MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1984
FAN
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AN INTENSE SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON JANUARY 21. WINDS AGAIN FRESHENED FROM THE NORTH AND WERE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES. TEMPERATURES FELL STEADILY DURING THE DAY AND A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 8.0 DEGREES C, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH, WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY THE FOLLOWING MORNING. DURING THE SAME MORNING, MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF -0.5 DEGREE C AND 0.9 DEGREE C WERE RECORDED AT TAI MO SHAN AND TATE'S CAIRN RESPECTIVELY. THERE WERE HOWEVER NO REPORTS OF HOAR FROST. FROM JANUARY 23 TO 26, IT WAS GENERALLY COLD AND THERE WAS A BRIEF STRENGTHENING OF NORTHERLY WINDS IN SOME PLACES DURING THE MORNING OF JANUARY 25.
A BRIEF INTERLUDE OF FINE WEATHER OCCURRED ON JANUARY 27. CLOUDY CONDITIONS RETURNED ON JANUARY 28 AND PERSISTED UNTIL- THE END OF THE MONTH. LIGHT RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED BETWEEN JANUARY 29 AND 31.
ON JANUARY 31, ANOTHER SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED, BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO EXPOSED AREAS DURING THE MORNING.
THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH. NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
A FROST WARNING WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 21. THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 TO 3, 11 TO 17, 19, 20 AND 28 TO 30 AND THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED BETWEEN JANUARY 3 AND 11.
WEATHER
SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
JANUARY 20 2.00 AM
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
JANUARY 21 11.30 AM
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
JANUARY 20 12.00 NOON
JANUARY 22 11.05 AM
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
JANUARY 25
4.10 AM
JANUARY 25 8.30 AM
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
JANUARY 31 3.10 AM
JANUARY 31 9.05 AM
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
15.5 HOURS BELOW NORRAL
SUNSHINE
RAINFALL
CLOUD INESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
138.0 HOURS
3.5 MM
61 %
66 %
23.4 MM BELOW NORMAL
2 % MORE THAN NORMAL
5
S LOWER THAN NORMAL
İPMAN MAXIMUM
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