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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1993

BY THE EARLY MORNING ON NOVEMBER 22, TEMPERATURES HAD PLUNGED TO THE MONTH'S LOWEST OF 11.9 DEGREES AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. IT WAS GENERALLY BELOW 10 DEGREES OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE WEATHER STAYED FINE AND SUNNY UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF A REPLENISHMENT OF THE WINTER MONSOON FROM THE NORTH ON NOVEMBER

24. THE MONSOON WAS COUPLED WITH THE ADVECTION OF MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND LIGHT RAIN BECAME MORE FREQUENT, PARTICULARLY ON NOVEMBER 25.

APART FROM SOME SUNNY PERIODS ON NOVEMBER 27 AND 29, THE WEATHER TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH REMAINED GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE AT NIGHT.

AS THE WINTER MONSOON WEAKENED, TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY ROSE AND CONDITIONS TURNED MORE HUMID WITH MORNING COASTAL MIST ON NOVEMBER 30.

THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES AFFECTED THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE MONTH.

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DURING NOVEMBER, 15 AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED BECAUSE OF ADVERSE WEATHER. DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR NOVEMBER ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

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