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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1991

MEANWHILE, THE WEATHER REMAINED GENERALLY FINE APART FROM NOCTURNAL DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN.

DAY

SOME

26, ON OCTOBER AFTER A WARM AND CALM

THE NORTHERLIES COMBINED INFLUENCE OF TYPHOON FRESHENED DURING THE NIGHT UNDER THE

MONSOON ACROSS RUTH NEAR LUZON AND A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF THE WINTER SOUTHERN CHINA.

A DRYING-OUT EFFECT WAS FELT FIRST PRIOR TO A TEMPERATURE ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 27.

MARKED DROP IN

EVENING OF OCTOBER 27 AND IN

LOWEST TEMPERATURE

OF

RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 21 PER CENT

EARLY HOURS

16.8 DEGREES,

WAS

RECORDED ON THE

OF

OCTOBER

OCCURRED

28.

THE IN THE

MORNING OF OCTOBER 28.

THE MONTH, THE

AND

AND AIDED BY THE STRONG UNDER THE EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS

FORCE, HILL FIRES PROLIFERATED WINDS WITH GUSTS REACHING GALE DESTROYED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TREES IN THE COUNTRY PARKS.

OVER

OF HONG KONG,

VESSEL SINKING

FIRES WERE REPORTED. ALTOGETHER, OVER 60 CASES OF HILL

ABOUT 190 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST THE COASTAL WATERS 12 FISHERMEN WERE AIRLIFTED TO SAFETY FROM THEIR IN THE MIDST OF MONSOON GALES AND ROUGH SEAS ON OCTOBER 28.

PERSISTED FOR ANOTHER DAY THE WINDY CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG BEFORE THE NORTHERLIES GRADUALLY SUBSIDED ON OCTOBER 30 AND 31.

AIR

OF VERY PREDOMINANCE

DRY IN THE MEANTIME, THE BRILLIANTLY CLEAR SKIES WHICH LASTED TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.

ENSURED

INCLUDING THE MEANDERING NAT WHICH FINALLY MADE LANDFALL

THE CYCLONES FOUR TROPICAL

OVER IN THE MONTH, THERE WERE NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN OCTOBER.

EARLY

WESTERN

THERE WAS ONLY ONE AIRCRAFT DIVERSION DUE TO INCLEMENT ON OCTOBER 14.

WEATHER

FLOOD AND LANDSLIP WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 15 THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 5, 6,

DANGER WARNING WAS IN 20, 21, AND 27 AND THE RED OCTOBER 27 TO 31..

FIRE

SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:

AND 16. 13, 14, 19,

ON EFFECT

WEATHER SYSTEM

SIGNAL

DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING

DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING

WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON

OCT 20

2.15 AM

OCT 20

7

.45 AM

WINTER MONSOON

STRONG MONSOON

WINTER MONSOON

STRONG MONSOON

OCT 20

OCT 23

11.15 PM

OCT 21

9.45 AM

WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON

OCT 26

1.45 AM

9.45 PM

OCT 23

8.00 AM

OCT 29

8.45 AM

/THE MONTH'S