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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1984

IT WAS SUNNY AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 16. THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE THE NEXT DAY WITH SOME CLOUDY INTERVALS.

IT WAS SUNNY AND WARM ON NOVEMBER 18 WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE MONTH'S HIGHEST.

NORTHERLY WINDS SET IN ON NOVEMBER 18 AND BECAME STRONG EARLY ON NOVEMBER 19 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE WINTER MONSOON. TEN ADVERTISEMENT BOARDS OUTSIDE A CINEMA IN MONG KOK FELL DOWN ONTO THE STREET BUT FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS HURT DURING THE INCIDENT.

IT WAS GENERALLY FINE AND DRY UP TO NOVEMBER 29 AND THE DAILY MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY WAS 70 PER CENT OR LESS. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 15.2 DEGREES CELSIUS ON NOVEMBER 21, THE MONTH'S LOWEST. HOWEVER, ON NOVEMBER 27 AND 29, THERE WERE SOME CLOUDY PERIODS. IT WAS CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN ON NOVEMBER 30.

FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM WARREN, WHICH STAYED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER, DISSIPATED AFTER CROSSING VIETNAM ON NOVEMBER 2.

TYPHOON AGNES DEVELOPED NEAR THE CAROLINE ISLANDS ON NOVEMBER 1. IT HIT THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES ON NOVEMBER 5, BRINGING A DEATH TOLL OF AT LEAST 727. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE REPORTED MISSING AND ABOUT 600 000 WERE MADE HOMELESS. AGNES LANDED OVER VIETNAM ON NOVEMBER 7 AFTER CROSSING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. IT WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THAILAND ON NOVEMBER 8.

TYPHOON BILL DEVELOPED TO THE EAST OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS ON NOVEMBER 9. IT MOVED TOWARDS THE PHILIPPINES AT FIRST BUT TURNED NORTHWESTWARDS ON NOVEMBER 14. BILL BECAME SLOW-MOVING NORTHEAST OF LUZON ON NOVEMBER 17 AND 18. IT WEAKENED ON NOVEMBER 19 AND MOVED SOUTHEASTWARDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANOTHER TYPHOON, CLARA. BILL DISSIPATED ABOUT 360 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF MANILA ON NOVEMBER 22.

ON NOVEMBER 14, TYPHOON CLARA FORMED NEAR THE CAROLINE ISLANDS AND MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS. IT RECURVED TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 640 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF MANILA ON NOVEMBER 19. IT BECAME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE ABOUT 620 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO LATE ON NOVEMBER 21.

DURING THE MONTH ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER, THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 18- 22, 25, 27 AND 30 WHILST THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 3, 4, 11, 18, 24 AND 25.

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