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Details of the issuance/hoisting and cancellation/lowering of various warnings/signals in the month are summarised in Table 1. Monthly meteorological figures and departures from normal of December are tabulated in Table 2.

Table 1 Warnings and Signals in December 1996

Warnings/Signals

Strong Monsoon Signals

Fire Danger Warnings

Yellow

Red

Red

Red

Red

Yellow

Red

Yellow

Red

Yellow

Effective date and time

2 Dec 0315 - 2 Dec 0745 5 Dec 2025 - 6 Dec 0925

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30 Nov 0600 1 Dec 0545 1 Dec 0545 - 2 Dec 0600 5 Dec 1800 - 9 Dec 1730

10 Dec 0600

13 Dec 0600

-

12 Dec 0600

14 Dec 0600

14 Dec 0600 16 Dec 0600

-

18 Dec 0000 18 Dec 1800

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18 Dec 1800 21 Dec 0600 21 Dec 0600 - 22 Dec 0600 22 Dec 0600 - 23 Dec 0600 23 Dec 0600 - 23 Dec 1730

Red

Yellow

23 Dec 1730 - 24 Dec 0600

Red

24 Dec 0600 - 24 Dec 1730

Yellow

24 Dec 1730 - 30 Dec 0730

Gas Heater Alert

6 Dec 1630 - 7 Dec 1630