TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1983
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SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BEN DEVELOPED ABOUT 750 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO ON AUGUST 12 AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 75 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF NAGOYA ON AUGUST 15.
TROPICAL STORY CARMEN FORMED ABOUT 340 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF HONG KONG ON AUGUST 12 AND DISSIPATED ON AUGUST 15 ABOUT 460 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TAIBE.
ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM, DOM, DEVELOPED ABOUT 620 NAUTICAL MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GUAM ON AUGUST 19 AND WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ON AUGUST 26.
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED NEAR OKINAWA ON AUGUST 25 AND DISSIPATED OVER KOREA ON AUGUST 28.
TYPHOON ELLEN ORIGINATED NEAR THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. ON AUGUST 29 AND WAS CENTRED ABOUT 540 NAUTICAL MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ON AUGUST 31.
NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER DURING THE MONTH.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 2, 3, 14 TO 17, 19 TO 24 AND 31.
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
SUNSHINE
209.8 HOURS
- 3.8 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL
RAINFALL 345.7 MM
CLOUDINESS
- 67.7 MM BELOW NORMAL
65 PER CENT
- ONE PER CENT LESS THAN
NORMAL
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 PER CENT
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 31.6 DEGREES CELSIUS
MEAN TEMPERATURE 29.0 DEGREES
CELSIUS
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 26.8 DEGREES CELSIUS
TWO PER CENT LOWER THAN NORMAL
- 0.4 DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
- 0.8 DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
- 0.9 DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
MEAN DEW POINT 25.2 DEGREES CELSIUS - 0.4 DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
TOTAL EVAPORATION
140.8 MM
- 24.5 MM BELOW NORMAL
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 33.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 12 AND 13.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 25.
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