XN000022-1982-12-24 — Page 5

PARLAY, DECEMBER 24, 1982

RAINFALL WAS RECORDED DAILY FROM NOVEMBER 5 TO 9, WITH SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON NOVEMBER 5 AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERY SHOWERS ON NOVEMBER 6.

TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO BELOW 20 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WINTER AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG IN THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 9 WITH WINDS FROM THE NORTH BECOMING STRONG OFF-SHORE DURING THE NIGHT.

THE WEATHER IMPROVED AND REMAINED MAINLY FINE FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS APART FROM SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES IN THE EARLY MORNING AND DURING THE NIGHT ON NOVEMBER 13 AND 14.

A WEAK COLD FRONT ARRIVED ON NOVEMBER 15 AND THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN PATCHES FOR TWO DAYS.

THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE ON NOVEMBER 17 BUT FRESHENING EASTERLY WINDS BROUGHT SOME RAIN IN THE EVENING, THE WINDS BECAME STRONG OFF-SHORE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLY ON NOVEMBER 18 AND LONG PERIODS OF RAIN WERE RECORDED THAT DAY.

THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON NOVEMBER 19 AND REMAINED FINE FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG EARLY ON NOVEMBER 23.

THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS ON NOVEMBER 23 AND 24, FOLLOWED BY LIGHT RAIN AT NIGHT.

THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN ON NOVEMBER 25 AND WITH WINDS FROM THE EAST BECOMING STRONG OFF-SHORE AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEY SOON MODERATED AND BECAME NORTHERLY THE NEXT DAY.

THERE WERE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ON NOVEMBER 26 AND A MUDSLIP OCCURRED IN LAM TIN IN THE EVENING, WITH FOUR HUTS AFFECTED AND MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE EVACUATED.

THERE WERE PERIODS OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 27 AND 28 AND A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG IN THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 28. WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE NORTH AND REMAINED STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES UNTIL THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 30.

THE WEATHER IMPROVED EARLY ON NOVEMBER 29 AND REMAINED FINE THE FOLLOWING DAY. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES DROPPED APPRECIABLY ON NOVEMBER 30 TO 12.9 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.

DURING THE MONTH, TYPHOON PAMELA WAS THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. IT FORMED ABOUT 1 860 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ON NOVEMBER 24 AND WAS ABOUT 450 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLAND BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 5, 6, AND 7.

/ THE KID