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Press, 26 December 1986, Page 22

General forecast: . Fine in the North Island, showers in the west and south of the South Island, otherwise fine. District forecasts: Canterbury: fine, cool, light winds. Marlborough, Nelson: fine, mild.

Buller, Westland: cool, some cloud, westerlies to south-westerlies. Tomorrow: Fine all districts. Extended range forecast to Tuesday: Fine, mild, little wind in the east and Marlborough, fine in the west but showers from Monday.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars 995.2 999.5 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil Wednesday nil To date this month .... 15 To date this year 820 To date last year 484 Average to date ...... 638 Average for December. . 53 Wettest December (1978) 149 Driest December (1943) . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 14 hr 30 min Wednesday 4 hr 00 min To date this month .... 204 To date this year 2198 To date last year 2204 Average for December. . 210 Humidity: Per cent at noon 23 Per cent at 6 p.m. .... 26 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 24 deg, minimum 10 deg, grass 7 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.48 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.49 a.m.; sets, 9.13 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 1.53 a.m.; sets, 3.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 2.15 a.m., sets, 4.39 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today ' 12.30 a.m. and 12.52 p.m. Tomorrow: 1.22 a.m. and 1.44 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 New moon: Dec 31. First quarter: Jan 7. Full moon: Jan 15. Last quarter: Jan 23. Noon weather Auckland: 20deg., partly cloudy, W., 15 knots. Wellington: 19deg., cloudy, N.W., 21 knots. Christchurch: 20deg., partly cloudy, W., 14 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., recent showers, W.. 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide: 20, 37; Brisbane: 21, 27; Canberra: 13, 27; Darwin: 25, 33 (noon); Hobart: 11, 20; Melbourne: 11, 29; Perth: 18, 31 (noon); Sydney: 19, 24. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -9, 5; Bahrain, 14, 20; Bangkok, 19, 31; Barbados, 23, 28; Belgrade, -5, -1; Berlin, -10, -3; Bogota, 10, 19; Brussels, -1, 3; Buenos Aires, 21, 30; Cairo, 14, 23; Calgary, -1, 8; Caracas, 16, 24; Chicago, -2, 0; Copenhagen, -5, -3; Dublin, 3,7; Frankfurt, -3, 1; Geneva, -10, 2; Helsinki, -13, -10; Hong Kong, 16, 22; Honolulu, 17, 28; Istanbul, 4,7; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 4, 18; Kuala Lumpur, 22, 35; Lima, 18, 26; Lisbon, 6, 11; London, 3,7; Los Angeles, 12, 18; Madrid, -4, 7; . Manila, 21, 33; Mexico City, 9, 23; Montreal, 1,3; Moscow, -10, -4; New Delhi, 5, 20; New York, -1, 9; Nicosia, 8, 20; Oslo, -13, -5; Paris, 2,5; Peking, -5, 0; Rio De Janeiro, 20, 31; Rome, -5, 8y San Francisco, 9, 16; Santiago, 11, 30;