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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991

9

MILLIMETRES AND

THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL AMOUNTED TO 2,046. WAS EIGHT PER CENT BELOW THE ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 2,224.7 MILLIMETRES;

DAY

WINDS AIR OF

AN INTENSE SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON THE LAST OF NOVEMBER AND PERSISTED INTO EARLY DECEMBER. STRONG NORTHERLY BUFFETED THE TERRITORY ON DECEMBER 1 AND BROUGHT COLD AND DRY POLAR ORIGIN.

WHEN

OF 10.5

THE COLDEST DAY SO FAR THIS WINTER OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 2 THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY PLUMMETED TO A LOW DEGRERS.

PROLONGED PERIOD OVER 200 CASES OF

WHILE THE EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS ENSURED A OF FINE WEATHER, ENHANCED FIRE RISKS RESULTED IN HILL FIRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

AS

INFLUENCE THE

RECOVERED.

OF THE COLD

TURNED WINDS

SUBSIDED, AIR

ON EASTERLY

DECEMBER

TEMPERATURES

6

AND

B

GRADUALLY CONDITIONS BECAME EVEN WARMER AND MOISTER.

DESPITE AN INCREASE OF CLOUDINESS, PARTICULARLY ON DECEMBER

THE WEATHER REMAINED GENERALLY FINE.

THE WINTER MONSOON MAXIMUM OF 25.6

THE SUNNY WEATHER AND AN EXTENDED LULI. OF ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE ON DECEMBER 9 TO CLIMB TO A DEGREES, THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

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OCCURRED DURING THE

TWO INSTALMENTS OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ENSUING WEEK THE FIRST ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 10 AND

PRODUCED SOME MINOR DROPS ON DECEMBER 14. THEY ONLY TEMPERATURES AS DAYTIME CONDITIONS STAYED RELATIVELY WARM.

THE SECOND IN' NIGHTTIME

STAGE OF

ON BOTH OCCASIONS, EASTERLIES FRESHENED AT THE LATER

LED TO CLOUDIER CONDITIONS. IN THE MONSOON REPLENISHMENT AND LATTER CASE, LIGHT DRIZZLE FELL ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 15 AND THE 17-DAY SPELL OF RAIN-FREE WEATHER.

THE BROKE

REPLENISHMENT ARRIVED ON THE

DROP IN TEMPERATURES

A WEAK AND TRANSIENT NORTHERLY NIGHT OF DECEMBER 17 AND BROUGHT A SLIGHT FOLLOWING MORNING.

REGIME SET IN ON

DECEMBER

THE

20,

A MORE PERSISTENT NORTHERLY LEADING TO A PROGRESSIVE FALL IN TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

RATHER

COOL

AFTER A

MORNING GRADUALLY WARMED UP OVER THE FESTIVE MONSOON RELENTED.

ON DECEMBER HOLIDAY PERIOD AS

23.

THE

WEATHER THE WINTER

THE EASTERLIES GRADUALLY INCREASED IN STRENGTH ON NIGHT. A DAY OF AND LIGHT RAIN PATCHES OCCURRED THAT FOLLOWED ON DECEMBER 27.

DECEMBER 26 GUSTY WINDS

DURING THESE TWO DAYS,

ABOUT 20 CASES

OF HILL

FIRES WERE

REPORTED.

BEFORE LED

TILL THE

28 DECEMBER THE EASTERLIES WERE RELATIVELY SUBDUED ON FRESHENING AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. THE INCREASINGLY MOIST CONDITIONS TO CLOUDY WEATHER AND MORE FREQUENT DRIZZLE WHICH PREVAILED MORNING OF DECEMBER 31.

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