THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1979
FROM SEPTEMBER 13 TO 16, THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND HOT, AND THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 32.9 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORDED IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 15.
CLOUDY AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS RETURNED ON SEPTEMBER 17 AND 18- AND THE WEATHER REMAINED UNSETTLED THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS AS TROPICAL STORM NANCY DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG.
TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT IN THE WEATHER TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 21 AND 22 BUT DURING THIS PERIOD SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAC APPROACHED HONG KONG FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND BROUGHT GALES AND WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ON SEPTEMBER 23.
RAIN WAS VERY HEAVY BETWEEN 1 P.M. AND 8 P.M. ON THAT DAY WHEN A TOTAL OF 202.1 MM OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED.
HEAVY RAIN WAS AGAIN EXPERIENCED DURING THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 25, PROBABLY RESULTING FROM THE PASSAGE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF MAC WHICH DRIFTED BACK THROUGH HONG KONG.
DRIER AND COOLER AIR ARRIVED FROM THE NORTH ON SEPTEMBER 27 AND CONDITIONS BECAME FINE AND DRY DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH.
ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 28, TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 22.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST RECORDED IN THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, 27 AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG, 25 OF THEM DURING THE PASSAGE OF SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAC ON SEPTEMBER 23.
THUNDERSTORM AND/OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 29 AND 30.
HK FIRE SERVICES RUNNERS HONOURED IN US *****
A HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES TEAM CAME OUT SECOND IN THE ANNUAL BRASS POLE RUN HELD RECENTLY IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
THE ORGANISER OF THE ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT, THE OAKLAND FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TOOK TOP HONOURS IN THE EVENT.
HONG KONG'S TEAM BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPION, THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND 32 OTHER AMERICAN FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TEAMS TO OBTAIN THE HONOUR, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RUN ARE IN AID OF RESEARCH INTO THE TREATMENT OF BURNS.
THE 10-KILOMETRE