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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1988

A TOTAL OF 10 NORTH PACIFIC AND THE

TROPICAL

CYCLONES

OCCURRED OVER THE

WESTERN

SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING SEPTEMBER,

SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:

WEATHER

SYSTEM

SIGNAL

TYPHOON KIT

1

3

DATE AND TIME

OF HOISTING

DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING

SEPTEMBER 21 8.45 AM

SEPTEMBER 21 9.00 PM

SEPTEMBER 21 9.00 PM

SEPTEMBER 22 9.10 AM

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE

176.8 HOURS ;

MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION

16.21 MJ/SQ.M;

11.7 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

0.52 MJ/SQ.M BELOW NORMAL

TOTAL RAINFALL

109.9 MM ;

210.5 MM BELOW NORMAL

MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD

70 PER CENT ;

MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DAILY MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

77 PER CENT

29.8 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

27.6 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

25.6 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

23.1 DEGREES ; CELSIUS

141.4 MM;

8 PER CENT MORE THAN NORMAL

2 PER CENT LOWER THAN NORMAL

0.7 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

0.4 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

14.5 MM BELOW NORMAL

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