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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1985
A COLD FRONT FORMED OVER SOUTH CHINA ON NOVEMBER 7 AND CROSSED THE COAST THE FOLLOWING EVENING BRINGING CLOUDY WEATHER AND SOME LIGHT RAIN TO HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 8 AND 9.
FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER RETURNED ON NOVEMBER 10 AND CONTINUED UP TO NOVEMBER 12.
A WEAK SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON NOVEMBER 13 AND THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN.
THE WEATHER ON NOVEMBER 14 TO 19 WAS FINE AND SUNNY APART FROM SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ON NOVEMBER 16 AND 17.
IT WAS FINE AND SUNNY DURING THE DAY ON NOVEMBER 20 BUT THE RETURN OF A MOIST EASTERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT CLOUDY WEATHER WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN DURING THE EVENING.
WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN ON NOVEMBER 21 AND 22 BUT WAS FINE AGAIN THE NEXT DAY.
A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTH CHINA MOVED SOUTH ACROSS THE COAST ON THE EARLY MORNING OF NOVEMBER 24. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OFFSHORE AND IN EXPOSED PLACES AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THIS COLD FRONT AND WINDS REMAINED STRONG UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY. THE WEATHER ON THAT DAY, HOWEVER, REMAINED FINE AND SUNNY.
THE WEATHER FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO 27 WAS MAINLY CLOUDY.
IT WAS FINE ON NOVEMBER 28 UNTIL A WEAK SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED LATER IN THE EVENING AND IT BECAME CLOUDY.
THERE WERE PATCHES OF RAIN DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
A FURTHER REPLENISHMENT OF THE WINTER MONSOON ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 30 RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES FALLING TO A MINIMUM OF 15 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST IN THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 1, 18 AND 19 WHILE THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 3, 10, 17 AND 24.
TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ONCE DURING THE MONTH AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWER ING
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
NOVEMBER 24
7 AM
NOVEMBER 25
1 AM
/THE MONTH'S
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