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FEBRUARY WAS ALSO COOLER THAN USUAL. A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON FEBRUARY 5, AND TEMPERATURES DROPPED STEADILY, REACHING A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF SEVEN DEGREE CELSIUS IN THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 7,
DURING THE SAME MORNING, MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF -2. DEGREE CELSIUS AND O DEGREE CELSIUS WERE RECORDED AT TAI MO SHAN AND TATE'S CAIRN RESPECTIVELY,
THE MONTH WAS ALSO CLOUDIER THAN USUAL, WITH SOME DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN FROM TIME TO TIME, MIST PATCHES DEVELOPED IN THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 17 AND WERE DISPERSED IN THE EVENING BY A WEAK SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON.
WIDESPREAD FOG DEVELOPED ON FEBRUARY 22, REDUCING THE VISIBILITY AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO 300 METRES AND AT WAGLAN ISLAND TO 100 METRES THE FOLLOWING MORNING. AS A RESULT, NINE AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG AND SOME FERRY SERVICES WERE SUSPENDED.
THE FOG DISPERSED IN THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 24.
THE WEATHER BECAME SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 23, WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.8 DEGREE CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON IN THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 28 BROUGHT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN SOME PLACES, AND TEMPERATURES FELL BELOW 10 DEGREE CELSIUS THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
FROST WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FROM FEBRUARY 6 TO 8.
THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON 12 DAYS IN FEBRUARY: 2 TO 6, 12, 13, 18, 19 AND 25 TO 27.
THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED FROM FEBRUARY 6 TO 9 AND ON FEBRUARY 29.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER
SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
WINTER
STRONG
MONSOON
MONSOON
WINTER
STRONG
MONSOON
MONSOON
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
FEBRUARY 5 11 PM
FEBRUARY 6 9.30 PM
FEBRUARY 17 9.05 PM
FEBRUARY 6 1.40 PM
FEBRUARY 7 9.05 AM
FEBRUARY 18 5.30 AM
/WINTER MONSOON
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