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Press, 19 December 1986, Page 38

General forecast: Fine apart from high cloud in the east; showers in the west. District forecasts: Canterbury: Rain in the Alps easing; dry and warm elsewhere. Marlborough: Mostly fine and warm, some high cloud; showers about the Sounds. Nelson, Buller: Cloudy,

scattered rain; mild. Westland: Cloudy; scattered rain; increasing bright intervals. Tomorrow:Mostly dry, but a few showers in the north and west; fine over most of the South Island. Extended forecast to Tuesday: Fine and warm in the east, rain easing in the west.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... G p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1010.3 1010.4 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 28 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month .... 4 To date this year 809 To date last year 453 Average to date 626 Average for December. . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 36 min To date this month .... 141 To date this year 2136 To date last year 2170 Average for December. . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 40 Per cent at 6 p.m 41 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20deg, minimum lOdeg, grass sdeg, rainfall Nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 5.44 p.m.; sets, 9i09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.45 a.m.; sets, 9.09 p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 11.41 p.m.; sets, 7.33 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 12.10 p.m.; sets 8.37 a.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.38 a.m. and 8.00 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.24 a.m. and 8.46 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 30min.) Phases of the Moon Last quarter: Dec 24. New moon: Dec 31. First quarter: Jan 7. Full moon: Jan 15. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., partly cloudy, N., 10 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N.W., 17 knots. Christchurch: 25deg., cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 22deg., cloudy, N.E., 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 10, 21; Brisbane, 22, 30; Canberra, 5, 22; Hobart, 9, 18; Melbourne, 10, 20; Perth (noon), 19, 35; Sydney, 17, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world yesterday were: Amsterdam, 2,7; Athens, 9, 16; Bahrain, 14, 18; Bangkok, 20, 33; Barbados, 23, 28; Beirut, 12, 20; Belgrade, 3,7; Berlin, 3,4; Bermuda, 16, 20; Bogota, 6, 20; Brussels, 0,6; Buenos Aires, 19, 29; Cairo, 8, 20; Calgary, —4, 3; Caracas, 16, 24; Copenhagen, 2,6; Curitiba, 20, 30; Denpasar. 24, 31.