prevails, and when it does not rain for more than one hour out of the twenty-four. "Fair," "Cloudy,"
"Cloudy," if the amount of clouds exceeds 3 and it does not rain for more than one hour. "Showery" if it rains at intervals and is fair at intervals.
"Wet, rainy" if it rains for more than 4 hours.
F 9
Forecast. Mean Amount Rainfall. of Cloud.
"Fine "less than 7less than 1 hour Fairgreater than 3 and less than 10do. "Cloudy"7 or moredo. * Overcast10 for 18 hours or moredo. "Rainy or Rain "+ hours or moreWeather forecasts involving other terms, or any combination of the above, are judged upon the general character of the cloud and weather notes in the Royal Observatory journal, and the reports from stations in the district.
Storm Warnings.- Storm warnings according to the Hong-kong Local and Non-Local Codes are displayed at the Signal Hill, Kowloon. The following ports are warned by the non-local code:-Sharp Peak, Swatow, Amoy, Santuao, Macao, Canton, Wuchow, Pakhoi, Hoihow, Phulien, Taihoku, Manila, Labuan, and Singapore.
The local day signals are repeated at the Harbour Office, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island, the Godown Company Kowloon, Lyemun, and Lai-chi-kok.
The local night signals are exhibited on the tower of the Kowloon Railway Station and repeated on H.M.S. Tamar and over the Harbour Office.
For the benefit of native craft and passing ocean vessels, a cone is exhibited at several outlying stations during the time that any of the local signals are displayed in the Harbour, to indicate that there is a depression somewhere in the China Sea, and that a typhoon warning is displayed in the Harbour.
prevails, and when it does not rain for more than one hour out of the twenty-four. "Fair," "Cloudy,'
"Cloudy," if the amount of clouds exceeds 3 and it does not rain for more than one hour. "Showery" if it rains at intervals and is fair at intervals.
"Wet, rainy" if it rains for more than 4 hours.
F 9
Forecast. Mean Amount Rainfall. of Cloud.
"Fine "
Fair
Cloudy"
* Overcast
less than 7 less than 1
hour
greater than 3 and less
do.
than 10
7 or more
do.
17
10 for 18
do.
hours or more
::
Bainy or
Rain "
+ hours or
more
Weather forecasts involving other terms, or any combination of the above, are judged upon the general character of the cloud and weather notes in the Royal Obser- vatory journal, and the reports from stations in the district.
Storm Warnings.- Storm warnings according to the Hong- kong Local and Non-Local Codes are displayed at the Signal Hill, Kowloon. The following ports are warned by the non-local code:-Sharp Peak, Swatow, Amoy, Santuao, Macao, Canton, Wuchow, Pakhoi, Hoihow, Phulien, Taihoku, Manila, Labuan, and Singapore.
The local day signals are repeated at the Harbour Office, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island, the Godown Company Kowloon, Lyemun, and Lai-chi-kok.
The local night signals are exhibited on the tower of the Kowloon Railway Station and repeated on H.M.S. Tamar and over the Harbour Office.
For the benefit of native craft and passing ocean vessels, a cone is exhibited at several outlying stations during the time that any of the local signals are displayed in the Harbour, to indicate that there is a depression somewhere in the China Sea, and that a typhoon warning is displayed in the Harbour.
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