HOURLY MEAN WINDS OF NEARLY 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR AND GUST OF 104 KILOMETRES PER HOUR WERE RECORDED OFFSHORE AT ISLAND ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 17. THE ROUGH SEAS LED SUSPENSION OF HYDROFOIL SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU.
MAXIMUM
WAGLAN TO THE
APART FROM A RELATIVE LULL ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 16, LIGHT RAIN FELL ALMOST INCESSANTLY BEFORE THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON NOVEMBER 18.
WARMER CONDITIONS AND FINE WEATHER RETURNED ON NOVEMBER AND TEMPERATURES ON THE FOLLOWING DAY CLIMBED TO A MAXIMUM OF DEGREES, THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.
19.
+
27.7
THE WARM WEATHER, HOWEVER, WAS SHORT-LIVED AS A COLD FRONT REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST THAT EVENING. WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE NORTH AND THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDIER ON THE FIRST DAY AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
THE CLOUDS SOON CLEARED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 22 AS A SET IN. WINDS TURNED EASTERLY AND REMAINED FRESH THAT MODERATING ON NOVEMBER 23.
FINE SPELL DAY BEFORE
OWEN OVER
MEANWHILE, THE PRESENCE OF TYPHOON PAGE AND TYPHOON THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC INDUCED INCREASING OFF-LAND FLOW OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.
MINOR REPLENISHMENTS OF COOL AIR FROM INLAND REGIONS LED то A PROGRESSIVE FALL IN TEMPERATURES FROM NOVEMBER 26 ONWARDS. AT THE SAME TIME, A MAJOR OUTBREAK OF COLD AIR WAS ADVANCING TOWARDS SOUTHERN CHINA.
THE NORTHERLIES FRESHENED STRONG THAT EVENING, PARTICULARLY PLACE.
EARLY ON NOVEMBER 30 AND BECAME ON HIGH GROUNDS AND IN EXPOSED
HOURLY MEAN WINDS OF 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR AND MAXIMUM GUST OF 130 KILOMETRES PER HOUR WERE RECORDED AT TATE'S CAIRN.
AND
THE
WHILE THE WEATHER STAYED FINE, BOTH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TEMPERATURE DROPPED MARKEDLY. BY MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 30, TEMPERATURE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HAD FALLEN TO 15.6 DEGREES, LOWEST FOR THE MONTH AND THE LOWEST SO FAR IN THE CURRENT COOL SEASON.
DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, FIVE TROPICAL OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA WAS DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. A THUNDERSTORM EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 9. YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNINGS NOVEMBER 4, 10 TO 12, 24, AND 25.
WEATHER SYSTEM
THE
CYCLONES OCCURRED SEA. NO AIRCRAFT WARNING WAS IN WERE ISSUED FOR
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
NOVEMBER 9 11.25 AM
NOVEMBER 10 NOON
/WINTER MONSOON