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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1982-
SEVERAL HOURS OF STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WERE RECORDED AT WAGLAN ISLAND EARLY ON OCTOBER 22. ON THE SAME DAY, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY RECORDED A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES CELSIUS, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.
ON OCTOBER 26 AND 27 OUTBREAKS OF HEAVY RAIN LED TO THE OCCURRENCE OF A MUDSLIP EARLY ON OCTOBER 27 AT THE SLOPE OF BLACKHEAD POINT IN TSIM SHA TSUI WHERE A SECTION OF CHATHAM ROAD WAS CLOSED.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON OCTOBER 28 AND, EXCEPT FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES EARLY ON OCTOBER 29, REMAINED FINE FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES, NAMELY, TYPHOON MAC, TYPHOON NANCY, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND TYPHOON OWEN FORMED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
TYPHOON NANCY WAS THE ONLY STORM FOR WHICH TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNALS WERE DISPLAYED IN HONG KONG.
TYPHOON MAC FORMED ON OCTOBER 1 ABOUT 330 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF GUAM, RECURVED SOUTH OF JAPAN AND PASSED ABOUT 195 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO ON OCTOBER 9.
TYPHOON NANCY DEVELOPED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABOUT 240 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 11. IT MOVED WESTWARD, CROSSED NORTHERN LUZON DURING THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 14 AND LANDED IN VIETNAM ON OCTOBER 18.
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED OVER THE PACIFIC ABOUT 970 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF MANILA ON OCTOBER 15 AND DISSIPATED OVER THE OCEAN ON OCTOBER 19.
TYPHOON OWEN FORMED OVER THE PACIFIC ABOUT 570 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 16 AND RECURVED EAST-SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA ON OCTOBER 19.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 3, 4 AND 5.
THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER 20, 21 AND 25 WHILE THE YELLOW DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER 2, 3, 9, 10 AND 31.
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE 1
SUNSHINE
167.3 HOURS
163.7 MM
RAINFALL
CLOUD INESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
77 PER CENT
58 PER CENT
• 42.6 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
42.5 MM ABOVE NORMAL
1 6 PER CENT MORE
THAN NORMAL
1 5 PER CENT HIGHER
THAN NORMAL
MEAN MAXIMUM