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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMED OVER THE DURING THE MONTH.
APRIL.
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC
THIRTEEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER IN
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT ON APRIL 3-11, 18 AND 21-22. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON APRIL 5, 6, 8, 10 AND 11. NO SIGNALS WERE HOISTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE
MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION
TOTAL RAINFALL
MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD
MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE
MEAN DAILY MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE
MEAN DEW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
75.5 HOURS; 33.4 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
9.50 MJ/SQM; 3.64 MJ/SQM BELOW NORMAL
492.2 MM; 330.7 MM ABOVE NORMAL
85%; 7% MORE THAN NORMAL
87% 4% HIGHER THAN NORMAL
24.3 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.6 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL
21.9 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.3 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL
20.3 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
19.5 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.5 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
57.9 MM; 49.0 MM BELOW NORMAL
REGIONAL SECRETARY TO OFFICIATE AT BUN FESTIVAL
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THOUSANDS OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO TO CHEUNG CHAU NEXT MONDAY (MAY 18) WHEN THE ISLANDERS HOLD A PROCESSION TO CELEBRATE THE WEEK-LONG BUN FESTIVAL.
FLOCK GRANT
LAM,
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT ORGANISED BY THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE CHEUNG CHAU 'TA CHIU' 1992 COMMITTEE.
THE TWO-HOUR PARADE, INVOLVING SOME 2,000 PEOPLE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOL CHILDREN, WILL START AT 2 PM FROM PAK ΤΕΙ TEMPLE AND MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE BUSTLING ALLEYWAYS TO FUNG SHUI LANE IN FRONT OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHEK HAU.
/THE PROCESSION