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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1986

ANOTHER SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 13. WINDS BECAME STRONG EASTERLY OFFSHORE AND IT WAS OVERCAST WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN.

OVERCAST CONDITIONS CONTINUED THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT WAS COLD WITH PERIODS OF RAIN,

WINDS BECAME MODERATE ON DECEMBER 12 BUT IT REMAINED COLD WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING TO AROUND 10 DEGREES CELSIUS IN URBAN AREAS.

CONDITIONS TURNED MILDER ON DECEMBER 13 ALTHOUGH THE SKIES REMAINED OVERCAST IN THE MORNING. IT HOWEVER BECAME FINE AND SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.

ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 13, A DRY NORTHERLY SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED AND THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY UP TO DECEMBER 17.

THE NORTHERLY WINDS BECAME STRONG ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 14 AND REMAINED FRESH TO STRONG UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

IT WAS VERY DRY ON DECEMBER 15 AND A RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 22 PER CENT - THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH - WAS RECORDED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MANY HILL FIRES OCCURRED ON THAT DAY.

AS THE DRY WEATHER PERSISTED, IT BECAME PROGRESSIVELY COLDER AND TEMPERATURE FELL TO A MINIMUM OF 9.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH. TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FELL EVEN FURTHER AND REACHED ZERO DEGREE CELSIUS AT TA KWU LING AND HOARFROST WAS REPORTED AT TA KWU LING, SHEUNG SHUI AND FANL ING.

IT WAS CLOUDY ON DECEMBER 18 AND 19 AND THE WEATHER BECAME MILDER BUT THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINED LOW.

FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER RETURNED ON DECEMBER 20 AND CONTINUED UP TO DECEMBER 27.

ANOTHER SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 21.

FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OFFSHORE AND IN EXPOSED PLACES ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 22.

FROM DECEMBER 23 TO 25, OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE URBAN AREAS WERE AROUND 11 DEGREES CELSIUS WHILE THOSE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE BELOW FIVE DEGREES CELSIUS.

AS THE NORTHERLY WINDS SUBSIDED, IT BECAME MORE HUMID AND MILDER FROM DECEMBER 26 TO 30.

IT WAS CLOUDY FROM DECEMBER 28 TO 31 WITH TRACES OF LIGHT RAIN ON DECEMBER 28 AND 30.

/A COLD