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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1992
THESE PUMPING STATIONS WILL BE COMMISSIONED BY NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR WITH THE MAXIMUM DESIGN CAPACITY RANGING FROM 6,912 CUBIC TO 596, 100 CUBIC METRES PER DAY.
THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED TO
METRES
EQUIPPED EITHER WITH SUBMERSIBLE, CENTRIFUGAL OR SCREW PUMPS,
COLLECT BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC SEWAGE FLOWS IN THE REGION AND TRANSFER THEM ΤΟ THE SCREENING PLANT.
THE WEATHER OF MAY
RIDING ON THE WAVE OF RECORD-BREAKING
RAINFALL
IN THE FIRST
FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR, MAY 1992 WAS YET ANOTHER WET MONTH WITH A VERY INTENSE AND DISASTROUS RAINSTORM ON MAY 8.
THE ROYAL
THE HOURLY RAINFALL OF 109.9 MILLIMETRES AT OBSERVATORY BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM THAT DAY WAS THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED SINCE OBSERVATIONS BEGAN IN 1884.
THE DAILY RAINFALL OF 324.1 SECOND WETTEST MAY DAY ON RECORD.
MILLIMETRES
RENDERED MAY 8 THE
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE WHOLE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 602.3 MILLIMETRES, 90 % ABOVE THE MAY NORMAL OF 316.7 MILLIMETRES AND THE 10TH HIGHEST EVER.
SINCE JANUARY 1
THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF 1,519.7 MILLIMETRES WAS NEARLY TWO-AND-A-HALF TIMES THE NORMAL OF 616.5 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD AND WAS ONLY SECOND TO THE RECORD SET WAY BACK IN THE LAST CENTURY IN 1889.
OF
HOURS,
AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF STORM CLOUDS AND RAIN, THE DURATION BRIGHT SUNSHINE FOR THE WHOLE MONTH WAS A MEAGRE TOTAL OF 93.8 THE FIFTH LOWEST EVER FOR MAY.
THE FINE WEATHER TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST DAY OF MAY. IN THE HEAT OF EARLY SUMMER, THE TEMPERATURE THAT DAY EXCEEDED 30 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
THE HEAT WAVERED SLIGHTLY THE FOLLOWING
DAY, DOUSED BY SOME
MORNING SHOWERS AND PASSING CLOUDS.
AN EASTERLY SURGE OF COOLER CONTINENTAL AIR SMALL HOURS OF MAY 3, BRINGING STRONG WINDS OFFSHORE RAIN FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY.
ARRIVED IN THE AND SOME LIGHT
THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY BUT SOME SUNNY INTERVALS DID EMERGE THE NEXT DAY AS THE EASTERLIES GRADUALLY SUBSIDED.
MOIST MARITIME AIR STARTED TO MOVE BACK IN, BRINGING MIST AND DRIZZLE ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 4 WITH FOG HOVERING OFFSHORE.
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