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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992

NO TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMED OVER THE DURING THE MONTH.

APRIL.

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC

THIRTEEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER IN

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT ON APRIL 3-11, 18 AND 21-22. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON APRIL 5, 6, 8, 10 AND 11. NO SIGNALS WERE HOISTED DURING THE MONTH.

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE

MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION

TOTAL RAINFALL

MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD

MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DAILY MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

75.5 HOURS; 33.4 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

9.50 MJ/SQM; 3.64 MJ/SQM BELOW NORMAL

492.2 MM; 330.7 MM ABOVE NORMAL

85%; 7% MORE THAN NORMAL

87% 4% HIGHER THAN NORMAL

24.3 DEGREES CELSIUS;

0.6 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

21.9 DEGREES CELSIUS;

0.3 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

20.3 DEGREES CELSIUS;

0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

19.5 DEGREES CELSIUS;

0.5 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

57.9 MM; 49.0 MM BELOW NORMAL

REGIONAL SECRETARY TO OFFICIATE AT BUN FESTIVAL

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THOUSANDS OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO TO CHEUNG CHAU NEXT MONDAY (MAY 18) WHEN THE ISLANDERS HOLD A PROCESSION TO CELEBRATE THE WEEK-LONG BUN FESTIVAL.

FLOCK GRANT

LAM,

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT ORGANISED BY THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE CHEUNG CHAU 'TA CHIU' 1992 COMMITTEE.

THE TWO-HOUR PARADE, INVOLVING SOME 2,000 PEOPLE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOL CHILDREN, WILL START AT 2 PM FROM PAK ΤΕΙ TEMPLE AND MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE BUSTLING ALLEYWAYS TO FUNG SHUI LANE IN FRONT OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHEK HAU.

/THE PROCESSION