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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1989
A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST
SKIES
TO EARLY ON FEBRUARY 19, BRINGING OVERCAST
AND DRIZZLE
THE BECAME MAINLY FINE DURING THE DAY ON TERRITORY. ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER FEBRUARY 20 AND 21, IT REMAINED CLOUDY WITH A FEW LIGHT RAIN PATCHES AT NIGHT.
WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE EAST AND WERE STRONG OFFSHORE ON FEBRUARY 22. WIND SPEEDS OF OVER 60 KILOMETRES PER HOUR WERE RECORDED AT WAGLAN ISLAND. CLOUDY CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDED DURING THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 23 AND THE WEATHER BECAME MAINLY FINE.
THE FINE WEATHER PERSISTED UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF WHEN THE NORTHEAST MONSOON SET IN AND BROUGHT BACK CLOUDY
A FEW LIGHT RAIN PATCHES ALSO OCCURRED EARLY ON WITH THE WEAKENING OF THE EASTERLIES DURING THE DAY, TURNED FINE AGAIN AND PERSISTED TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
FEBRUARY 26 SKIES.
FEBRUARY 27. THE WEATHER
OCCURRED
DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, NO TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
6,
THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 27, AND 28.
THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 13, AND ON 26 AND 27.
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SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME
OF LOWERING
WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON
FEB. 22 FEB. 25 FEB. 26
4 AM 2.45 AM 11 PM
FEB. 23 FEB. 25 FEB. 27
8 AM "8.40 AM
7 AM
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE
MEAN DAILY GLOBAL
SOLAR RADIATION
TOTAL RAINFALL
MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD
149.3 HOURS ;
40.6 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL
12.96 MJ/SQ. METRE
1.87 MJ/SQ. METRE ABOVE NORMAL
2.7 MM
;
39.2 MM BELOW NORMAL
62 PER CENT
;
9 PER CENT LESS
THAN NORMAL
/MEAN RELATIVE ...