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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1986

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THE WEATHER TURNED FINE, SUNNY AND WARM ON JANUARY 18 WHEN TEMPERATURES ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 23.4 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH, AND REMAINED FINE AND MILD UP TO JANUARY 21.

A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON JANUARY 22 AND THE WEATHER BECAME COOLER AND CLOUDY WITH A TRACE OF RAIN AND THE CLOUDY AND COOL WEATHER CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

ANOTHER SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON JANUARY 25, MAINTAINING THE CLOUDY AND COOL WEATHER UP TO JANUARY 26 WHEN A TRACE OF RAIN WAS AGAIN RECORDED.

THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY FROM JANUARY 27 TO 31 AND TEMPERATURES ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 23.4 DEGREES CELSIUS ONCE AGAIN ON JANUARY 30.

THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING 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 JANUARY 1, 2, FROM 4 TO 15, 18, 19, 26 AND 27.

THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 2, 3, 16, 17, FROM 20 TO 25, AND FROM 27 TO 31.

SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:

WEATHER SYSTEM

SIGNAL

DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING

WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON

WINTER MONSOON

STRONG MONSOON

JAN 1, 5.30 AM JAN 4, 4.10 AM JAN 4, 9.50 PM

DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING

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JAN 1, 12 NOON JAN 4, 10.05 AM JAN 5, 10.10 AM

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE 1

SUNSHINE

RA INF ALL

CLOUDINESS

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

TRACE

230.2 HOURS - 76.7 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL

26.9 MM BELOW NORMAL 32 % - 27 % LESS THAN NORMAL 65 % - 6 % LOWER THAN NORMAL 18.8 DEG. C. - 0.1 DEG. C. ABOVE NORMAL 15.9 DEG. C. - 0.3 DEG. C. ABOVE NORMAL 13.6 DEG. C. - 0.4 DEG. C. ABOVE NORMAL 9.0 DEG. C. - 0.8 DEG. C. BELOW NORMAL 94.3 MM - 9.1 MM BELOW NORMAL

THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.4 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 18 AND 30 WHILE THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 8.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 6.

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