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WINDY AND CLOUDY IN NOVEMBER

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NOVEMBER 1990 WAS ON THE WHOLE WINDY AND RELATIVELY CLOUDY WITH STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL HOISTED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (THURSDAY).

HOWEVER, APART FROM AN INTENSE COLD SURGE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, THE NORTHEAST MONSOON DID NOT BRING UNSEASONABLY LOW TEMPERATURES. ON THE CONTRARY, THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20.4 DEGREES WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD.

THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS 36.9 MILLIMETRES, SIX PER THE NORMAL OF 34.7 MILLIMETRES FOR NOVEMBER.

2,046.8

MILLIMETRES

SINCE

THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1990 REMAINED SEVEN PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2,199.4 FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

CENT ABOVE

1.

JANUARY MILLIMETRES

THE FINE WEATHER AT THE END OF OCTOBER CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF NOVEMBER. CONDITIONS. TURNED CLOUDY ON NOVEMBER 3 AND RAIN MOVED IN FROM WESTERN GUANGDONG ΤΟ AFFECT THE TERRITORY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE FRESHENING OF EASTERLIES THE NEXT MORNING MAINTAINED THE CLOUDY WEATHER AND BROUGHT FURTHER RAIN LATER IN THE

DAY. THE RAIN, THOUGH LIGHT, WAS QUITE PERSISTENT AND LASTED TILL THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 5.

FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, FRESH EASTERLIES AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH LIGHT RAIN FALLING MAINLY IN THE EVENINGS.

A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON THE MORNING OF AS NOVEMBER 9 BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS, RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WELL AS A FEW DEGREES DROP IN TEMPERATURES.

THE RAIN GRADUALLY EASED OFF EARLY THE NEXT DAY AS DRIER CONDITIONS SET IN. THE CLOUDS THINNED OUT AND SUNNY PERIODS APPEARED ON NOVEMBER 10 AND 11.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ENHANCED NORTHEAST PRESENCE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE SOUTH CHINA WAS RATHER WINDY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

MONSOON SEA, THE

IN THE WEATHER

WITH THE FORMATION OF TROPICAL STORM NELL NORTH OF NANSHA, EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED ON NOVEMBER 12. THE WEATHER STAYED MAINLY FINE AS NELL MOVED TOWARDS VIETNAM.

NO SOONER HAD IT DISSIPATED OVER LAND WHEN TYPHOON MIKE VENTURED INTO THE SOUTH

SEA. THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY ON NOVEMBER 15 AND RAIN STARTED IN THE AFTERNOON.

CHINA

THE NEXT

DAY, WINDS

THE EASTERLIES INCREASED FURTHER AND BY BECAME GENERALLY STRONG WHILE MIKE TURNED NORTH TOWARDS HAINAN ISLAND.

/HOURLY MEAN