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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1988

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DURING THE DAY, HOWEVER, THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THAT THE TEMPERATURE THAT AFTERNOON ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 27.7 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

TRACK, THE WEATHER OVER

AS SKIP CONTINUED ITS NORTHWESTWARD HONG KONG REMAINED OVERCAST WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM NOVEMBER 10 TO 12.

ALTHOUGH SKIP DISSIPATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG LATER ON NOVEMBER 12, ITS REMNANTS CONTINUED ΤΟ BRING CLOUDY AND RAINY CONDITIONS TO HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 13.

THE WEATHER DID NOT IMPROVE MUCH IN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 17, A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON FROM THE NORTH BROUGHT MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS. THE WEATHER THEN TURNED FINE ON NOVEMBER 18.

WITH A CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM PREVAILING OVER SOUTH CHINA, FINE CONDITIONS CONTINUED TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.

DURING THIS PERIOD, SEVERAL SURGES OF THE WINTER MONSOON REACHED THE COASTAL AREAS, BACH TIME BRINGING COOLER AIR ΤΟ THE REGION.

ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 29, THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DROPPED TO 13.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH. IT IS ALSO THE LOWEST SO FAR THIS WINTER.

TEMPERATURES THAT MORNING WERE MUCH LOWER OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES. AT SHA TIN, THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 7.5 DEGREES WHILE TA KWU LING IT WAS ONLY 4.0 DEGREES.

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DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED DUE ΤΟ ADVERSE WEATHER.

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THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 3, 4, 6, 7, 19, 20, 24 AND BETWEEN 26 AND 30. THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 20 AND 26.

TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING NOVEMBER.

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THE ONLY SIGNAL HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WAS AS FOLLOWS:

WEATHER SYSTEM

SIGNAL

DATE AND TIME

OF HOISTING

DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING

WINTER MONSOON

STRONG MONSOON

NOVEMBER 9 7.30 PM

NOVEMBER 11 7 AM

/THE MONTH'S