XN000022-1978-12-10 — Page 2

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1978

WEATHER IN NOVEMBER - FINE AND MILD

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THE MAINLY FINE AND MILD WEATHER LAST MONTH (NOVEMBER) WAS FAIRLY NORMAL AND QUITE SEASONABLE, ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (SUNDAY).

FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE REPORTED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BUT NONE AFFECTED HONG KONG.

APART FROM SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES ON NOVEMBER 7, THE FIRST NINE DAYS WERE MAINLY FINE. RAIN ALSO DEVELOPED ON NOVEMBER 10 AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED IN THE EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHED HONG KONG.

THE WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED THE FOLLOWING DAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVED AWAY AND DURING THE NEXT THREE DAYS IT WAS MOSTLY FINE.

A PERIOD OF RAIN WAS AGAIN EXPERIENCED ON NOVEMBER 15 AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. CONDITIONS BECAME FINE ON NOVEMBER 16 AND REMAINED FINE AND DRY FOR MOST PART OF THE MONTH WITH THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 26.4 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE MONTH RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 17.

BUT COOLER WEATHER DEVELOPED ON THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ON NOVEMBER 26. TEMPERATURES FELL TO A MINIMUM OF 13.6 DEGREES CELSIUS ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 29, THE LOWEST RECORDED IN THE MONTH.

THE DRY WEATHER RESULTED IN THE ISSUE OF FIRE DANGER WARNINGS ON TEN OCCASIONS.

THERE WAS ALSO NO DIVERSION OF AIRCRAFT FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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