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Press, 13 December 1986, Page 88

General forecast: In the north of the North Island mostly cloudy with scattered showers, mainly fine elsewhere, but some cloud particularly about the east coast of the South Island; scattered afternoon or evening showers about the Alps and in Central Otago. District forecasts: Canterbury: Little wind apart from moderate north-easterlies about the coast, rather cloudy, with some morning drizzle, fine intervals in the afternoon. Marlborough: Moderate north-easterlies, cloudy and cool on the

Kaikoura coast, fine elsewhere apart from morning cloud.

Nelson, Buller: Light or moderate northerlies, some cloudy areas in the morning, otherwise fine and mild.

Westland: Light winds gradually tending northerly, fine, apart from some morning cloud, mild in the afternoon.

Tomorrow: Northerlies and mainly fine in the east; scattered rain in the west.

Extended forecast until Tuesday: Mainly fine, cloudy about the coast in the east; scattered rain in the west.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1018.6 1019.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 17 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month ... 3 To date this year 808 To date last year 449 Average to date 616 Average for December. . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday nil To date this month .... 103 To date this year 2097 To date last year 2132 Average for December. . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 76 Per cent at 6 p.m 79 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, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.05 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.43 a.m.; sets, 9.06 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 6.17 p.m.; sets, 3.26 a.m. To- | morrow: Rises, 7.23 p.m.; ; sets 3.51 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton — To- I day: 3.12 a.m. and 3.30 ] p.m. Tomorrow: 3.58 a.m. i and 4.14 p.m. (Lake For- ’ syth, subtract 60min; ; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; ” Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, i add 17min; Kaiapoi and ] Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of the. Moon Full moon: December 16. < Last quarter December 24. ; New moon: December 31. First quarter: January 7. (

NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18deg., cloudy, N., 8 knots. Wellington: 17deg., partly cloudy, S.E., 10 knots. Christchurch: 16deg., overcast, E., 3 knots. Dunedin: 15deg., cloudy, S.E., 9 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 18; Brisbane, 20, —; Canberra, 8, 16; Hobart, 13, 19; Melbourne, 12, 17; Perth (noon), 20, 31; Sydney, 17, 27. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 2,5; Athens, 8, 11; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok, 22, 30; Barbados, 24, 28; Belgrade, —5, 2; Bermuda, 20, 23; Bogota, 7, 19; Brussels, —5, 7; Buenos Aires, 14, 23; Cairo, 10, 20; Calgary, —5, 7; Caracas, 16, 26; Copenhagen, 3,7; Denpasar, 24, 32; Dublin, 4,8; Frankfurt, 2,7; Geneva, 4,7; Havana, 21, 31; Helsinki, 0,3; Hong Kong, 16, 19; Honolulu, 18, 29; Islamabad, 13, 17; Istanbul, 6,9; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 7, 14; Johannesburg, 12, 23; Kiev, —B, —2; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 32; Lima, 18, 23; Lisbon, 5, 12; London, 5, 10; Los Angeles, 9, 19; Madrid, 0, 13; Manila, 18, 31; Mexico City, 9, 24; Montevideo, 17, 19; Montreal, —lO, 2; Moscow, —5, —4; Nassau, 19, 29; New Delhi, 11, 24; New ’York, 0,7; Nicosia, 6, 19; Oslo, —3, 6; Paris, 2,8; Peking, —4, 8; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 32; Rome, 3, 15; San Francisco, 8, 17; San Juan, 23, 29; Santiago, 11, 30; Sao Paulo, 15, 29; Seoul, —l, 9; Singapore, 23, 29; Stockholm, —l, 2; Taipei, 16, 21; Tel Aviv, 11, 19; Tokyo, 6, 17;