SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1992
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WINDS TURNED EASTERLY ON OCTOBER 6, PERSISTING TILL OCTOBER 12. WINDS WERE FRESH AT TIMES OFFSHORE DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD.
DESPITE SOME LIGHT RAIN OVERNIGHT WHICH OCCURRED ON FOUR CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS FROM THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 6 TO THE EARLY MORNING OF OCTOBER 10, THE DAYTIME WEATHER REMAINED GENERALLY FINE.
A NORTHERLY REPLENISHMENT ARRIVED ON OCTOBER 13 AND SLIGHT DROP IN TEMPERATURE. THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN EARLY THAT MORNING.
BROUGHT A WITH SOME
DRY AIR OF CONTINENTAL ORIGIN CLEARED AWAY THE CLOUDS ON OCTOBER 14 AND KEPT THE DAILY MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 60 PER CENT TILL OCTOBER 19.
BY THEN, WINDS HAD TURNED EASTERLY AND FRESHENED, WINDS OFFSHORE WERE STRONG ON OCTOBER 20 AND 21 AND REMAINED GENERALLY FRESH TILL OCTOBER 23.
APART FROM THE ACTIVE NORTHEAST MONSOON. THE PERSISTENCE OF WINDY CONDITIONS COULD ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE ENHANCEMENT EFFECT DUE TO SEVERE TROPICAL STORM ANGELA AND ITS SLOW PASSAGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
ANOTHER NORTHERLY REPLENISHMENT ON OCTOBER 24 LED TO ANOTHER FALL IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY,
WITH THE VERY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS, MORE THAN 80 CASES OF HILL FIRES WERE REPORTED ON OCTOBER 25 AND 26.
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NO RAIN FELL DURING THE 13-DAY FINE SPELL FROM OCTOBER 14 TO
WITH EVERY REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON DURING THE MONTH, TEMPERATURE LOWERED PROGRESSIVELY AND THE MINIMUM OF 19.6 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 26 WAS THE LOWEST RECORDED IN THE MONTH AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
AS SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM COLLEEN MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED ON OCTOBER 27 AND BECAME STRONG OFFSHORE THAT NIGHT.
THE OUTER CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WERE EXTENSIVE, BRINGING SOME RAIN TO HONG KONG ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 27 AND THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 28.
AS WINDS MODERATED ON OCTOBER 29, FINE WEATHER RETURNED AND PERSISTED TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
OF THE EIGHT TROPICAL CYCLONES THAT OCCURRED IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, ONLY THE LATTER AREA.
OCTOBER OVER TWO AFFECTED
NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED IN OCTOBER AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT
WEATHER.
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