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THE SHOWERS BECAME HEAVY ON AUGUST 3 AND A MINOR LANDSLIP OCCURRED AT SAU MAU PING ESTATE,
IN LAM TIN, ON AUGUST 4, A SIX-TONNE BOULDER CRASHED INTO A HILLSIDE SQUATTER HUT.
THE WEATHER REMAINED SUNNY AND VERY HOT FROM THAT DAY TO AUGUST 8, WHILE TROPICAL STORM ROY DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ON AUGUST 8 AND THEN GRADUALLY MODERATED AS ROY WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR DONGSHA DAO.
IT WAS SUNNY AND HOT FROM AUGUST 9 TO 15, THOUGH
THERE WERE DAILY SHOWERS BETWEEN AUGUST 9 AND 12, AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ROY MOVED WESTWARDS ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND DISSIPATED OVER NORTH VIETNAM.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 16 BUT IT WAS MAINLY FINE FROM AUGUST 17 TO 20.
THERE WERE A FEW SHOWERS DURING THE PERIOD, AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR XISHA DAO CROSSED HAINAN AND INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL STORM NAMED WARREN OVER THE GULF OF TONKIN,
THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON WAS ACTIVE OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BETWEEN AUGUST 21 AND 26 AND THE WEATHER CONTINUED TO BE SUNNY AND HOT APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS ON AUGUST 23 AND 24.
TEMPERATURES ROSE TO 33.3 DEGREES ON BOTH AUGUST 21 AND 26,
THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSED HONG KONG AND BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS ON AUGUST 27 AND THE NEXT MORNING, BUT IT BECAME SUNNY DURING THE DAY.
AFTER SOME SHOWERS ON AUGUST 29 AND 30, THUNDERSTORMS RECURRED ON THE NEXT DAY AS THE TROUGH MOVED BACK AGAIN.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 24.6 DEGREES, RECORDED DURING A THUNDERSTORM ON AUGUST 31.
NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER DURING THE MONTH, BUT THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON SIX DAYS.
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