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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1974
DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY TO ATTEND MANILA CONFERENCE
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THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR. GORDON BELL, AND DR. CHIN PING-CHUEN, OF THE RESEARCH DIVISION, WILL BE LEAVING FOR MANILA THIS AFTERNOON TO ATTEND THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE TYPHOON COMMITTEE.
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MR. BELL IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND DR. CHIN IS A MEMBER OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON JOINT TYPHOON STUDIES.
THE MEETING, WHICH WILL START TOMORROW, WILL LAST SEVEN
DAYS. IT IS A JOINT PROJECT OF E.C.A.F.E. CECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST AND W.M.O. CWORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION).
THE MAIN TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OBSERVATIONAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, PROGRESS IN TROPICAL CYCLONE AND FLOOD FORECASTING, CO-ORDINATION OF REGIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PROBLEMS ON COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RELIEF.
BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST CURRENTLY BEING SHOWN IN TYPHOON MODIFICATION BY BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND PHILIPPINES, A SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TYPHOON MODIFICATION WILL BE HELD AFTER THE TYPHOON COMMITTEE SESSSION.
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL PRESENT A PAPER AND WILL ALSO SHOW A RADAR FILM TAKEN BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THIS AREA.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 33,677 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 50 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 64,787 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOYER COVE WAS 25,839 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 49,648 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOYER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 51.2 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1.372.7 MM (54.04 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,036.1 MM C80.16 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 32.6 PER CENT.
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