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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1989

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LESS CLOUD, MORE RAIN IN DECEMBER

MONTHLY

THERE WAS LESS CLOUD BUT MORE RAINFALL THAN USUAL IN THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY (FRIDAY) IN ITS SUMMARY.

THE MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 30 PER SIXTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR DECEMBER.

CENT FOR THE MONTH

DECEMBER,

WEATHER

IS THE

BROUGHT ON THE OTHER HAND, A WET SPELL AT THE END OF THE MONTH

RAINFALL TO 106.6 MILLIMETRES. THE TOTAL DECEMBER

THIS IS ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 25.3 MILLIMETRES AND IS SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR DECEMBER.

THE

THE WEATHER WAS FINE DURING THE FIRST SIX DAYS OF DECEMBER. 7. IT RAINED FRESHENING EASTERLIES BROUGHT CLOUDY SKIES ON DECEMBER THAT EVENING AND THE NEXT MORNING.

EARLY ON DECEMBER 9, WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY DRIER AIR AND THE WEATHER IMPROVED ALBEIT BEING COOLER.

THE WINTER

BRINGING

MUCH

THE NORTH 12.9

FROM A WEAK REPLENISHMENT OF

MONSOON BROUGHT THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE MORNING OF DECEMEBR 11 TO DEGREES CELSIUS, WHICH WAS THE MONTH'S LOWEST.

DURING THE

BRIEF FINE WEATHER CONTINUED UNTIL EARLY ON DECEMBER 17 WHEN A

FINE CONDITIONS BURST OF EASTERLIES BROUGHT CLOUDY PERIODS. HOWEVER, RETURNED

DAY. TEMPERATURES ALSO BEGAN TO RISE. A MAXIMUM OF 23.4 DEGREES, DECEMBER 20, TEMPERATURES ROSE TO HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

BY THE

FINE GENERALLY

AND MILD WEATHER

THE

WINDS A FEW

THROUGH PREVAILED MORNING OF DECEMBER 26 CHRISTMAS PERIOD EXCEPT ON THE

WHEN FRESHENED FROM THE EAST AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME LIGHT RAIN FOR HOURS.

CLOUDINESS, FINE

CONDITIONS

28. MOIST BASTERLIES

THEREAFTER, APART FROM OVERNIGHT

THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER CONTINUED UNTIL TOGETHER WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE BROUGHT SKIES AND LIGHT RAIN.

OVERCAST

RAIN DECEMBER

WEATHER WORSENED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS WITH PERIODS OF WHICH WERE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE RAIN LET UP DURING THE DAY ON 31 AND CLOUDS CLEARED UP THAT EVENING.

DURING THE MONTH, NO AIRCRAFT

WEATHER.

WERE DIVERTED DUE TO

ADVERSE

/THE RED