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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1994

THE

LOWEST TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH, 7.9 DEGREES AT THE

WAS RECORDED IN THE EARLY MORNING ON JANUARY 21, A OBSERVATORY. OF ABOUT 16 DEGREES IN THREE DAYS.

ON

ROYAL

FALL

DEGREE HIGH GROUNDS, TEMPERATURES WERE DOWN TO ABOUT 1 TATE'S CAIRN AND -3 DEGREES AT TAI MO SHAN.

AT

DRY

INCREASED

THE ARRIVAL OF A CONTINENTAL AIR MASS BROUGHT A CLEAR AND DAY ON JANUARY 21. IT WAS CLOUDY ON JANUARY 22 AS MOISTURE IN THE MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS PROVED TO BE SHORT-LIVED AS FINE WEATHER SOON RETURNED THE NEXT DAY.

WINDS MODERATED ON JANUARY 25 AND FINE AND MILD CONDITIONS IN.

THIS FINE SPELL WAS ONLY BROKEN BY A STRONG EASTERLY AIRSTREAM WHICH

RISE GAVE

TO A COOL AND CLOUDY DAY ON

30 JANUARY

WITH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE IN THE AFTERNOON.

SET

FINE AND MILD CONDITIONS WERE SOON restoreD THE NEXT DAY AS THE EASTERLIES WEAKENED.

THERE

WAS

THE ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN JANUARY.

WESTERN NORTH

DURING

THE

DUE NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED MONTH,

ΤΟ

ADVERSE

WEATHER.

VARIOUS

DETAILS ON THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING

ARE SUMMARISED WARNINGS/SIGNALS

IN

1.1. TABLE

FOR AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FIGURES METEOROLOGICAL TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

OF

JANUARY

MONTHLY ARE

TABLE 1.1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN JANUARY 1994

WARNINGS SIGNALS

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME

STRONG MONSOON SIGNALS

JAN 20: 1730 JAN 29: 2230

―

JAN 21: 1100

-

JAN 30: 1330

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

YELLOW

RED

JAN 1 : 0615 JAN 29 : 0930

—

JAN

-

3: 0600 JAN 30: 2305

JAN 21 : 0600 JAN 25: 1200

―

JAN 24

: 1800

JAN 29 : 0930

GAS HEATER ALERTS

JAN 14: 1630 JAN 20: 1630

—

JAN 15: 1600

―

JAN 24 : 1630

/TABLE 1.2

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