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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1980
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED FROM JULY 11 TO 14 BUT SUNNY AND HOT WEATHER PREVAILED FROM JULY 15 TO 17.
FROM JULY 18 TO 19, THE TROPICAL STORM SOME 200 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF HONG KONG OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BROUGHT SCATTERED SQUALLY SHOWERS.
EASTERLY WINDS WERE STRONG AT TIMES OFFSHORE AND IN EXPOSED PLACES WHICH TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY DURING THE EVENING AND MAINTAINED STRENGTH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING ON JULY 19.
IT WAS FINE AND HOT AGAIN ON JULY 20 AND 21. ON JULY 22, WITH TYPHOON JOE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHEAST, HEAVY SQUALLÝ SHOWERS OCCURRED BEFORE DAWN AND THERE WERE FREQUENT SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
A SPIRAL RAIN BAND BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS AROUND NOON ON JULY 23 AND SCATTERED SHOWERS FOLLOWED IN THE AFTERNOON.
DURING THE NIGHT OF JULY 21, STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS SET IN.
ON JULY 22, TYPHOON SIGNALS NO 8 (NORTH EAST AND SOUTH EAST) WERE EFFECTIVE. THERE WERE GALES IN EXPOSED PLACES AND OFFSHORE THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS WINDS TURNED EASTERLY. BUT INSIDE THE HARBOUR, GALES LASTED FOR ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD.
WINDS GRADUALLY TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THE GALES BEGAN TO SUBSIDE. STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS CONTINUED FOR SOME HOURS IN THE EVENING AND THEN MODERATED.
THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND HOT ON JULY 24 AND 26 AS TYPHOON KIM WAS COMING CLOSER TO HONG KONG. VIOLENT SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ON JULY 26 DURING WHICH THE MONTH'S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.1 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED.
THE WEATHER REMAINED UNSETTLED BETWEEN JULY 27 AND 28 WITH FREQUENT HEAVY SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON BOTH EVENINGS.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OFFSHORE EARLY ON JULY 27 AND GRADUALLY TURNED THROUGH NORTHWEST TO BECOME WESTERLY DURING THE DAY. WINDS BECAME SOUTHWESTERLY IN THE EVENING WITH GALES FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OFFSHORE.
ON JULY 28, STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS PERSISTED AND THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED.
APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS, THE WEATHER ON THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS SUNNY AND HOT.
DURING THE MONTH, ELEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER, AND THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON FIVE DAYS OF THE MONTH.
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