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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1988

THE LONG SPELL OF SHOWERY WEATHER CONTINUED UNTIL AUGUST 22, WHEN FINE WEATHER RETURNED AS A RESULT OF THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PACIFIC INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. APART FROM SOME MORNING SHOWERS, THE WEATHER REMAINED GENERALLY FINE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BECAME VERY ACTIVE EARLY ON AUGUST 30 RESULTING IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE RAINY CONDITIONS PERSISTED INTO THE NEXT DAY.

A TOTAL OF FIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH.

OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN

DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, SIX AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 2-5, 8-18, 20, 25, 30 AND 31. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 9, 14, 18,

19 AND 31.

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS AND THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WERE NOT. HOISTED DURING THE MONTH.

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE

152.3 HOURS

MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR

RADIATION

13.59 MJ/SQ.M;

53.7 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

4.13 MJ/SQ.M BELOW NORMAL

TOTAL RAINFALL

MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD

MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM

AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DAILY MINIMUM

AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

505.7 MM:

77 PER CENT :

85 PER CENT ;

30.2 DEGREES CELSIUS

27.8 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

26.0 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

24.9 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

111.0 MM ;

92.3 MM ABOVE NORMAL

11 PER CENT LESS THAN NORMAL

2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN NORMAL

1.0 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

0.4 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

50.2 MM BELOW NORMAL

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