 19; Santiago, 11, 30; Sao Paulo, 17, 31; Seoul, -10, -2; Singapore, 23, 30; Stockholm, -8, -3; Taipei, 13, 19; Tel Aviv, 14, 17; ’Tokyo, -1, 9; Vienna, 9, 10; Warsaw, 4, 7.