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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1989

NOVEMBER WEATHER DOMINATED BY ANTICYCLONE AND MONSOON

THE

WAS DOMINATED

BY THE WEATHER IN NOVEMBER CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE AND THE ASSOCIATED MONSOON, ACCORDING ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S MONTHLY REPORT RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY).

ASIATIC TO THE

OF 1,019.7 ON RECORD FOR FOUR SEPARATE

AS A RESULT, THE MONTHLY MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE HECTOPASCALS (HPA) IN HONG KONG WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST NOVEMBER, AND THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON OCCASIONS.

ONSET OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH WAS MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE

MILLIMETRES WAS THE WINTER MONSOON SURGES. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 20.3 59 PER CENT OF THE NORMAL FIGURE OF 34.7 MILLIMETRES.

THE TOTAL

1 JANUARY SINCE RAINFALL

BELOW THE FIGURE OF MILLIMETRES, 13 PER CENT NORMALLY EXPECTED FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

AMOUNTED

2,199.4

TO 1,904.4 MILLIMETRES

1 AS THE MONTH STARTED OFF WITH SOME MORNING RAIN ON NOVEMBER

EAST. THE

WEATHER GENERALLY CLOUDY THE MONSOON FRESHENED FROM THE

FEW DAYS AND LIGHT GRADUALLY GAVE WAY TO SUNNY SKIES OVER THE NEXT RAIN WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE NIGHT HOURS.

NOVEMBER 5

AS THE MONSOON RELENTED, FINE WEATHER PREVAILED ON AND 6. WARMING BY INSOLATION CAUSED TEMPERATURES ON THE LATTER DAY CLIMB TO A MAXIMUM OF 28.2 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

MORNING OF

NOVEMBER

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7

THE SOUTH

THE EASTERLIES FRESHENED AGAIN ON THE AND THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDIER. A WEAK COLD FRONT CROSSED CHINA COAST ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 8 AND BROUGHT TRACES OF RAINFALL.

AREAS,

AS THE DRY CONTINENTAL AIR BECAME ESTABLISHED OVER THE CLOUDS BROKE DURING THE DAY ON NOVEMBER 9.

WINTER

MONSOON ARRIVED FURTHER REPLENISHMENT OF THE

HOISTING OF THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 10 AND NECESSITATED THE MONSOON SIGNAL. THE WEATHER STAYED FINE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE DURING THE NIGHTS.

MEANWHILE, THE WINTER MONSOON WAS PUSHING ROUTES. THE EASTERLIES WHICH ROUNDED THE COAST OF

COASTAL

ON THE STRONG DESPITE

SOUTHWARDS VIA TWO SOUTHEASTERN CHINA 13. THE NOVEMBER ON THE ARRIVED FIRST TRAVELLED OVER LAND AND REACHED THE COAST ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER,

AFTERNOON OF

NORTHERLIES

CLOUDY WITH

SOME

LASTED TILL THE BRIGHT

RAIN STARTED ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 13 AND

WERE GENERALLY CONDITIONS

NEXT MORNING. PERIODS IN THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS.

APART FROM A

THE WEATHER THEN TURNED FINE ON NOVEMBER 16 AND, CLOUDIER DAY ON NOVEMBER 19, REMAINED SO UNTIL NOVEMBER 21.

NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 17, IT

ALTHOUGH ANOTHER SURGE OF THE WINTER

DID NOT BRING

ANY

DETERIORATION

MONSOON ARRIVED ON THE THE IN

WEATHER.

/HOWEVER, THE