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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11,

1991

RECORD FOR OCTOBER

THE MONTHLY TOTAL WAS THE 10TH HIGHEST ON AND WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 144.8 MILLIMETRES.

FOR 1,624.6

2,151.9 MILLIMETRES HOWEVER, COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL OF

TOTAL OF RAINFALL OCTOBER PERIOD, THE JANUARY MILLIMETRES SINCE JANUARY 1 STAYED ON THE DEFICIT BY 25 PER CENT.

THE

-

IN STARK THE UNUSUALLY WET RAINFALL STATISTICS IN OCTOBER WAS

IN THE LATTER PART OF THE CONTRAST TO THE EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY MONTH.

27 AND

THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 21 PER CENT ON OCTOBER 28 EQUALLED THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET FOR OCTOBER IN 1968 AND 1973.

SHANTOU EARLY IN

A TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMED NAT LANDED EAST OF THE MONTH BUT FAILED TO BRING ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO HONG KONG.

DAYS IN OCTOBER AND THE WINDS WERE LIGHT FOR THE FIRST FOUR THE SUNNY WEATHER ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE. ON OCTOBER 4 TO CLIMB HOT 30.8 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

AFTER A FRESHENING OF THE EASTERLIES DURING THE DAY ON 5, A WEAK NORTHEAST MONSOON BLEW FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS AND LED GRADUAL FALL IN NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES.

то A

OCTOBER

ΤΟ A

WITH MOISTURE BUILDING UP WINDS TURNED LIGHT ON OCTOBER 10 OVER THE COASTAL AREAS FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

ON

OCTOBER

14 WAS

EASTERLY AIRSTREAM THE ARRIVAL OF AN ACCOMPANIED BY THICKENING CLOUDS AND INCREASING RAIN.

FOR THE NEXT TWO

DAYS AND

THE INFLUENCE

WAS OF FRESH

RAIN WAS NEARLY CONTINUOUS PARTICULARLY HEAVY IN THE NIGHT HOURS UNDER EASTERLY WINDS.'

MILLIMETRES ABOUT 290 THREE-DAY PERIOD OF OCTOBER 14 TO 16.

OF

RAINFALL

WERE

RECORDED

OVER

THE

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF FLOODING WERE REPORTED OVER THE BUT NO SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS INCURRED.

TERRITORY

CLOUDY WEATHER PERSISTED INTO OCTOBER 17 AS A REPLENISHMENT THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED EARLY IN THE DAY.

OF

ONLY TRACES OF THINNED OUT AND SUNNY PERIODS EMERGED.

THE RAIN, HOWEVER, TURNED LIGHT AND INTERMITTENT.

RAIN REMAINED

DAY NEXT THE

AS THE CLOUDS

NIGHT OF OCTOBER FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY BROKE ON OCTOBER

DESPITE THE RECURRENCE OF LIGHT RAIN ON THE

OF A THE ONSET 19 IN ASSOCIATION WITH AIRSTREAM, THE WEATHER SOON TURNED FINE AS THE DAY

20.

AFFECTED OFFSHORE

WINDY CONDITIONS PERSISTED AND STRONG WINDS AREAS ON THE NIGHTS OF OCTOBER 20 AND 22. WINDS MODERATED ON OCTOBER 23 AND A WEAK NORTHEAST MONSOON PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

/MEANWHILE, THE