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There was no tropical cyclone over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in January.

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 of January are tabulated in Table 1.2.

Table 1.1 Warnings and signals in January 1996

Warnings/Signals

Strong Monsoon Signal

Fire Danger Warnings

Effective date and time

8 Jan 1135 - 9 Jan 0745

Red

24 Dec 0605 - 2 Jan 0600

Yellow

2 Jan 0600 - 6 Jan 1320

Yellow

9 Jan 0600 - 11 Jan 0710

Yellow

14 Jan 0600- 15 Jan 0600

Yellow

19 Jan 0600- 19 Jan 1800

Yellow

20 Jan 0640 - 21 Jan 1800

Yellow

26 Jan 0600- 30 Jan 0600

Yellow

31 Jan 0600- 1 Feb 0600

Gas Heater Alerts

29 Dec 1630 I Jan 0830

19 Jan 1630 - 20 Jan 0630

26 Jan 1630 - 28 Jan 0830