THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1992
PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION, AFTER DEDUCTION WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND.
OF EXPENSES INCURRED,
THE COMING AUCTION WILL BE THE 185TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973.
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WEATHER OF NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER WAS A MONTH WITH ACTIVE NORTHEAST REFLECTED BY THE SECOND HIGHEST NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEAN 1,020.1 HECTOPASCALS.
MONSOON,
AS
PRESSURE OF
THE DOMINANCE OF THE CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE SUPPLY OF DRY AND COOL AIR TO THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL
MAINTAINED A AREAS.
AS A RESULT, THE MONTH'S WEATHER WAS CHARACTERISED BY SUNNY AND CLEAR SKIES. THE MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 31 PER CENT WAS LOWEST ON RECORD FOR NOVEMBER.
THE
FOURTH
WITH ONLY THREE DAYS OF RAIN IN THE MONTH, RAINFALL AMOUNT WELL BELOW NORMAL. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 10.1 MILLIMETRES WAS ABOUT 29 PER CENT OF THE NOVEMBER NORMAL OF 35.1 MILLIMETRES.
WAS ONLY
IN
FOUR-MONTH
YEAR
THE FACT, SINCE THE DRY SPELL BEGAN IN AUGUST, RAINFALL TOTAL OF 201.8 MILLIMETRES FROM AUGUST TO NOVEMBER THIS WAS A RECORD LOW, BEATING THE PAST RECORD OF 263.0 MILLIMETRES IN 1966 BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN OF OVER 60 MILLIMETRES.
HOWEVER, WHEN RAINFALL FROM THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS WAS WAS INCLUDED, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 2,612.4 MILLIMETRES SO FAR IN 1992 STILL 19 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2,187.0 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
WINDS EASTERLY
FANNED BY
STRENGTHENED ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 1.
REPORTED THE STRONG WINDS, TWO HILL FIRES WERE TSUEN WAN AND LANTAU ISLAND.
IN
FINE WEATHER PREVAILED DURING THIS SURGE OF RESULTING IN ONLY A SLIGHT DROP IN TEMPERATURES.
THE
MONSOON,
AS THE WINDS MODERATED, TEMPERATURES SOON RECOVERED AND CLIMBED TO THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 26.4 DEGREES ON
NOVEMBER 5.
AND
MILD
EVEN THOUGH THE EASTERLIES FRESHENED AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 7,
WEATHER PERSISTED, UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF NORTHERLY SURGE THIS WINTER ON NOVEMBER 8.
FINE
THE FIRST
MAJOR
THE ONSET OF THE SURGE WAS PRECEDED BY AN OUTBREAK OF RAIN THAT
AFTERNOON.
/TEMPERATURES STARTED
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