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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1990

ON OCTOBER 2 AND SUBSEQUENTLY COUPLE OF DAYS.

MUCH

LIGHT RAIN EARLY FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS BROUGHT SOME

CLOUDIER WEATHER FOR THE NEXT

VIETNAM,

AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRA LANDED AND DISSIPATED OVER

NORTHWARDS то THE SOUTH THE MOISTURE AND RAIN THUS RELEASED SPREAD CHINA COASTAL AREAS.

TWO OUTBREAKS OF RAIN OCCURRED ON THE MORNINGS OF OCTOBER 4 AND RAINFALL. THE RAIN WAS MUCH 5 AND BROUGHT ABOUT 95 MILLIMETRES OF HEAVIER ON OCTOBER 5 AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS,

CLOUDS BROKE DURING THE DAY ON OCTOBER 5, AND A AIRSTREAM SET IN THAT NIGHT.

DRY NORTHERLY

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WEATHER PREVAILED APART

FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, THE DAILY WAS CONSISTENTLY BELOW 60 PER CENT AND FINE FROM SOME LIGHT RAIN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF OCTOBER 9,

IT BECAME MORE CLOUDY ON OCTOBER 13 ALONG WITH MOISTER CONDITIONS.

THE RETURN OF

UNDER THE

COMBINED

EFFECT

PREVAILED FOR THE

NEXT SEVEN

RIDGE OF A PERSISTENT

OF HIGH OF TROPICAL PRESSURE OVER EASTERN CHINA AND THE PASSAGES OF A COUPLE

SEA, A FRESH EASTERLY AIRSTREAM DISTURBANCES OVER THE SOUTH CHINA

DAYS,

REACHING WITH WINDS

STRONG

OFFSHORE EARLY ON OCTOBER 18.

THE WEATHER, MEANWHILE, STAYED ON THE FINE SIDE WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE AT NIGHT.

SOME

FINE

THREE

AHEAD OF

AN

A CLOUDY INTERLUDE ON OCTOBER 21 WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER

WEATHER DAYS. THE

APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

THE COLD FRONT

ALSO

CROSSED

WARMED

UP

GRADUALLY

COAST TOWARDS

THE

THE SOUTH CHINA

EVENING OF OCTOBER 24 AND BROUGHT SOME RAIN DURING THE NIGHT.

OF DAYS AS THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE

DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF THE COOL NORTHERLIES BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURE

FOR THE MONTH 19.7 DEGREES EARLY ON OCTOBER 26. THIS WAS THE LOWEST AS WELL AS THE LOWEST SO FAR IN THE CURRENT COOL SEASON.

GRADUALLY

LOOSENED ITS GRIP AND WINDS FROM SOME DRIZZLE WHICH STAYED FINE TILL THE

THE COOL AIRSTREAM TURNED EASTERLY AGAIN ON OCTOBER 27. APART OCCURRED MAINLY DURING THE NIGHT, THE WEATHER END OF THE MONTH,

FIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

PACIFIC

DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, NO AIRCRAFT WAS ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 4 AND AND A FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 5.

DIVERTED DUE

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/THE RED