SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1994
WEATHER OF JANUARY
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THE
TOWARDS WITH RELATIVELY FEW OUTBREAKS OF COLD CONTINENTAL AIR
UNUSUALLY WARM SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS, JANUARY THIS YEAR WAS AND HUMID IN HONG KONG.
A SPELL
FIRST OF MILD AND MISTY WEATHER PREVAILED IN THE
13
DAYS OF THE MONTH.
DESPITE THE HIGH HUMIDITY, RAIN WAS NONETHELESS SCARCE.
ONLY TRACES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, BARELY FRACTIONS OF THE JANUARY NORMAL OF 23.4 MILLIMETRES. THIS MADE JANUARY ONE OF THE SIX SECOND-DRIEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD.
IT
A MODERATE EASTERLY AIRSTREAM PREVAILED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY FINE BUT HUMID WITH POOR VISIBILITY. WAS SUNNY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT REDUCED VISIBILITY OCCURRED AGAIN ON JANUARY 4.
WITH
IN
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY, MIST FORMED EARLY INCREASING MORNING ON JANUARY 5. A SPELL OF MILD WEATHER WITH OCCASIONAL MIST AND HAZE CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS.
ON JANUARY 6, TEMPERATURES REACHED THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF
24.3
DEGREES.
FOR THE
ARRIVING
NEXT
THE
A AFTER
FINE DAY ON JANUARY 12, IT WAS CLOUDY THREE DAYS WITH A MINOR SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON COASTAL AREAS OF GUANGDONG ON JANUARY 13.
THE MIXING OF A COOLER AIR MASS FROM THE NORTH WITH THE EXISTING MOIST AIR LED TO THE FORMATION OF MIST THAT MORNING,
AS THE NORTHERLIES FRESHENED THE NEXT DAY, LIGHT RAIN BECAME FREQUENT AND LASTED ALMOST THE WHOLE DAY, FRESH EASTERLY WINDS SET IN
ON JANUARY 15 AND PERSISTENT LIGHT RAIN RETURNED IN EARLY AFTERNOON.
AS RAIN CEASED IN THE EARLY HOURS AND WINDS SKIES BRIGHTENED UP DURING THE DAY ON JANUARY 16.
THE LATE
MODERATED,
THE
WITH TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE, CONDITIONS WERE RATHER WARM JANUARY BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON ON 18.
THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MIST AND DRIZZLE.
REMAINED CLOUDY CONDITIONS
OVER THE
OF NEXT COUPLE
DAYS AS A REPLENISHMENT OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED.
BECAME NORTHERLY WINDS OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE ON JANUARY 20 AND TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO FALL.
/THE LOWEST