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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1992
DURING THAT TIME, STRONG TO GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY
WINDS, EXCEEDING MEAN SPEED OF OVER 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR AND GUSTS KILOMETRES PER HOUR, BROUGHT BITTERLY COLD AIR OF POLAR ORIGIN TO COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CHINA.
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY PLUNGED TO CELSIUS AND MADE DECEMBER 28
AT THE TEMPERATURE MONTH'S LOWEST OF 4.6 COLDEST DAY OF 1991.
DEGREES
WITH
100
THE
THE
THE
BUT FOR AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE COLD SNAP WAS AT ITS
WHEN PEAK THE NEXT MORNING
THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATED JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN THE REGION OF 2 TO 3 DEGREES CELSIUS.
UP ON THE HILLS AND HIGH
GROUND, SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -4.7 DEGREES CELSIUS AT TAI MO SHAN WHERE THE RARELY OCCURRED
OF ICICLES AND FROST DREW
ADMIRING CROWDS.
SCENERY
STEADILY THE TEMPERATURE RECOVERED
TOWARDS THE END OF THE
MONTH AS THE COLD WINDS RELENTED.
HOWEVER, THE RAINY WEATHER, AFTER A TEMPORARY LULL, RESUMED
29 AND DURING THE DAY ON DECEMBER
PERSISTED TILL THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 31.
FORMED IN NOVEMBER
ROAMED
THE
WHICH TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES WATERS OF THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC IN THE EARLY PART OF DECEMBER.
DECEMBER
7.
FIRE DANGER
WARNING
DURING THE MONTH, NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED DUE ΤΟ INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON
26; AND THE RED 9, 10, 14-16, 21, 22 AND 24 WAS IN FORCE ON DECEMBER 20, 21 AND 29.
—
ALERT THE GAS WATER HEATER
WAS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 27 AND LASTED TILL DECEMBER 31. THE FROST WARNING WAS IN FORCE FROM DECEMBER 28 TO 30.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH ARE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON
DEC 9 2 AM
DEC 10
7.55 AM
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
DEC 12
3.15 AM
DEC 12
8 AM
WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON
DEC 27 4 PM
DEC 29
5.30 AM
/THE MONTH'S
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