District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine and warm apart from showers on the alps; moderate northerlies prevailing. Marlborough: Fine, becoming warm; northwesterlies, strong about the sounds. Nelson: Fine except for a few showers; northerlies freshening; mild in the afternoon. Buller: Northwesterlies
freshening by day; a few showers. Westland: Scattered showers becoming widespread; moderate westerlies turning northerly. Christmas Day: Southwesterlies and showers in Canterbury. Extended forecast to Sunday: Dry conditions today; cool showery southerlies tomorrow; fine and mild from Friday.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: ... . 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 1000.9 1005.7 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 27 Rainfall: mm . 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Nil To date this month .... 15 To date this year 820 To date last year 468 Average to date ...... 634 Average for December. . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 11 hr 36 min To date this month 185 To date this year 2180 To date last year 2200 Average for December. . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 34 Per cent at 6 p.m 31 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 22 deg, minimum 13 deg, grass 9 deg, rainfall Tee SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 5.47 a.m.; sets, 9.11 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.48 a.m.; sets, 9.12 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 1.14 a.m.;
sets, i.uz p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 1.33 a.m.; sets, 2.11 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 11.15 a.m. and 11.41 p.m. Tomorrow: 12.02 p.m. and ■ —. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phase of Moon Last quarter: Today. New moon: December 31. First quarter: January 7. ’ Full moon: January 15. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21 deg., cloudy, W., 10 knots. Wellington: 17 deg., cloudy, N.W., 24 knots. Christchurch: 25 deg., clear, N.W., 16 knots. Dunedin: 12 deg., rain, S.W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday. Adelaide, 9, 28; Brisbane, 21, 26; Canberra, 9, 25; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 7, 17; Melbourne, 10, 19; Perth, 19, 25; Sydney, 18, 23. .
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