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Press, 27 December 1985, Page 26

General forecast: Showers in most areas slowly clearing. District forecasts: Canterbury: Becoming fine and warm, but showers persisting about the Alps. Nelson: Westerlies prevailing, becoming fine apart from a few showers about the western ranges; mild.

Marlborough: Fine and warm; north-westerlies. Buller, Westland: Cloudy and mild with occasional showers. Tomorrow: Some showers. Extended forecast until Monday: Rain clearing tomorrow in Canterbury, Marlborough and Nelson; rain continuing bn the West Coast

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer .... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 993.5 1001.0 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 2 To date this month. ... 65 To date this year 494 To date last year 601 Average to date 639 Average for December . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 2 hr 18 min To date this month. ... 121 To date this year. .... 2206 To date last year 2087 Average for December . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon ...... 93 Per cent at 6 pm..... 91 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 15 deg, minimum) 13 deg, grass 13 deg, rainfall 9 mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises 5.48 aan., sets 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises 5.49 a.m., sets 9.13 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises 9.33 pan., sets 5 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises 1022 p.m., sets 5.51 aan. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 5.17 a.m. and 534 pjn. Tomorrow: 6.01 a.m. and 620 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract SOmin; Akaroa subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.)

Phases of Moon Full moon: Today. Last quarter: January 4. New moon: January 11. First quarter: January 18. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 24deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 14 knots. Wellington: 19deg., recent showers, N./ll knots. Christchurch: 18deg., cloudy, E., 9 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., rain, NFL, 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER

Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide, 12, 20; Brisbane, 23, 31; Canberra, 13, 30; Hobart, 13, 21; Melbourne, 13,20; Perth, 16, 26 (noon), Sydney, 19, 31. Temperatures in the main cities of the world were: Amsterdam, .6, 8; Athens, 6, 14; Bahrain, 19, 22; Bangkok, 17, 28; Barbados, 22, 28; Beirut, 9, 13; Belgrade, -2, 5; Berlin, 3, 5; Bermuda, 20, 22; Bogota, 3, 21; Brussels, 7, 10; Buenos Aires, 20, 30; Cairo, 9, 18; Chicago, -18, -12; Copenhagen, 4,6; Frankfurt, 4,7; Geneva, -2, 5; Helsinki, 2,3; Hong Kong, 12, 18; Honolulu, 22, 28; Islamabad, 9, 13; Istanbul, 6, 11; Jakarta,; 23, 31; Jerusalem, 2,10; Johan-, nesburg, 16, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 21, 32; Lima, 16, 22; Lisbon, 13, 16; London,- 7, 10; Los Angeles; 10, 31; Madrid, 2, 12; Manila, 16, 30; Montevideo, 16, 27; Moscow, -2, 0; Nassau, 20, 25; New Delhi, 11,23; New York, 4, 13; Nicosia, 10, 15; Oslo, 0,3; Paris, 7, 11; Peking, -8, 5; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 32; San Fran-' cisco, 4, 14; Santiago, 15, 32; Seoul, -2, 4; Singapore, 24, 31; Stockholm, 1,3; Tokyo, 2,8; Vienna, 0,3; Warsaw, -4, 2.