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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1988
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TYPHOON
ABOUT 1,710 KILOMETRES ON JANUARY 10, ROY BECAME
NORTH-NORTHEAST EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM. IT PASSED ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES
FLOODING AND OF GUAM IN THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 12, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURING ONE PERSON.
MADE
JANUARY FLOODING AND
THE NEXT DAY TYPHOON ROY REACHED ITS MAXIMUM STRENGTH. IT LANDFALL OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF LUZON ON THE MORNING OF
HEAVY ROY CAUSED 16. TORRENTIAL RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNICATIONS WERE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.
THE SOUTH FURTHER WEAKENED TO A ABOUT 770
KILOMETRES
ROY WEAKENED TO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM AND ENTERED
IT 17. CHINA SEA ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY
DISSIPATED TROPICAL STORM AND FINALLY EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DANANG ON JANUARY 18.
AIRCRAFT NO
WAS DIVERTED FROM
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING FIRE DANGER EFFECT ON JANUARY 6, 16 AND 17 WHILE THE YELLOW WAS IN EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 18, 19, 20, 31.
WAS IN WARNING 24 AND
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
WINTER
STRONG
MONSOON
MONSOON
JANUARY 10
12.15 AM
WINTER
MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
JANAURY 21 10 AM
JANUARY 10 8 AM
JANUARY 25
5 AM
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERR:
SUNSHINE
183.1 HOURS ;
29.6 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL
GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION
11.56 MJ/SQ.M;
0
.37 MJ/SQ.M BELOW NORMAL
RAINFALL
1.0 MM :
CLOUDINESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
MFAN TEMPERATURE
MRAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN DREW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORAT FON
52 PER CENT ;
77 PER CENT ;
20.0 DEGREES : CELSIUS
17.9 DEGREES ; CELSIUS
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16 | DEORRES : CELSIUS
13.6 DEGREES ;
CELSIUS
79.2 MM ;
25.9 MM BELOW NORMAL
7 PER CENT LESS THAN NORMAL
6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN NORMAL
1.3 DEGREES CELSTUS ABOVE NORMAL
2.3 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
2.9 DEOREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
3.8 DEGREES CELS(US ABOVE NORMAL
23.5 MM RFLOW NORMAL
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