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Press, 28 December 1985, Page 44

General forecast: Rain in the west of the South Island, with heavy falls in Westland and Fiordland, and scattered rain spreading elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain and scattered thunderstorms about the Alps, but only scattered rain spreading further east; moderate or fresh northerly winds predominating; warm away from the ranges. Marlborough: North-wester-lies, strong in exposed places; cloud increasing; rain developing late in the day. Nelson: Freshening northerly winds; rain developing about the ranges, and

spreading elsewhere later in the day. Buller: Northerlies freshening and rain developing. Westland: Northerlies, strong in exposed places; rain, heavy at times, with scattered thunderstorms, the rain easing late in the day with winds tending westerly. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Canterbury, rain spreading tomorrow with northerlies easing, skies clearing from Monday and cooler temperatures, variable winds; Marlborough, Nelson, by Monday variable winds, fine, becoming cooler, Buller, Westland, on Monday westerly winds, fine and cooler.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Mfflibars .... 1005.0 1M6.7 Temperature: deg. Maximuni (to 6 pm.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 am. to 11 p.m...... Nil To date this month. ... 67 To date this year 495 To date last year 601 Average to date 641 Average for Dec 53 Wettest (1978) 149 Driest (1943) 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 130 To date this year 2215 To date last year 2088 Average for Dec 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 69 Per cent at 6 pan..... 33 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 13 deg, grass 12 deg, rainfall 2mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun - Today Rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.50 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Moon — Today Rises, 10.22 p.m.; sets, 5.51 am. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.02 p.m.sets, 6.52 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton - Today 6.01 a.m. and 6.20 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.49 a.m. and 7.10 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia subtract 25min; add 17min: Kaiapoi and

Sumner, add 30m1n.) Phases of Moon Last quarter: January 4. New moon: January 11. First quarter: January 18. Full moon: January 26. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., partly cloudy, N.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N.W., 30 knots. Christchurch: 22deg., cloudy, E., 11 knots. Dunedin: 19deg., cloudy, var., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 22; Brisbane, 25, 34; Canberra, 11,22; Hobart, 11,15; Melbourne, 11,19; Perth, 17, 31; Sydney, 19, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 3,7; Athens, 7, 16; Bangkok, 19, 30; Barbados, 21, 28; Belgrade, 2, 12; Berlin, 3,7; Bermuda, 21, 24; Brussels, 3, 10; Buenos Aires, 17, 29; Cairo, 9, 18; Copenhagen, 3,5; Curitiba, 17, 27; Dublin, 4,6; Frankfurt, 8,9; Geneva, 5,9; Helsinki, 1,3; Hong Kong, 14, 20; Honolulu, 16,26; Istanbul, 7, 12; Jakarta, 24, 31; Jerusalem, 5,9; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 33; Lisbon, 13, 16; London, 6,7; Los Angeles, 11, 28; Madrid, 10,12; Manila, 15, 29; Mexico City, 5, 20; Montreal, -20, -15; Moscow, -6,1; Nassau, 19,25; New Delhi, 13,20; New York, 5, -1; Oslo, -8, 1; Paris, 9, 12; Peking, -7, 4; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 31; Rome, 10.15; San Francisco, 5,13;